Green,+Kathryn

http://www.delicious.com/kayciegreen Kathryn Green – Journal Entry 1 A classroom situation in which technology was used to help me learn was in my previous ISTC 201 course which I took last year. I entered this course with little knowledge about how to integrate technology into the classroom setting, and left with a plethora of idea on how to do so. We did all of our assignment online, using Blackboard and Wiki spaces. We were placed into groups, where we then incorporated the information we had to research about different topics related to education. On Wiki spaces, we then created our own websites with information on the topic. When the class was finished, we had one website with all of our links attached, a great information base. We also learned different ways to research through the internet and our Library online database. The class was extremely helpful because beforehand, I had not known much about researching things in the right way, or how to properly cite them. With the use of blackboard for certain assignments, and wiki spaces, I was able to learn alone and with a group about these things as well as others. Journal Entry 2

I had a wonderful experience learning about the different levels of technology. I found it really interesting because i got to apply the different levels that i have already learned, while exploring new ones at the same time. I think teachers and school systems in general are reaching much higher to achieve success and advancements involving technology within their curriculum. I plan to reach higher technology levels by applying what I learn specifically in this class along with others, and frequently visiting sites that introduce new technology standards and programs that can be used within the class room. I believe that technology holds great importance in terms of education, it is a gateway that can help students connect with the past, future and present while using creative and innovative tools. it broadens their imagination as well as fundamental life skills. I think that students learn best with a mix of all different styles, listening to information, visually seeing examples and then applying what they learn will always be how I learn best.

Journal Entry 3

Web 2.0 tools are used in my everyday life, and help me a great deal. From school to entertainment, websites that include social networks, blackboard, aplia, wikis, and now delicious and digo have helped me explore technology through an educational door. Blackboard and Aplia are my two current websites that I use strictly for educational purposes. While blackboard keeps me up to date and organized with assignments, lectures, and grades, it is also extremely convenient because more the one class can be found within the same site. Another website I use, is Aplia. Aplia is usually used with business majors, and in my case is it used in my Economics class. It has separate folders containing grades, and assignments, and also includes tutorials that help you through each problem set. It is a useful tool when integrating technology and homework into the classroom. I found many of the web 2.0 tools really fun and interesting, but one that I know wouldve been able to help me with my school work is Quizlet. Whenever I prepare for an exam, I usually come up with a way to make my own study-guide, including flash cards. Quizlet can be viewed as a type of review used by students that they can either prepare themselves, or can be assigned by the teacher. Quizlet is not only limited to reviewing for exams, such reviews can be assigned for homework, extra credit, or free time work as well. Technology is growing day by day, and more and more people are becoming comfortable with it in their lives. I believe that technology will soon overtake majority of classrooms. I've seen a significant change already with technology in the classroom. I babysit for a second grade girl, and last night before she was allowed to play her video games, he mother said she must complete 5 excersies from her class website. On this website designed by the teacher, there were multiple categories of subjects with a plethora of sites corresponding for each one. There were typing exercises, music exercise, math, english, even dance and design. Not only as this fun for the student, but it was extremely educational. It was a great way for the teacher to incorporate technology within her classroom that can be used at home by students and parents.

Journal Entry 4

After reviewing the articles, I became aware of alot of things I had never known before. I was under the impression that if you give credit to a source after using its material you're always in the clear. This is not always the case. In our course documents folder there was a site containing fair use and copywrite issues. Here are two that I am unfamiliar with.

**Fair use.** The artist, Jeff Koons, used portions of a fashion photo - a woman's legs in Gucci sandals - in a painting, "Niagara." The painting included a montage of popular culture images spread over a Dali-like landscape.

-I would have assumed that this would NOT be fair use, because I would think that the artist Jeff Koons would have to give credit to Gucci, the model in the picture, and the photographer that took it in order to put it into his artwork.

**Not a fair use.** A television station’s news broadcast used 30 seconds from a fourminute copyrighted videotape of the 1992 Los Angeles beating of Reginald Denny. **Important factors:** The use was commercial, took the heart of the work and affected the copyright owner’s ability to market the video. ( //Los Angeles News Service v. KCAL-TV Channel 9//, 108 F.3d 1119 (9th Cir. 1997).)

- I would have never thought twice about this issue, and would have thought that the News broadcast station did not steal anything, even if they only orally citied the original source of the videotape.

Two cases that I was familiar with are: **Not a fair use.** An author copied more than half of an unpublished manuscript to prove that someone was involved in the overthrow of the Iranian government. **Important factors:** A substantial portion was taken (half of the work) and the work had not yet been published. (//Love v. Kwitny//, 772 F. Supp. 1367 (S.D. N.Y. 1989).

- This would obviously not be fair use because the work hadnt been published and this could be seen as a type of plagiarism.

**Not a fair use.** The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department purchased 3,663 licenses to use a software program, but installed the software onto 6,007 computers. Although the software was installed onto 6,007 computers, the computers were configured such that the total number of workstations able to access the installed software did not exceed the total number of licenses the Sheriff's Department purchased. **Important factors.** The installation of the software onto nearly all of the Sheriff's office computers was not transformative, did not promote an advancement of the arts, and was commercial in nature. //Wall Data Inc. v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department// __F.3d__  (9th Cir. 2006).

- This could be considered stealing the programs from the company.