Copyright, Fair Use & Online Safety

I have learned a lot about copyright. The laws and regulations protect the originator of the product from people taking advantage of your product. The music, book, and movie industries and the need protection from the rest of the world duplicating their work. It is also fascinating how the copyright is protected for fifty year after a person is deceased. There are laws that protect everything in the world today and copyright is one of the best ideas yet. In the future I will definitely use the copyright on all of the things I want to protect. The youtube website is very informative to everyone about the copyright benefits. It is important for all publishers to know about this wonderful process. The year of the copyright and who is the publisher is vital information.The copyright and fair use for students is great for educators to teach the student how to protect themselves for cyber invasions.

I feel like this another phenomenon in technology. Not only can you research this very important information, but you can inform youself on how to protect you vested interest from people duplicating you creations. Laws and right governing us in society and the business world is not only a benefit ,but it is mandatory. Can you imagine not having any laws? This would be a terrible place to be. There has been many lawsuits over individual duplicating music every since the early 1900's. The copyright protections allows repercussion to the violators that abuses someone in the publishing business.

Additional information:

"Copyright for Educators" at http://www.copyrighteducation.org/ hosted by KOCE-TV. You can find series youtube video clips at YouTube.com

Below is a video clip of "Copyright for Educators (Multimedia Guidelines

Mapping Activity (week-4 assignment)

     I didn't know about mapping the website before this activity. The search engines are vital to the research process. I started using the computer in my freshman year. I didn't know anthing about computers then. My research process began with following instructions up to this point. Wikipedia was a major source of search engines for me. I don't know how credible they are, but they are an informative resource. It really depends on the category or level of information that is needed before you know which search engine you need. Needless to say, I'm a rookie at computers and I didn't know anything about this mapping process.
     I will be able to utilize this information on mapping in the future. Education technology is helpful as I continue as a student. My teachers are using this form of education to the full extent. If I intend to receive all of the information and lesson that are being conveyed, I have to beware of how the technology works. I plan to use this technology as a teacher, also. I want my students to get the full benefit of what mapping and the whole computer technology has to offer. Students are familiar with the fundamentals of computers. When they are taught how to explore through the efficient benefits  
of what the technology of computers have to offer, using the computer for what they need will be awesome.
     In conclusion, mapping is really resourceful. The amount of references, contacts made, and the history of the website is needed information. It gives a good reference on the site. Before you put too much trust in anything, it helps to know a little bit about it. Students are majoring in different subjects tha require a lot of detailed information, and mapping will give a student what the instructor is looking for.

     My name is Marcus Bills and I'm from Paris, tx. I didn't become familiar with the computer until my freshman year in college at Paris Junior College. Now I am a 45 year old senior and a little bit better at it. Children are more familiar with computers these days because of video games. When I was young we didn't play video games, we played football and basketball practically everyday. I also rode horses and motorcycles quite a bit. My parents wouldn't let me sit around the house on weekends and summer vacations, they made me get out of the house and be active to some degree. When I graduated from high school in 1966, I moved to Dallas,Tx. I got a job at Sewell Village Cadillac as a service porter. Eventually, I was promoted to selling used and new cars. After 8 years, I started a family and started working for Kimberly-Clark Inc., in Paris. I had a disabling motorcycle accident. That is what brought me back to college.
     Communication is very important. Technology has brought us Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, E-mail, as well as Blogging. With all of this communication, the postal service will end up out of business. The world is evolving very fast. Technology will be a new phenomenon for me in this in class room. The computer era is still fairly new for me and I plan to learn all that it has to offer. Our instructor is very helpful and knowledgeable. That is the biggest asset this class has to offer. As future teachers, technology will help shape and mold this new generation of students.
     My goal is to gather as much information as I can in this classroom. I also plan to observe the detail that comes with the technology of computers. I didn't know what to expect from this class, but now I see how informative this class will be. So to all of the future teachers in this class, take advantage of this opportunity to advance and to learn about technology. I plan to !!

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