Before we start, what is Fair Use? "Fair Use" is a copyright policy that generally accept practices that are used in education circles, but is NOT a law, so it can be challenged by copyright holders. What does that mean? This means that in educational facility, they have a special right to use a certain amount of a copyrighted work if it only pertains to what the teachers are teaching (the curriculum), otherwise, it is also considered illegal. There are four factors that determines if the teachers are using the "Fair Use" policy fairly.
- The purpose and character of the work
- The nature of copyrighted work
- Amount and substantial
- The effect on potential market
The use of "Fair Use" is not limited, so if a teacher is challenged about using another work, that teacher must defend his/her use of the material. This reminds me of how a student must defend his/her position in a paper and that he/she have to use proper citation, otherwise it will be considered plagiarize work. From my perspective, as a student, we have always used the "Fair Use" policy when we are writing our papers, but did not realize that. Now that we learned its name, we must further our knowledge and learn to apply it in our future classroom, not just in our paper.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Digital Natives vs Digital Immigrants
When class began, the professor took attendance using the "Interactive White Board." At first I thought it was a Smart Board, but they are two separate piece of technology. Even though they are similar in the aspect of it being interactive with the students. If every classroom has this type of technology, it can definitely save some time during activities transition.
As the class continued, we proceeded with a few class discussions. One of them was about the videos of the students today in classrooms. I can definitely say that I can relate to them, since I am still a student myself. I even did some of the things the students in the video "A Vision of Student Today" did.
When the topic changed to "Digital Native vs Digital Immigrant," I felt that I am someone who fell in-between. Not really an immigrant and not really a native. When I am given a new piece of technology, like a native, I would play with it and figure it out. However, like an immigrant, sometimes it takes me a while to figure it out, or in some cases, I may even need outside assistance to figure it out.
While we were having these discussions, we were also using excel on Google doc, and this shows that time are changing. When I was a child, there were only one user per computer and that files could not be shared. Now everyone is on their own computer using the same document. How much time has change... This will only continue.
Monday, September 12, 2011
21st Century Classroom
As time passes, many things and objectives changed, but I do believe that one thing would always remain the same no matter what. That is the goal of education. I believe that the goal is to educate, guide, and prepare students "to become productive members of the workplace." On the other hand, the main difference between the 21st century classrooms and the classrooms of 10 or 20 years ago are the pedagogies and the methodologies that the teachers chose to use in order to prepare the students.
Ten years ago, I was still a young student in the classroom, so I can truly say that I have first-hand experience with teachers that use the older method of teaching versus teachers that use more evidence-based approach of teaching (or at least some were transiting from the old to the new pedagogy). I recall that some of my teachers only stayed in front of the classroom to teach. They would only use a primary source, the textbook, to teach. They would also tend to teach in one teaching style throughout that entire school year. I also remember how my teachers would assess us: through tests, projects, and papers.
Now that time are changing, the way we as future educators must learn to use pedagogies that theoretically will help the students learn. In the current classrooms, educators has to focus on students' learning styles such as visual learners, kinetic learners, etc... This means that the classroom will now be student-oriented. Teachers nowadays would also move around the classroom. Teachers and textbooks are also no longer the primary source/way of gathering information. Now, even the different types of assessments are growing: testing, projects, papers, newsletters, etc. I think that the major difference between the classrooms of the past and the present are the use of technologies. Technologies have become more advanced and that help creates more different possibilities of learning. An example would be the Smart Board, its presentation in the form of a whiteboard, but it has many more functions that will allow the teacher to manage their time easier. Also, it creates a fun way that can interact with the students.
Sometimes, it is easier to experience things first-hand to understand the major differences between the classrooms of 10 years ago to the classrooms of todays time.
Ten years ago, I was still a young student in the classroom, so I can truly say that I have first-hand experience with teachers that use the older method of teaching versus teachers that use more evidence-based approach of teaching (or at least some were transiting from the old to the new pedagogy). I recall that some of my teachers only stayed in front of the classroom to teach. They would only use a primary source, the textbook, to teach. They would also tend to teach in one teaching style throughout that entire school year. I also remember how my teachers would assess us: through tests, projects, and papers.
Now that time are changing, the way we as future educators must learn to use pedagogies that theoretically will help the students learn. In the current classrooms, educators has to focus on students' learning styles such as visual learners, kinetic learners, etc... This means that the classroom will now be student-oriented. Teachers nowadays would also move around the classroom. Teachers and textbooks are also no longer the primary source/way of gathering information. Now, even the different types of assessments are growing: testing, projects, papers, newsletters, etc. I think that the major difference between the classrooms of the past and the present are the use of technologies. Technologies have become more advanced and that help creates more different possibilities of learning. An example would be the Smart Board, its presentation in the form of a whiteboard, but it has many more functions that will allow the teacher to manage their time easier. Also, it creates a fun way that can interact with the students.
Sometimes, it is easier to experience things first-hand to understand the major differences between the classrooms of 10 years ago to the classrooms of todays time.
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