Copyright and Fair Use LR

Longer Response:
Question 11: I disagree with this statement and I don’t seem to see how it is true. If I made a show and broadcasted it on TV I would be appalled to see some high school students taking it and editing it. Putting themselves into it and making fun of certain aspects of the show. I can see how this could be educational and I guess it would depend on what points were being said. I would think this would only be allowed to be edited and kept offline, but if it was posted online then that would be plagiarizing wouldn’t it. I guess if kept off line this would be a really fun way to learn more about the time period while learning how to edit movies. I guess I would need to know more about the parameters to figure this one out.

Copyright and Fair Use SR

1) Question 5: It is nice to know that it is only ok to use copies the school owns, not ones I have copied. I don’t think I would do this and it makes sense why I can only use what the school owns, even if my copies say or have the same information.

2) Question 3: This is good to know. I think I may be using updates for many years to come. I wonder if it is ok to download updates from the official website if they were available?

3) Question 14: I don’t think this law is fair. If the Disney movie has already been bought and paid for that you should technically “own” the right to watch it. I kinda understand showing it to a large group, how the movie industry doesn’t get money if we showed the movie to everyone we knew. I am curious of where the cut off is, as a limit for how many people can legally watch 1 movie. Is a large family of 20, or a kids sleepover aloud to watch a movie and be protected?

4) Question 15: So I am confused, we can use videos, but not movie clips? I just using 1 movie clip ok?

5) Question 16: BUT WAIT! I thought we couldn’t use movie clips as Question 15 states? What is the difference if we are making our from peoples DVD’s or getting some from the internet??

6) Question 19: This rule still confuses me. Once again, I feel that if I have bought and paid for a music DVD or CD then I can play it where I want. I can play a CD at my house to loads of friends, why can’t I still in a school setting, especially if it relates to what we are learning about.

7) Question 13: I was really glad that I answered this one right. I feel that this is part of teaching and learning. Since there was permission given by the survivor, this videotape can be used in any school classroom for learning.

8) Question 20: I agree with this statement. It is one thing to use multimedia videos and software for projects, but it is NOT ok to sell them to the public or anyone. That is the producer’s job and right, they put the time in to make the product, they should get the money.

How to help someone use a computer

Thing to tell self: I think that I should remind and tell myself from time to time that apprenticeship can be the best way to learn. As the article said: “the best way to learn is through apprenticeship -- that is, by doing some real task together with someone who has a different set of skills”. By doing a hard task with a student who is struggling with computers, or other things, I am not only showing them that I care and will stick with them through the problem, but also I show them that computers aren’t “bad”. Even when something is difficult, it can be worked through and hopefully my students won’t develop a negativity to any types of computers.
Important rule: I am the type that likes to take over and show someone how to do something if they are getting flustered. If I am teaching my siblings to do something, I sometimes end up doing it for them. I think that the point made in the article about always making sure the person learning is doing the work is important. Even if it means pointing to every letter on the key board or screen, I let them do it because that is the best way for them to learn.
~A second important rule the article points out is to not blame yourself when things go wrong, always blame the computer.


When creating our technology presentation, my teammate made sure to blame the computer and only the computer, the Mac, when we began to encounter many problems getting our presentation to assemble together!

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