Blog Journal 3

    The concepts of copyright and fair use should be taken very seriously. Copyright is a legal right which has been given to the creator proceed to make public in their name their original material which may be literary, musical, or other. Copyright protects the originator. Fair use is a doctrine which states that in certain circumstances such as criticism, news reporting, or teaching, work may be quoted verbatim without the need for permission from the copyright holder. As a teacher, when I develop my own instructional materials I will ensure that if I use sources I cite them correctly in order to avoid copyright and to show my students the proper way of citing sources. When students create their own work I will emphasize the importance of copyright and fair use. If a students copyrights, I will go through the process which the school I work at expects. 

    With the growing implementation of technology in schools, I will have to address the various issues that come along with this. A possible solution to cyberbullying in my classroom would be by creating a safe environment in which my students feel comfortable reaching out to me in the instance that they are being or witnessing cyberbullying. Once I knew what was happening, I would pull the student who is doing the cyberbullying aside and help them understand that they cannot do that and if they do it again they will receive a call home or further punishment such as a referral or detention. A possible solution to academic dishonesty is having students turn in their work electronically through a system which checks for plagiarism, as well as having different questions on quizzes and homework for students so that they cannot give each other answers. I will have a policy of honesty and respect in my classroom which will provide students the chance to act as adults. 

    During the Newsletter Design assignment I learned how to create a permission slip and how to make columns on a document. I also created a banner which is something I can implement into my future teaching newsletters. In the future I can have more graphics and space out my text a bit more. In my future career I can use the skills I learned to make my own newsletters once I become a high school teacher as well as to make flyers if I become a soccer coach.