4.2 Safe, Healthy, Legal & Ethical Use
Candidates model and facilitate the safe, healthy, legal, and ethical uses of digital information and technologies. (PSC 4.2/ISTE 5b)
Artifact: Copyright Presentation
Reflection:
During the summer of 2015, as a part of the ITEC 7445- Multimedia Web Design course, I created a presentation detailing the rules of copyright law and images that are used in the classroom by teachers and students. In the presentation I included a comparison of copyright and fair use and what that means legally for teachers when trying to decide about using images in their lessons and activities. There is also three scenarios of teachers wanting to use images for their classrooms and explanations as to whether they would be considered fair use or not. The presentation was shared with my colleagues as part of a session on the safe, healthy, legal, and ethical uses of digital information and technologies. My contribution was the creation of this presentation and leading the presentation for my fellow teachers.
In this artifact I model and facilitate the safe, healthy, legal, and ethical uses of digital information and technologies. In my discussion on copyright laws and the comparison to fair use in the classroom with the teachers at my school, I modeled and facilitated conversation amongst my peers on the legal issues that we face when wanting to use images from the Internet in our lessons. While it is easy to just copy and paste a picture from a Google image search, it doesn’t mean that is the most ethical way to provide visuals for our students. The scenarios included in the presentation sparked conversations during the session that I facilitated about monitoring the safe, healthy, and ethical uses of the technology in the classroom when assigning projects to students. Many of the teachers were not aware of the situations when fair use deems it acceptable to use copyrighted work previous to my session with them. I modeled for the participants strategies for using devices in their room in a healthy manner by limiting the amount of screen time and encouraging proper posture when working on a device. This was something that had not been addressed with them before.
Just like many of my coworkers, I was unfamiliar with the exact rules of copyrighted material before completing this presentation. Through my research, I learned not only about the fair use of images from the Internet, but also videos, audio, and other documents. This learning has led me to be more aware of not only how I am using copyrighted materials, but also what my students are using and how they are using them. They have the mindset that anything on the Internet is there for the taking and so I have been able to have good conversations with them about copyright and what that means legally and ethically. If I were to go back and create this artifact again I would add slides about the safe and healthy use of technology since that was included in my conversations with the teachers as a result of the questions raised by this presentation.
The work that went into creating this artifact impacted faculty development as the teachers work to create lessons and activities from scratch using resources that might be copyrighted. The teachers now understand what is acceptable for fair use and how that is regulated in the educational setting. This impact can be assessed by evaluating teacher lessons and activities and noticing if they are using copyrighted materials and if they are giving proper credit to the original creator. The impact of this presentation will also affect students and how long they are being asked to use computers and other technology for extended periods of time. Teachers and students should be modeling proper use of technology and digital resources that is safe, healthy, legal, and ethical.
During the summer of 2015, as a part of the ITEC 7445- Multimedia Web Design course, I created a presentation detailing the rules of copyright law and images that are used in the classroom by teachers and students. In the presentation I included a comparison of copyright and fair use and what that means legally for teachers when trying to decide about using images in their lessons and activities. There is also three scenarios of teachers wanting to use images for their classrooms and explanations as to whether they would be considered fair use or not. The presentation was shared with my colleagues as part of a session on the safe, healthy, legal, and ethical uses of digital information and technologies. My contribution was the creation of this presentation and leading the presentation for my fellow teachers.
In this artifact I model and facilitate the safe, healthy, legal, and ethical uses of digital information and technologies. In my discussion on copyright laws and the comparison to fair use in the classroom with the teachers at my school, I modeled and facilitated conversation amongst my peers on the legal issues that we face when wanting to use images from the Internet in our lessons. While it is easy to just copy and paste a picture from a Google image search, it doesn’t mean that is the most ethical way to provide visuals for our students. The scenarios included in the presentation sparked conversations during the session that I facilitated about monitoring the safe, healthy, and ethical uses of the technology in the classroom when assigning projects to students. Many of the teachers were not aware of the situations when fair use deems it acceptable to use copyrighted work previous to my session with them. I modeled for the participants strategies for using devices in their room in a healthy manner by limiting the amount of screen time and encouraging proper posture when working on a device. This was something that had not been addressed with them before.
Just like many of my coworkers, I was unfamiliar with the exact rules of copyrighted material before completing this presentation. Through my research, I learned not only about the fair use of images from the Internet, but also videos, audio, and other documents. This learning has led me to be more aware of not only how I am using copyrighted materials, but also what my students are using and how they are using them. They have the mindset that anything on the Internet is there for the taking and so I have been able to have good conversations with them about copyright and what that means legally and ethically. If I were to go back and create this artifact again I would add slides about the safe and healthy use of technology since that was included in my conversations with the teachers as a result of the questions raised by this presentation.
The work that went into creating this artifact impacted faculty development as the teachers work to create lessons and activities from scratch using resources that might be copyrighted. The teachers now understand what is acceptable for fair use and how that is regulated in the educational setting. This impact can be assessed by evaluating teacher lessons and activities and noticing if they are using copyrighted materials and if they are giving proper credit to the original creator. The impact of this presentation will also affect students and how long they are being asked to use computers and other technology for extended periods of time. Teachers and students should be modeling proper use of technology and digital resources that is safe, healthy, legal, and ethical.