copyright

I learned a lot of new things about copyright and fair use laws. Many teachers are probably not aware that they are not using copyrighted material in the correct way. I was surprised by some of the laws. Who would of thought you couldn't show a Disney movie at recess. Next time we'll put an educational twist with it! It is important for teachers to be aware of the laws and to follow them as well as they can!

computers in school

Playing the Oregon Trail in grade school is my earliest memory of using a computer in school. Taking keyboarding in junior high and being able to type on computers in the library are other ways I used computers in school. Since then, I've used computers for many other things-email, research, ideas for my classroom, typing. In my second grade classroom, we use the computer to check the weather, type, and look up information. Today I helped a little girl get on the internet to find the answer to a specific question she was asking about a king cobra. We looked in snake books but couldn't find the answer and it was easily found on yahoo.