Copyright

I believe the first step in teaching students about copyright is simply teaching them what it is in simple terms and why it exists.  I know that in my time at school technology wasn’t used as a tool as much as it is now, but I don’t remember being taught anything about copyright in school.  I think that it is important to start very basic when teaching students about copyright, because I think that our students today don’t think about where the videos they are watching, or songs they are downloading come from.  I think students see the internet as a tool without boundaries in a sense.  They don’t grasp the concept of the creating aspect behind those resources they use and access on the internet.  A lot of people in the community talk about how technologically advanced children and students of today are, and I know that there are some students that are, but I am finding that a majority of them actually aren’t.  Majority of our students today know how to play and access all the video games, and YouTube videos, but that is it.  We need to teach our students what the difference between the different types of copyright are, and how to properly cite the resources they use.  Prior to reading the articles and watching the video provided I wouldn’t have been able to even guess at what the different types of copyright are, and believe that this is the case with a large majority of teacher candidates, and current teachers.  I think that if there were to be a survey of teachers completed on information about copyright that a majority of them wouldn’t know much about it, and therefore our students aren’t learning about it either.  My biggest question is where you would fit it into an already jam packed school year with the curriculum and everything else that goes on during the school year.    

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