EME_discussion

Review courses 1-11:

• Likes/dislikes,
• How they apply to your capstone project,
• How they apply to your phases.
• How did they help change your practice or environment?
  

I don't have many dislikes. I would have liked to have one course link open for all twelve months that outlines the CBR and Lit Review. This way I could have seen what was coming up and worked ahead as I had extra time in some months and not enough time in others. This would have also informed us of all aspects of the program instead of having some surprises along the way (like applying to present). 

My likes have been the abundant. The two classes that have been the most applicable to my capstone project were the Game class and the Learning Management class. They have been essential to the development of my classes for the 2011-2012 school year. My class content will have XP, levels, quests, etc and will be 100% online with a LMS. 

Every class has been beneficial in some form, often surprising me with usability and applicability to real life. My theories on education have been strengthened and transformed through this program. Personally I have also learned time management skills and personal strengths throughout each class! 

Week4_Wimba

WOW! What a great bunch of classmates! Everyone was super creative and worked really hard!

I'll need to review the archive to catch all the hints for next month, but I appreciate all the heads up we get every month. I like to look ahead and see what's coming.

I learned about data protocols which Mellissa will be sending me more information on that. I've felt that my CBR project lacked a lot of numerical data and percentages. Maybe learning more about this process will help future phases.

Photostory may also be a tool that I could implement into the classroom. Student's would be able to work on their pronunciations by reading selected texts. Wonder if I could put a story together and send it to the student to record their voice for each picture. Will have to play with that and see where it goes.

There is more to Google Apps, and I need to delve into them.

New publications to check out are JTATE and AACE.

PublicationLeadershipProject

As I'm finalizing my decision, I've posted this blog to keep all three together. The two blog entries and my link to my presentation.

Think out loud blog entry #1.

Think out loud blog entry #2.

Presentation.




Blessings,
Jenney

Wk4 Publishing/Leadership project part 2 of 2: WHY

So where o' where should I present?

Option 1: Well my top choice is ISTE. There is a South Dakota regional Technology In Education (TIE) every year. April 15-17, 2012 in Sioux Falls, SD. But since this is at the state level, it probably won't count. I'll probably still apply as it would be a great excuse over my birthday to go back home!

Option 2: But of course it would be fabulous to present at the annual ISTE conference which will be in San Diego in 2012 (June 24-27).
--- There is a student showcase section that would be great to bring a few students to show their work with Language classroom and technology.
--- Presentation of Research papers (peer-reviewed).
--- Model Lesson would provide an opportunity to show attendees how to students learn in my classroom with Web 2.0 tools and distance learning of language.

The Theme of my presentation could fall under one of these:
--- School Improvements
       --- educational visions
--- Digital Age Teaching & Learning
       --- Achieving the ISTE NETS for students
       --- Differentiated Instruction
       --- Games & Simulations (ideally in the future once I get the game completed)
       --- Language Learning
       --- Multimedia/Video/Digital Storytelling/Newscasting
       --- Podcasting
       --- Technology Integration
       --- Virtual Environments/Virtual Reality (ideally in the future once I get the game completed)
       --- Web 2.0/Web/Internet
--- Virtual Schooling/E-Learning
       --- Developing/Locating Digital Content/Learning Objects
       --- Distance Learning
       --- Instructional Design
      --- Student Engagement/Collaboration/Support
      --- Virtual Learning Technologies
      --- Virtual School Programs

Option 3: AACE - Advanced Computing in Education. October 17-21, 2011 in Honolulu, Hawaii! Well, dang! Who wouldn't want to go to Hawaii! Sign me up!
1. Sector or Application Domains: Informal Learning & K12
2. Major topics relating to or technologically supporting E-Learning.
        Content Development
        Implementation Examples and Issues
        Instructional Design
        Standards and Interoperability
        Tools and Systems
3. Specific Topics Examples:
         Accessibility
         Asynchronous Learning
         Authoring Tools
         Building E-Learning Architectures
         Collaborative Learning
          Developing, Integrating, and Delivering E-Learning Solutions
         Distance Learning
         Electronic Publishing Tools for E-Learning
         Human-Computer Interaction (ideally for the game)
         Multimedia-based E-Learning Systems
         Simulations (ideally for the game)
         Virtual Classrooms (ideally for the game)

