The world of social media along with the freedom of resources on the Internet has opened up a lot of issues for teachers to address in their classrooms. It is possible that copyright infractions have not changed; however, the ease of finding those who break copyright rules is much easier to find. I can remember going to a physical library and doing my research for a paper by reading real books and taking notes on 3 x 5 index cards. Those would be organized and the paper written. I could have copied an author's words but it was more labor intensive, especially with my manual typewriter! Social networks were created through the school community in the dorms and with groups at church.
Enter the new generation with connections everywhere which are able to track every word said and every picture taken with the capability of quickly passing information around. The ability to copy and paste also makes copyright infringement so much easier to accomplish.
What is the responsibility of teachers and parents? First, we must set an example of wise use of social media sites. We also much teach our students about the discernment needed to be on these sites and the legality of stealing information from someone else through copy and paste.
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Thank you for sharing this. My biggest concern for any material that is found on these sites is when using for educational purposes siting those sources, and ensuring no laws have been broken. My biggest scare was I was creating a Sales Class for a Non-Profit Financial Education Organization and based on the title of the class and the objectives I wrote, their site was shut down due to a copywriter infringement. I had NO idea that the title "Beginning Sales Skills" was protected as well as the objectives of what I was covering in the class. Both the organization and I do believe it was a competitor of theirs that didn't like them entering providing Sales Training and it was more of a "scare tactic" then anything else. But it did hit a nerve for me!
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