Digital copyrights, fair use, etc.

     In ETEC this week, we studied copyrights as pertaining to digital things. I can't say I was entirely aware of fair use, even though I had some vague idea of it. It's a little more important to me now that I am studying to be a teacher! What a relief to understand it a little better. A lot of the information seemed to be double-talk. It seemed like the authors of the articles were trying to simplify things, but it was my understanding that the rules are still developing, and that kind of complicates things!But I previously only had a nebulous notion of how a copyright worked, and how it works with digital information is quite another thing!
     Looking at cyberbullying was interesting. I am pretty aware of all of that, having a teenager in the house. Besides, my two adult children aren't that old, and dealing with internet use has been a big part of my household for awhile now. It's scary to think that it gets so out of hand! Some kids use that as an escape from what they deal with at school, and it's downheartening to see how it can be used against them. I don't think a lot of parents monitor their kids computer usage very closely, though. At least, I think they are under the impression that they are, but a lot of these kids are so much more adept at it than my generation...and they know how to hide it when they want to.
     Netiquette is really just common sense and politeness in digital format. Being online requires that kind of behavior just as if a person was actually in the room with you.
     This was very informative. I saved some of the sites about copyrights so I can refer to them later on when I really need them! Oh! And I thought that site about cyberbullying was a great site to use with kids!