After reading this, I'm super excited! Maybe I am smart! Maybe I am worthy to present! However, my big fear is that I'll get up there and hear "that was dumb, pointless, boring, worthless, etc". Guess I shouldn't feel that way since I've already had one HUGE South Dakota company ask me to speak to their researchers about online, distance learning. Guess its the pesky shame-based horrible voice in my head. I think the BEST thing that happened this week was listening to a successful Hollywood actress say that she deals with "the voice" as well. So how do we shut up the voice? Guess maybe continuing to step out of my comfort zone and to keep doing what I'm passionate about. It's my life afterall, and I've already wasted 34 years to this stupid voice! One movie quote (sorry can't remember the movie or the exact wording): if you don't feel like a *** then act like *** and soon your feelings will follow. "fake it til you make it" or "act as if".
***disclaimer: No I am not hearing actual voices. No need to call my counselor aunt nor my counselor friend. No blogger was hurt in the writing of this blog.***

***UPDATE*** As I was preparing some videos to input into my powerpoint, I ran across this option for Second Life. I sure wish the under 18 version was still around. Maybe at some point there will be an educational version for schools. This would be a good venue to talk about how to use Virtual Reality in classroom and how to incorporate worlds into the language learning classroom. This will be on my list for next year.

Wk3 Publishing/Leadership project part 1 of 2: WHERE

Publication versus Presentation

Well, I am leaning towards a presentation. I do not have time to write another paper worthy of publication.

With the advent of voice in powerpoint, I'm wondering why we need to type more words on a project? Also with the advent of YouTube or Viddler, couldn't we submit a link to our PowerPoint screen flow or actually "present" to our video camera and post it? Often my brain works faster than I can type, and believe me I can type pretty fast (80+ wpm when I get going). Also with typing my English/grammar cop comes out, and I tend to fix things as I type instead of waiting for a re-write. (I just fixed a missing comma in my compound sentence!)

So what am I going to present? Well, I wish that I was able to obtain some student work to show what they created in Creaza, but I was not thinking ahead and did not get copying of their user name and passwords. Also with Creaza, there was  no publishing option.

Guess I'm left with my data.

Slide one: Problem...in my humble opinion, what is the state of language classroom?
Slide two: Brainstorm...solutions, what are some of the solutions that I see, or have researched.
Slide three: Implementation...what did my CBR project show? How did students react? Phase 1.
Slide four: Implementation...what did Phase 2 show?
Slide five: Future...where do we go from here? What is in the works for my classroom? Game? etc.

Week3_Comment2

Quoting the original Angela Dixon: 


"...because one of her lovely teacher cast a dark shadow over my daughter's head and told her "if you become a doctor then everyone will die!"  My daughter never told me what that teacher said until years later for the fear of what I may have done.  In the book of The Art of Possibility it talked about a child is an exquisite attention-getting device.  (p. 82).  A child relies on strong leadership to help children to discover who they are and achieve their goals.  However, when that leaders or role models shatter a child’s dreams it affects them.  In adulthood, unless the child has a strong will, they grow up not fulfilling their goals and live their life in a box..."


I said: 


Oh Angela, I cringed when I read this. As a teacher, I'm amazed at how much "power" our words have! Most of the time I don't think my students listen to me, but then there are a few things that  they bring back a few days, weeks, months later! They were listening! Far too often, we (I) forget that students DO listen! What a sad day it is when a teacher dismisses the dreams of his/her student(s). Maybe this is where Zander mentioned the "giving an A" would change the perception the teacher had of his/her student (your daughter). It saddens me to think of what could have been if (ONLY IF) the teacher had given your daughter and A that day! 


Zander also asked, "Who am I being that my "people's" eyes aren't shining?" Your daughter's eyes were not shining that day! 


I just pray that your daughter has worked through that devastation and can follow her dream (original or new). 


 I like the Rule Number 6 “Don’t take yourself so seriously” because I spent most of my life trying to fit in or live my life to someone else expectation. During my undergraduate days I tried to be an overachiever and constantly let myself down.  I had to do a calculating self and ask myself “Why am I not aiming for my goal and what can I do to change this problem?” Once I stop taking life so seriously that’s when I was able to aim for my goal without stressing myself out.  I changed the way I thought of myself from the scarfs of my childhood life and realizing only I control my path.

Week3_Comment1

Directly quoted from Mike Skocko's blog:

"My week 2 posts have revolved around chapter one of The Art of Possibility and I don’t want anyone thinking that I considered myself an expert on the subject. The primary impulse behind this post was to reinforce my motto: You teach best what you most need to learn. Words I live and breath by.

