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Lewis 504 Assignment

Welcome to the world of blogging. Here's the assignment for this evening:

Part 1: Use the following links to do a little bit of research on your own regarding Copyright law in teaching, as well as cyberbullying.
Copyright Law:
http://ced.ncsu.edu/techcomps/unets6.html

http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm

Fair Use Chart

Cyber Safety:
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=095-0869
http://cybersmart.org/
http://cybersmartcurriculum.org/
http://www.isafe.org/

http://www.netsmartzkids.org/activities/nsrules/nswhat2do.htm

http://www.ctap4.org/cybersafety/cybersafetylinks.htm

Part 2: Create a blog on www.blogger.com. You can use your Lewis University Google account, since blogger.com is owned by google. Design your blog to be used as a communication tool with your students and/or parents. I will be looking for a few things:
Thing 1 - Put up at least two static "Pages" in addition to your home page. Some ideas for static page topics: "About Me", Calendar, Class Resources, Local Education Centers (libraries, museums, parks, etc.) a suggested reading list,
Thing 2 - Make at least 3 postings to your blog. A good idea for your first post might be a beginning of the year memo to let your readers know what to expect from you.
Thing 3 - Put a description in your blog so that anyone who visits it will know what sort of information they can find without actually reading 20 postings.

Part 3: Create a comment to this post to briefly discuss the following two themes. Please comment on both of the "themes" listed below. You may use what others have posted as a jumping off point in addition to the "themes":
Theme 1: As a teacher, is it important to model copyright/fair use laws with your students all of the time? What sorts of things are protected by copyright law?
Theme 2: What is cyberbullying? Why is it important that we as educators spend precious time to cover this topic?