Copyright in the classroom

Today's PowerPoint presentation really made me think about how important it is to make sure that copyrights are known by everyone in the classroom. If you do not enforce that children cannot plagiarize at an early age, they might grow up thinking that it is okay to do so and maybe one day get in serious trouble for doing so. You not only would be helping them out in the future, but also in the present. To better give them an idea of what it is you could do activities in the classroom. Maybe when you read a printed out poem you could point out the big C at the bottom of the page and tell them that that means that it is copyrighted and that it means that all rights are reserved to the person who wrote it. That means that you can not take an idea or phrase from what you reading. Then to see if they understand the concept have them write a paper on the poem, but not to steal anything from it. I am not exactly sure how I would do this, but like I said the presentation today just really got me to thinking how important it is that children know about it early on in their school years.

ipods in the classroom

Although many people would think that it would not be a good idea to have ipods or podcasts in the classroom, my thoughts are a little different. Although I do know where these people are coming from I just don't see why not. I think that they (if used appropriately) could be used as great educational tools in the classroom as well. We use computers, radios at times, why not ipods? You could use them maybe as a sort of up-to-date cassette player. By downloading a story onto it and letting the child listen to it it could better help them understand the materials. You could also have children who have their own bring them in and you could download a class discussion onto it that you previously recorded. This especially can help children who have learning disorders. If they cannnot concentrate in the classroom then they can take the ipods home and listen to them over and over again to get the point memorized. Just my thoughts.