Finally, for anyone who reflexively scoffs (myself included), and for politicians everywhere, a deep and profound truth from the amazing William Blake:

The man who never alters his opinion
is like standing water,
and breeds reptiles of the mind."

I shared: 

"great moto, Mike. One that kinda fits my situation as well. Also the William Blake quote is very apropos. With our Wimba discussion on school districts this week, it made me think of all those "in power". Guess they aren't breeding reptiles as they are altering their opinion, just not in a way that most would agree with."

Week2_Wimba

Interesting discussion on copyright. Trademark/brand name is different that copyright.

Length of time: Lifetime for author + 70 years or company has 100 years.

The law is not about how you got it or how you use it, but it is whether you have permission to use it.

Fair use: parody, news, teaching, critical comment

How it's used (the four above) and the % that is used and does it impede the original creator from making money.

Fair use is a legal defensible decision. For teachers, if you can NOT teach a lesson without using a piece of copyright information, then it might fall under fair use.

Week3_Wimba

This was a great Wimba tonight. I thought our brief discussion on the plethora of issues we are facing as school districts are adding more and more rules and regulations.
Some of my fears of the publishing/presenting assignment were alleviated tonight. I'm kind of excited about putting together the culminating activity to summarize the CBR project.

An interesting side note, the education co-op that I work for is doing a couple summer sessions for teacher professional development on project based learning.

There was some confusion on the abstract assignment due Sunday. I'm glad we clarified that this is a summary of the CBR project. I believe on that page on our websites (presentation) there is also a Lit Review summary.

Quote of the night, "the landscape is on fire!" We are the change agents that can and will make the future of education different than what it is today. WE can make the pendulum swing the other way.

Week2_Comment2

http://leonsedmtclassblog.blogspot.com/
Leon said:

Ben & Roz Zander are keeping tradition with a number of well known authors, Dale Carnegie, Maxwell Malts, Robert Schuller, Zig Ziglar, and Joel Osteen.  There is something real about this book that makes sense.  I think the Zander's created something other than putting a twist on an old message.  The Zander’s message may be more than just another remix.  The first few chapters have been a pleasure to read, and I can't wait to finish the book.



I said: 
Great addition to the discussion. These authors have great messages to say and often it is a twist of what has been previously stated. But I also agree that the Zanders seem to have a new message and go further than the "yeah ra" cheerleader type book. 

Week2_Comment1

Crystal C
http://theducationrevolution.blogspot.com

4. “Naming oneself and others as a contribution produces a shift away from self-concern and engages us in a relationship with others that is an arena for making a difference.” (p. 63)

I feel that my classmates and I in the EMDT program have adopted this as our motto. We all believe that by working together as a team to help the way education is viewed and the system is run we can make it better for all. We do not seek individual recognition and in doing this we work even better at coming up with ideas and ways to push the current boundaries and become even better educators.

My response: 

Your comment in #4 about working together to better the whole is a great take-away from the EMDT program! After all there is no "i" in team! 

Crystal also said: 

3. “This A is not an expectation to live up to, but a possibility to live into.” (p. 26)

If giving everyone an A right off the bat was an option as mentioned in the book, it would alleviate in some respects the pressure students feel in class or that all of us may feel in our daily lives with the expectations we feel we have to live up to and open us all up to the possibility that we can do far more and be far more by exploring our passions and being creative than by being narrow-mindedly focused and stuck in reoccurring thought patterns.

My response: 

My first response to this was fear. From a teacher's viewpoint, how does one "grade" passion? If we truly embraced this type of education, what would "school" look like? Would we go back to the days of apprenticeship? 

Week2_AoP_1to4

The Art of Possibility
by Benjamin Zander and Rosamjund Stone Zander

Thoughts from Chapters 1 to 4

The TED video of Benjamin Zander: (notes are taken from the video...some may be verbatim, some may be synthesized...all credit is given to him for these notes.
"one buttock playing" - let the music move you
"tone deaf" - wouldn't be able to tell when to shift gears, recognize voices, etc! Everyone has a good ear! WOW!!! American Idol here I come! j/k
I wish he was my Intro to Music teacher! I just learned a lot about Chopin! I've always liked classical music, but that was impressively unique way of teaching it.
Guess I'm one of the 3%. "Everyone loves classical music. They just haven't found out about it yet."
A conductor doesn't make a sound. His power depends on making other people powerful.
Awaken possibility in other people. Look at their eyes.

