Microsoft Word has been something I
have personally used for as long as I can remember. I have been required to use
the program due to school assignments and a few personal assignments. I have
mostly used the program for large papers and small discussion board assignments
I have to do for my classes. I am familiar with most basics within the program such as fonts, colors, indents, alignments
and more, I took a college course on computer programs that taught me a lot
about word and many awesome tricks and shortcuts you could use but I have since
forgotten a lot of that information I believe because I rarely use anything other
than basic formatting when I do use word. I have seen teachers create syllabus’,
assignments, handouts, exams, quizzes and more. I didn’t realize how much work
went into a teacher creating a handout correctly and being sure it was
appealing and easy to read at the same time until the most recent assignment of
creating a class newsletter.
My
experience with copyright and fair use of material began around when I began
college. Although plagiarism was not accepted during elementary though to high
school as well, but I don’t feel it was taken as seriously as in college where
punishment could be as bad as being removed from your school. I also began to
write more serious papers in college which required you to cite your recourses
and give credit to those who deserve it in your paper and at the end in your
works cited. I also feel how copy right affects me when I have to pay for a
textbook in order to read/use some of its content whereas in high school for
example those books were provided, and I didn’t realize how important copy
rights were. As a teacher I was worried about using content that was not mine
to help supplement my students learning butt because of the fair use of
materials I feel much more comfortable knowing it is easily possible to use
small bits of others content.
I feel
privacy is a big issue with students especially when most aren’t completely
comfortable with others reading their work for example. I would be sure that
any work done by each student in my class was only reviewed and graded by
myself and stay away from any help with those tasks by other students or
assistants. I would never ask/force any of my students to share work with the
class, although I would make it clear that if there were any students open to sharing,
they would be more than welcome to do so.
Academic honesty
is the use of content that is not yours to cheat, and something I would take
very seriously in my classroom. I believe it is important for each student to
have their own work and effort put into any assignment or exam to ensure I get
a good read on what they are exceling in and what areas they may need some help
in. The students in my class would have clear knowledge as to the consequences
that would follow such academic dishonesty. If possible, I would also use
programs such as “turn it in” to help me catch any assignments that may not be
original content.
Cyberbullying
is a specific kind of bullying that occurs online and is sometimes very hard issue
to fix. I believe that making students aware of this issue and how to respond
to it would be best way of dealing with it. Making sure students know they do
not need to listen to any negative comments online and can simply delete and
not allow the problem to continue and they should contact an adult to report
these negative environments in the cyber web.
Hi Amanda! I agree with you, copyright definitely didnt become as big of an issue until college and when I began writing bigger research papers and learned how serious the issue of copyright was, it made me nervous!
ReplyDeleteWe definitely have almost exact experiences when it comes to Microsoft products and copyright. It made me feel relieved as well learning about copyright and the specifics of what is acceptable for teachers. I still rather try to attempt to use most of my own material but that isn't always possible of course.
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