Blog 3

     Copyright is a law that protects both published and unpublished work from being used by someone other than the author. Different types of work can be protected under the Copyright Law such as music, writing, dances, plays, etc. and gives the rights to the creator to stop unwanted distribution. Fair use allows others to use someone else's work up until a certain point while citing the original author. If I was a teacher, I would teach my students how to effectively use fair use before it became copyright infringement and show them how to properly cite the author, even if they just use another persons ideas.

    A way to protect students against cyberbullying for my students to use programs like Edmodo so I have full access to see what everyone is commenting or who students are talking to. I would also try to make my students comfortable with talking to me so they understand they can talk to me if being bullied online. I would handle academic dishonesty by having students submit their work to TurnItIn so I know if they copy from another student. I will also create a questions board in the class so if students do not understand something but do not feel comfortable asking in front of the class, they could answer there and it can be anonymous. This helps because if students understand how to complete the assignments I create then they would not feel the need to cheat.

    While completing the Newsletter assignment, I learned how to create a permission slip and adjust margins. I have never had to create an assignment without using a template so being able to adjust everything myself was interesting. In the future I think I will find a way to minimize white space or maybe add a non-distracting background image in order for my newsletter to appear more complete. I think I will also look at how to create more interesting column formats so it looks more like an article from a newspaper.