D#7, HW#6--
I thought this website was useful because it had a LOT of information about copyrights and the internet. It discusses plagiarism, how long copyrights last, and even what you can and can not do when creating a webpage. Great information to know for Project #2.
This web page does a great job at breaking it down simply. It explains what copyright is, how long it last, as well as what you can and cannot do with it. It specifically goes into what is copyrighted on the internet and what you can put on your page and what you cannot put on your page. This I believe would greatly benefit us for this class knowing what exactly we can and cannot do.
Talking in groups can help overcome the anonymity and passivity of a large class or a class meeting in a poorly designed room.
Students who expect to participate actively prepare better for class.
This source is very helpful, it provides skills in how to get started, show group leadership, and how to focus on your work. Gives tips on how to notice dynamics of the group, how to collaborate, and how to share ideas in order to participate and interact with the group.
Briefly review subjects covered in last lesson: plagiarism, proper citation and paraphrasing, honesty and trustworthiness in school research and writing.
“Who owns copyrighted materials such as movies, music, and web pages?” Tell students that the copyright owner is the person who created the work, e.g. author, musician, artist, computer program/game creator, scientist-inventor, business person, etc.
Next ask the class if they are familiar with the Happy Birthday song. Inform them that this song is protected by copyright
Copyright is a form of legal protection given to the authors of books, music, movies, etc. Users of the books may not make copies without permission from the authors except in limited occurrences for school and personal use where there is no profit involved. This limited use is known as Fair Use which we will talk about shortly.
The digital aspect of the web allows for wonderful innovations such as MP3 players but ethical personal use must be employed to avoid legal punishment.
The RIAA, the professional organization which represents the recording companies, (Recording Industry Association of America), has reacted with copyright infringement legal actions against schools and college students. Have you noticed the warnings posted on music CDs or movie DVDs?
Now there are more legal ways for music customers to purchase their music online with services such as iTunes, Rhapsody, amazon.com, etc. There are even some legitimate free music download examples. For example, some unknown bands may provide free previews online. While other more popular bands or singers may post a sample tune for fans to hear for free.
Copyright and Fair Use, inform the students that the expert speaker is an attorney that helps students and professors at a university to learn about the ethics and Fair Use guidelines of copying digital information such as music, movies, or web content for school.
This is a good example of how copyright is explained. The comic shown in this article is very cute and original, gives us an idea of how we can copyright without knowing.
Here is a discussion around group norms. The Team Writing text refers to communication norms in chapter 7. This is a group specific example on how to become familiar with differences within a group and use that as an advantage to succeed.
Develop Group Norms
Effective interpersonal communication among group members and successful communication with managers and employees external to the group are critical components of group functioning.
Form and charter a team with a project, process improvement, or product development task.
Read about group and team norms to understand the concept.
Schedule and hold a meeting to establish and adopt group relationship guidelines or group norms.
With an external facilitator leading, or a member of the group, in the absence of a facilitator, leading, all group members should brainstorm a list of guidelines that will help create an effective team.
Once the list of group norms is generated, you will want to cross redundant ideas off the list.
Each member of the group commits to “living” the guidelines.
Following the meeting, distribute the group norms to all team members.
Periodically evaluate the effectiveness of the group on achieving its business goals as well as its members’ relationship goals.
This page describes methods of organization and repetition. It's the rinse and repeat method that keeps the post system in order. It tells you to wait to post until a specified time, and while your blog draft is saved if something comes up you can add to or modify your blog.