The second thing that I found that not many people know in the field, whether it be students or even teachers, was the information on metadata. I had no clue that metadata was so detailed. I am responsible for keeping my webpage up to date for my classroom. In order to make sure that I have everything spelled correctly (because I have a tendency to be an awful speller) I usually type information in MS Word and then copy it to the website (like I do for discussion boards and even my blog). Doing it this way also helps with formatting and making sure that everything I just typed doesn’t get deleted because of a network error or Blackboard malfunction. I would be willing to bet that I was not the only person this week shocked to hear this information!
Friday, April 20, 2012
Muddiest Point Blog – EDUC639
Throughout my years of college I have become pretty aware of what is and what is not plagiarism and violations of copyright laws. However, as one of the presentations this week stated, the students that are coming into college now are not aware of what is and what is not appropriate to use from the internet. People have this idea that anything on the internet is free game. I think this has to be one of the “muddiest points” in the field. I would think that this is more the case for photos and graphical pieces from the internet. To be accurate, something as simple as a clipart image must be properly cited if it is not designated as, “royalty free.”
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Alisha,
ReplyDeleteI have always been the person who looks at the copyright laws to be sure I was doing the right thing anytime a question arises. At my school there is a very large poster hanging in our copy room that directly states the pertinent information. On occasion, while I wait for my copies I browse over the laws. However, I do agree that many people feel it is not stealing when people take things off the internet. I conducted a poll at my school. In all of my classes I asked students did they feel it was wrong to take music off the internet. Only a few students said they felt it was stealing. In the future it is possible the muddy point will become even more so.
I was completely surprised about the metadata and Microsoft Word. I too struggle with spelling errors and use MS Word on a regular basis to copy and paste. You are correct in your statement that you are not the only one shocked. It is good that Dr. Brown is putting that information out for students to hear. From now on in my own classes I will be certain to put that out there along with all the other internet safety and internet ethics I teach.
Blessings
I do think your take on identifying copyright laws is very true. I believe this is taught as early as elementary school when students have to complete projects and have to look for outside sources. Of course there are numerous copyright laws, and the different styles of referencing sources can also lend to differences in citing sources. As you and Alisha mentioned, it does seem that too often people take things from the internet and do not properly reference their source. This is especially seen with graphics and clipart. I would say that it is easy to obtain images from online and they are not always referenced during its use. Recently I have even seen on the news where people are questioning if copyright laws are being broken if they pin information from websites without approval. Thank you for your post because the information about the graphics really stood out to me.
ReplyDeleteHi Alisha,
ReplyDeleteI too was very familiar with the copyright piece in that every year I have taught in public education I have had to sit through at least one lecture on what is and what isn't legal to use from text, pictures, and video. The metadata was a different issue, however. There was much to learn in that segment, and much to take into consideration. I'll never look at copying and pasting out of word the same way ever again.