Blog #3

     Copyright is the exclusive right for an owner of material to reproduce and/or allow others to do so as well. Fair use is kinda like copyright except you are modifying the content in some way to make it original. Within the classroom setting, it can be hard to always have to make new lessons and so many draw on the ideas of others. To make sure that I am maintaining copyright and fair use laws I would make sure that all the content and materials I use are being shared publically and that if it isn't I am modifying that content in a way to make it original.

    Academic dishonesty is becoming a huge problem, especially during the pandemic when everything is online. Teachers have tried finding ways around this with tools such as honor lock but I feel a simple solution to this would be helping students not only learn the material but grasp the concepts in a way that they don't feel like they have to cheat. Another large problem with technological implementation is decreased productivity. I know that personally, online work can feel like it's not even actually real and so a solution that I think would be good is making class engaging and fun so that students actually want to learn and further their education.

    During the newsletter, I found many tools. One tool I honestly had trouble with at first was the column tool, it was giving me so much trouble for no reason but I finally got it down after playing with it for 15 minutes. I also got to learn about using canva to make a header, and I love to make online graphic works so that was pretty cool to me. My newsletter can definitely improve on the color scheme and the graphics, I felt my newsletter was a little boring but I'm hoping that when I get my grade back I will be able to revise if need be. I think these skills are useful because I do plan to be a teacher and these types of things are good to stay in contact with parents/guardians. 




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  1. Eric WhiteFebruary 2, 2021 at 1:11 PM

    Hi Cassie,

    The column tool was also the part of the newsletter that I struggled with the most. I really thought that you should be able to set up columns inside of text boxes, but that was unfortunately not the case. I also agree with you regarding academic dishonesty. Teacher's can work tirelessly to combat academic dishonesty, but I think you proposed a great solution. If you can provide an education that leaves the student not feeling the need to cheat, that would be ideal.

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