Project ideas:

Actually, I just decided that I will try and do my third project on anti-plagiarism technology. I know that there are some methods which aid teachers in eliminating plagiarism, but I would like to research what those are and how to use them. I think that this is a vital part of technology which is essential to a "oh just google it" kind of world. Teachers need to be informed on how to use this type of technology.

I will be working by my self, and will not be doing the competition.

Alright some problems that I have noticed in schools are:

• huge amounts of paper waste
• helping students connect (inside a classroom) with places and things which are far away
• Helping students have more one on one involvement

I am tying to find a way to fix at least one of these with technology, and am hoping that I can find one in class today.

Internet Safety:

We as educators have a responsibility to aid or students in remaining safe while on the internet. There are many ways in which we can do this.

1. We can have strict rules and consequences against going on non-educational sites.
2. We can teach our students about internet safety and explain why it is important.
3. We should never require our students to put personal information on the internet.
4. and put all computers in open public parts of the school

Movie project

The assignment for my class would be to pick one of the founding fathers of which we would have studied about and create a movie about their life and contributions to society. They can do a song, skit, or documentary type video. They can do it in groups or by themselves, but the groups should not be any bigger than 5 people.

Download

I downloaded a video from youtube. It was super easy. I was so amazed because I could just click and download. I experienced no problems! As far as fair use, youtube is free game. I can download and watch/show anything I want as long as I say where I got it. Had I ripped a movie however, it would have to be for an educational purpose. I am glad that we had to do this because it really taught me how to do something simple which I had no idea of how to do it previously!

copyrights

I had always known the general idea of what copyrights are, however, today I learned that there are ways that you can use material under copyright. I also discovered the fact that there are places to go to get material, on which the copyright has runout, or the owner has a creative commons copyright on the product. This information is quite valuable, because it means that although I need to restrict my use of certain materials, there are many options open so that I should not feel "restricted".

Here are some fun websites:

http://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos

http://manybooks.net/categories/CCL

I decided to do an example of a project that students might turn in. Therefore, I will include my movie and a copy of the assignment. My plan for my movie includes images of Thomas Jefferson's life, and footage of someone rapping. The rapping will be the main audio, but will be supplemented by music. Here is a rough draft of the words:

Text:

Common little children let me tell you a story

And teach you a lesson all bout fame and glory

There once was a man by the name of TJ

Born in Shadwell in the great state VA

Known for his skill in putting words together

Adams and Franklin they gave him a feather.

And said, "Mr. TJ we’re coming to you

Write against the stamp act and the Georgian king too!"

So TJ wrote: the grievances we cannot stand

We declare independence yup that’s what we demand

Well push came to shove, and they started to fight

A new nation was born, as if over night.

His wife Martha died – thus ending their romance

But TJ moved on and was ambassador to France

The great things he accomplished did not end there

He fought for freedom until his red head was bare.

He fought hard with federalists for states rights

Became U.S. president with political might

Louisiana purchase, foundation of UVA

Contributions like these still affect us today.

So remember my children, how to be great

TJ is one of the best examples to date.