Who am I being that my "people's" eye's aren't shining?

WoW what a powerful statement! In the process of creating and revamping my virtual classroom for next school year, this is a great challenge for me! How can I make my students' eyes shine? How can I leave them with feedback, comments, suggestions that could stand as the last thing I say to them?

Chapter 1: It's all Invented

What a refreshing concept that it's all an invention!!! Life is all a perception of reality. We all perceive differently, so therefore reality is different. This reminds me of the many conversations I had with a dear friend. Although, I think he took this concept a little too far by saying the brick wall isn't a solid object. But, it can be perceived differently: some might say it is brown, others red. I've also had similar conversations with my father. We were reminicing awhile back, and I shared with him a memory I had. He chuckled and told me a completely different version of the story. I still say I was right (haha), but in reality, we both were. I heard a saying and sorry I can't give credit to the original speaker just know it wasn't me..."There are three sides to every story. Mine, yours, and the truth."

This is a differently avenue then where the author of this book is going. However, it does tie in with the "its all invented" theory.

Chapter 2: Stepping into the Universe of Possibility

Well honestly, this chapter could have saved me hundreds in therapy costs! I connected on a personal level with this chapter. The "world of measurement" is one of chaos and shame. The "little voice in the head" can overshadow the reality of life surrounding it. It creates the imaginary box that one can not get out of for fear of the unknown. But when we realize that we are in fact a small part of a bigger world, then we can see the "universe of possibility" is a vast expanse of, yes, the unknown, but also of something greater than ourselves.

The practice for this chapter is to ask, "How are my thoughts and actions, in this new moment, reflections of the measurement world?" And once answered honestly you can ask, "How are my thoughts and actions, in this new moment, reflections of the measurement world?" And as one goes through life, you can repeat this "and now?" until we come into a place of knowing we are part of the universe of possibility.

"Take a piece and the pie is whole again."

Chapter 3: Giving an A

This was a tough chapter for me. It seemed a little "high" on something. The principle is great! However, in the reality of grades and of measuring students, how do you apply this principle?
So if I give my students an A...and a few don't meet the standard...how can I justify keeping them at an A? Zander talked about literally giving a student an A and then figuratively giving an A as a way to see the universe of possibility in another person. However, when the two worlds collide in the classroom, grades HAVE to be given (much to my dismay). And grades are unfortunately a way to measure a student against a standard and therefore against each other...there seems to be an idealistic feel to this chapter and one that I wish discussed further, because I think the authors are on the verge of something big and revolutionary.
The story of Tanya and the bowings was a great A-ha moment for me. Too often, as a teacher, things are done to a certain expectation. But what I should be doing is listening to the students and composing together the route to the destination. The standards are the Key to the map (the legend), but the journey can and must take on a life of its own.
pg 39 "The player who looks least engaged may be the most committed member of the group. A cynic, after all, is a passionate person who does not want to be disappointed again." So I need to speak to the passion and not to the cynicism.

Chapter 4: ***more to come***

Check back soon.

Week1_Comment3

Manny Miranda's post stated:
After viewing the slew of videos from this week’s assignment, I feel overwhelmed. Copyright, Fair use, Creative Commons, all these policies and regulations are seemingly endless in the discussion on the protection or use of someone’s idea or concept. I understand that a person who originates their ideas and concepts needs them to be protected from users passing them off as their ideas and that the originators be compensated or at least credited when used. But I also believe that an end user should have access to these works to be informed and inspired and be able to use these ideas for their work as well. But the areas are so gray and overlap into each other. Now throw in the myths and misconceptions, like in the Templeton video, and you have a hodgepodge of misinformation that increases the likelihood of actually infringing on another persons copyright and not even knowing that you did.

In the end it is about educating oneself on the issue of copyrights and asking the right questions. The Mayer & Bettle video that explains Creative Commons is helpful. The comic strips on the Creative Commons website are amusing and insightful (Miranda and her coffee table book) on the explanation of the 4 options in Creative Commons licenses. I also enjoyed the video collage of Disney animations to show Fair use in its purest form. Educating oneself on the above concepts are the keys to avoiding any legal problems when it comes to using any portions of someone’s else idea, concept or work.


My response was: 


Very well said Manny! Education is the key to avoiding problems and keeping your own ideas safe as well. Thanks for sharing your ideas.

