At my school, we just had professional development on copyright. In that course and search that I have done I learned some things about copyrights and copyright laws. I was aware that there were copyright laws. I knew that there are some exceptions to the law but I did not know to what extent. One thing I learned was that as a student, there is no time limit to using works but as a teacher, you only have two years to use copied work. Another interesting fact I learn was that teacher are suppose to put disposal dates on those works. I recalled something about how the internet has made it so easy to break copyright laws. I think that many teachers have probably broken copyright laws on a regular and did not even know it.
The Internet has bought many great things: emailing, chatting, downloading music and videos and paying bills online. Internet has bought about a new thing called cyberbullying. I have heard of cyberbullying but I did not realized that it was really such an issue. I found a number of sites against cyberbullying and found and heard stories about things people have said and done.
Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other social sites are great way to interact with friends and family but if not careful with the information we put on it. It can be used against us. There a internet stalkers and people who prey on young children using facebook and the information they place on these social sites. SmartPhones and other phones with internet access has also allowed people to surf the net and all times. The newest thing I heard was something about how these SmartPhones now have a program that can calculate the make-up of your face and tag all pictures of you that are available on the internet. Anything I post on the internet and facebook, I do not mind people seeing however, I don't even think I like the fact that I can be tracked in any picture out there. (Can that be a violation of my privacy... or did I sign some type of wavier that I didn't realize I agreed to because I didn't read the fine print. LOL)
How many people do you know or think have does this??? Students especially? I know I have.
