The timeline only went through 2001. It might be a neat exercise to have students fill in the rest of it, just to get them thinking about what important revolutions have happened in just seven years! I want to read the Bunny book that appeared in 1940. It would be interesting to see what has happened since then.
The tips for writing in the multimedia genre were full of common sense, but addressed common errors. Keep things in chunks. Make it simple. Stay in the active voice. (I esp. like that last one!)
The article on piracy was very intriguing. I couldn't just skim it, in hopes that I could use it with students. However, it is dated, but still had some sobering information. I have students who have published books on the net (lulu.com) and copyrighted their information at the age of 16. Cool! But we live in the age where it is acceptable to steal intellectual property because it is so easy and everyone does it. It is hard to counter that culture. Real-life stories of how it is done or how it hurts people are useful!
The sites that were full of info on the particulars of copyrigh and fair use were very helpful. I glanced at them so I would know where to go for more detailed information. I will use these in my classroom as references for students to go to when they have a question.
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Unfortunately, we do live in a time when people freely use each others ideas and take digital media without permission. Because students and their parents download music and videos from the Internet and copy DVDs from Blockbuster, it's getting harder to help them understand why it' not okay to copy information from the encyclopedia.
It is sad that people take what does not belong to them, even when it's words. I think most people don't think of it as stealing. This is a difficult concept to police, when it's words they're not really taking something from you that you don't still have.
It is too common people do break copyright rules because it is too easy to do and because it is done so often. Because our culture tends to lighten the effects, we as teachers need to stay informed of the rules/laws and how they change as our culture evolves. We then need to communicate that importance to our students.
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