My favorite line, " But I also believe that an end user should have access to these works to be informed and inspired and be able to use these ideas for their work as well. "

I think we all learn from each other, and like you said, find inspiration from each other. The key is to do this legally and respectfully.

Week1_Comment2

 Mike Skocko's blog stated:

And say not thou my copy right or wrong, nor shed thy blood for an unhallowed cause.

Like that remix of John Quincy Adams’ warning not to blindly follow one’s country? Well, like it or not, both versions lead me into temptation and ambivalent feelings, just as Part I of our Copyright Issues reading did. For instance, consider Good Copy Bad Copy. The creatorsinvite downloads but send readers to The Pirate Bay.There’s no way I’m going to use a torrent site. I don’t care that it’s legal in Sweden. As a teacher, I’m supposed to lead by example, right? So instead, I opened Safari’s Activity Window and Option+Double-Clicked the video feed to snag a copy for myself.

My comment was: 

Sure enjoyed the video. It was very informative.

Wondering what your thoughts are on copyright and piracy issues while using online file conversion sites. If you use these borrowed items for personal use only is that okay? Or are there legal ramifications to converting urls, videos, etc?

Week1_Comment1

Sonni Jackson's blog stated: 

"In high school, I wrote a piece of music and I remember my teacher telling me it sounds like a song he’d heard before.  However, I’d never heard the song or of the author.  With the amount of music and other creatively created art in the world, it stands to reason that innocent creators will create something that is either the same or extremely similar to something that already exists.  How do you overcome this issue while not stifling the creative community?" 

My response is: 

For some reason I can not post a comment here. This is now my third attempt. I keep getting a word verification thing, but there is no spot to type it in to verify.
I concur with the last paragraph. The pure mass of information that we are bombarded with daily somehow is processed and filed in our brains. When this process happens, there is bound to be mash-ups and remixes as brain files like information together.
So are there really any original ideas? Or are they all just one complex mash-up?

June 30, 2011 7:48 AM

Week1_Wimba

OH Wimba how I love thee! Thank goodness for archive!

My FAVORITE part was the literature discussion. Why?! Because I needed the most clarification on this (long long story), but this has been a HUGE frustration for me. So I'm SUPER thankful for this clarification FINALLY!

"lit rev is a survey [overview] of a lot of literature..."
"what did the world say about what I want to do?"

Broad spectrum - no list - not research paper
A dialogue that covers the spectrum of what you're researching.

Jen Geiger said during a conversation, "What would Diane Sawyer say about the literature?" which went along with the professor's analogy of a good talk show host!!! Where was this analogy eight months ago?! Super thankful for a fresh viewpoint to this process. Think the curtain is finally pulling away from the window. I can see daylight. Oh wait, those are street lights!

Professor Bustillo said, "hmm I had this question and I'm wondering what all these people said." So does that mean we can state the question in the introduction?

Second portion of very needed information: CBR!

I need to update the site and consistently throughout all pages. Update all pictures and videos. Basically fill in all pages that we have started thus far.

On the plan page I need to add how many participants were added. Update LR references page and the notes with the mind mapping.

Data data data...gotta put the data together and make a few statistics. Did you know that 86% of all statistics are made up on the spot!

Abstract: 120 words or less! Descriptive...Haiku -- initial questions, lit review, methodology, results, conclusion...don't defend, not why i did it, but how.

(insert record scratch here) WHAT?! We are going to apply to present or be published?! I'm wondering who the collective "we" is in the "we weren't getting as big of a payoff as we could get or should get given the amount of work that you guys have already done." Because the "we" if that includes me would mean that my payoff of a raise, job advancement, etc could be sufficient for me and therfore my choice to then go into retirement would be my choice if I chose not to get published. I'm really caught off guard by this even though a peer mentioned it in a conversation last night after class (I watched archive today). In month 1 (and 2) it was stressed that we could if we wanted to, but we wouldn't be forced to publish even though we'd be fully prepared to publish if we so chose. The analogy that has become forefront for this process is "It's all fluid"(always changing) in this Alice in Wonderland world.

I guess I now know what a fish feels like when I'm fishing. Oh this pretty lady is providing me with food, how nice is that?! "Swim little fishies over to my line." *gulp* Oh no! There's a hook! Swim away! Swim away! Nope, I'm snagged.





I was looking into getting published or presenting at some point in the future, but not necessarily with this project. The lit review is turning into a community written plan and not necessarily something that I would put my name on as a finished product. However, I am reworking it this week to see if I can salvage my voice.

