Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Copyright Laws
I was really surprised that there were so many cases that I thought would have resulted in the court case favoring the artist but really went the way of the person who used the material. Copyright laws are there to protect the creator but don't always do that. Its important for teachers to understand these laws because if they don't it could end in a law suit and unnecessary attention. Teachers break these rules all the time especially when they show movies to all of their classes, instead of just one time like the fair use laws state. Its important to follow these laws because every kid in the classroom might go to their parents which could lead to bad situations. So if you teach the rules then you'll be ok and the students will know the proper way of using others material.
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Informal Lesson Plan
Video Project
12th Grade American Government
Assignment: create a short video 5-10 minutes showing the importance of one of the amendments from the constitution. Be sure to include what the amendment is, how its used, and why its used. This project will be started in class but the majority of the filming and editing will be done outside the classroom.
Schedule: Monday Introduce Project (show examples from years past) Assign Groups
Tuesday allow them to work in their group and have them show you a story board for the end of the class/approval of topic
Wed-Friday normal classroom topics no filming work. No classroom time is given because filming must occur outside the classroom and monitoring 25 seniors would be impossible and for a new teacher you don't want any problems during a fun assignment.
Monday- View Videos
For the success of this project the school where you're at must have access to video cameras and computers with editing capability, if not this assignment is impossible. This project is also based on out of classroom work so it must be assigned to a class that will have fun with it but still take it seriously and get the work done. This is a type of assignment that will draw a lot of attention if something goes wrong so you have to make sure nothing does.
12th Grade American Government
Assignment: create a short video 5-10 minutes showing the importance of one of the amendments from the constitution. Be sure to include what the amendment is, how its used, and why its used. This project will be started in class but the majority of the filming and editing will be done outside the classroom.
Schedule: Monday Introduce Project (show examples from years past) Assign Groups
Tuesday allow them to work in their group and have them show you a story board for the end of the class/approval of topic
Wed-Friday normal classroom topics no filming work. No classroom time is given because filming must occur outside the classroom and monitoring 25 seniors would be impossible and for a new teacher you don't want any problems during a fun assignment.
Monday- View Videos
For the success of this project the school where you're at must have access to video cameras and computers with editing capability, if not this assignment is impossible. This project is also based on out of classroom work so it must be assigned to a class that will have fun with it but still take it seriously and get the work done. This is a type of assignment that will draw a lot of attention if something goes wrong so you have to make sure nothing does.
Video Project
I really liked doing the video project, it took me back to my days of digital media classes in high school which I enjoyed a lot. This time around I kind of put a lot of pressure on myself to recapture the talents I had in those old classes. In doing so my final product was a bit different then the story board but overall it turned out well. I would have liked to have had more time on the project both to work and to create a video 90 seconds is not a long time. I have worked with video a lot for multiple classes and this just reaffirmed the fact that its something I'll use in my classroom.
Monday, April 4, 2011
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