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    Copyright is basically the legal rights of people who have their own content, and it prevents others from using or copying said content. People who own their content can give others permission to use their content. However, this is not the same concept as fair use. Fair use would be when people do not technically have permission to use copyrighted works, but do so anyway in small amounts. As a teacher, I think it would be very important to be creative in what works for me and my classroom, so I would try my best to come up with my own methods, but there are also so many teachers and teaching materials out there that do not have copyright issues that would be great resources to try to pool together at times. With students, I would try to teach them that everyone thinks differently and it is important to come up with original content and ideas, but I would also explain that collaboration can be a very useful tool for discovering new ideas, too.

    There are many issues that can come about with technology implementation.  One of those is decreased productivity. I really do not think it matters what age you are teaching, there are going to be students who will get distracted and do things they are not supposed to be doing on a computer. With that in mind, I think it would be important to have maybe some kind of reward system for good/correct behavior when using technology. For example, I know when I was younger, it was always really excited when the class got to go to the computer lab or use laptops. The class should know that if every student is on their best behavior on the technology, they will have the opportunity to have more time on it. If they are not able to behave properly, the technology is taken away for the day and there is a discussion on proper behavior. Another issue is lack of funding. I am not an expert on how funding for schools works, but I know that schools have fundraisers all the time. That being said, I think if a school is short on money, or it is not in the budget at all for technology, then a fundraiser should be organized. Even something as simple as a bake sale can help to raise a good amount of money.

    I actually really enjoyed making my newsletter for this class. It was fun to pretend to be a teacher and have my own class and it made me really excited for my future career. Through the process I learned how to work with the tables option on Microsoft Word, which I have never used before. I also learned how to make everything fit, but also look aesthetically pleasing on the page. I think that the assignment also taught me some time management, because it ended up taking me way longer than I expected it to. I will definitely use this learning experience in my future career because I think sending out a newsletter to parents is very helpful and would probably be very appreciated by many people. 





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