As I'm listening to the archive, this song started running through my head.






The chorus keeps running through my head, "whatya want from me?" However, as I actually listened to the lyrics it fits this process pretty well.

"Just don't give up I'm workin it out 
Please don't give in, I won't let you down 
It messed me up, need a second to breathe 
Just keep coming around 
Hey, whataya want from me 
Whataya want from me 
Whataya want from me"


"Just don't give up on me 
(uuuuuuh) I won't let you down 
No, I won't let you down"

written by: Pink, Max Martin, and Shellback and released on Adam Lambert's November 2009 album "For your Entertainment".

Week1_FairUse

Thoughts before I read this section:

1. I use songs that students know and re-word them in Spanish vocabulary.
2. some I create, some are pilfered from...you guessed it...online.
3. I had students create their own songs in Spanish using already existing music...often the hit pop song of the day.

So am I illegal by doing this? How can I protect myself and my students from legal action, but still be able to use this fun activity?

So let me read the assignments and I'll get back to you.

Well according to the Fair(y) Use Tale fair use is a small snippet of copyright intellectual property that you can use for:
1. teach
2. news reporting
3. parody
4. critical comment

Rules for use under the Fair Use policy
1. nature of the work
2. the amount you borrowed
3. commercial impact
4. doesn't change the works value

The ReMix culture video states that it is all about "balance". Finding the delicate balance to keep everyone happy, to keep the authors and remixers teetering on the thin line between fair use and copyright infringement.

Use the Code of Best Practices!!! Give credit to creators!!!

So maybe my youth pastor's view of "better to do it and ask forgiveness than to risk the slow process of asking for permission."

Week1_CopyrightIssues

Okay, well, hmmm. I fully believe pieces of work need to be copyrighted. However, there is a point where there is a thin line between a person's creativity and knowledge and realizing it was someone else's work after the fact (ignorance of a work's existence).

For instance, every time I hear the start of this song....





I think of this song....

So if I were to hear these on the radio...I would say the Queen song copied Vanilla Ice (wait...let me explain). 

Because I grew up hearing V.I.'s song all the time. It wasn't until recently that I started hearing the Q's. So on the radio...it makes sense that I would think the latter copied the former. HOWEVER...I know the is not the case once I knew the musician's involved as the latter was around before the former.

Further more, during a previous month, my student's created this song:






Only after the fact did someone mention that the beginning lyrics sounded like this song...which I had never heard. Granted we said "we wear..." and it was in Spanish. However, under what we learned this week, I would be or could be found guilty of copyright infringement.







So, I'm left with the old addage that "ignorance is bliss" vs. Ignorantia juris non excusat or ignorantia legis neminem excusat (in English means "ignorance of the law does not excuse" or "ignorance of the law excuses no one")

For instance,







there was probably HUGE agreement, permission, legal issues things that happened before Weird Al was able to create this because it is created after this...






And likewise,





is taken from Faith Hill (apologies, the video embed code was disabled).

I can completely understand how confusion can set in when you see professionals appear to "rip off" other artists work. The general public does not see the behind the scenes work with copyright and legalizing their use of a copyrighted work.

I know when I saw the mashup episode of Glee, I wondered what other songs could be smooshed together into one. YouTube is full of wannabe Gleeks and mashers. The other thing filling up the bandwidth on YouTube are people creating their own videos, pictures to music, etc. Similar to things we created in MTA.

How do cover bands work? Are they all obtaining permission to perform and book gigs (often paying gigs)? And all the Elvi in Vegas, who do they get permission from to copy the King?

Where does this leave us? Do we need to change our summer reading to include copyright laws? As a teacher I see a LOT of plagiarism and a collective knowledge process of thought among my students. With the use of internet and having information at his fingertips, I had one student tell me that it was all "free for the taking." While I internally went ballistic, I tried to think of where he was coming from. It is my opinion that all the copyright issues were dealt with behind the scenes; therefore, creating a "I didn't know that happened" mentality among the students (general public). At the heart of the copyright issues, IMHO, is this "knowledge of the collective" or "all for one; one for all".

I'm hoping that I have confused the poo out of you, because this issue is SO complicated and SO extensive, that the is a fabulously large grey area where the balance between creative expression and legal rights need to be weighed out, challenged, questioned, thrown out, etc etc etc.

All the legal mumbo jumbo needs to be in plain English and brought to the public instead of fear and intimidation by legal action...education before prosecution.

Looking forward to the comments...

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