Copyright

     Exploring the topic of copyright, it is interesting to find out that everything on the internet is copyright. Everything from audio files, to videos, to pictures, to documents, and to any user created material on the internet. This means that anything that you create yourself is also copyright and you hold the all rights reserved copyright to that creativity. Using a company called Creative Commons it is possible for individuals of creative work to obtain free copyright licenses that allow them to decide what parts of the copyright other individuals may use. This company gives the author or rights holder the ability to refine the rules of their copyright without giving up the rights to that piece of work.

     One of the most important things I feel necessary to explain to students about copyright is that copyright does not limit them to the information or material they find on the internet. On the contrary, copyright makes it possible for students to obtain vast amounts of information and materials through copyright friendly search engines such as Creative Commons. This is beneficial to students because it allows them to expand on other peoples ideas and creative works by using properly cited material and then protects the students' own creative work when it is shared online. Furthermore, the greatest lesson for students regarding copyright would come from myself as their teacher. By putting into practice what I preach - constantly citing material found online - the students would always be reminded about citing other peoples creative work. Over time this practice would become common place to them.

IICD. (2007, July 5). "Rhodes Park School Pupils in Computer Lab" [Online Image]. License Link: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/iicd/4445785692/in/album-72157623526028581/

Pixabay. (2014, March 14). "Excited Children on the Computer" [Online Image]. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/p-593313/?no_redirect