Blog Journal 2

1.  I have used Microsoft word a lot through out my middle school and high school career.  Mostly, I have used it to write any sort of essay I was assigned.  In addition to this, I have used Word for other assignments, for example: writing a children's book.  Word is also an awesome tool to use for visual projects like making a poster or any sort of graphic design.  Teachers have used word for many different reasons too, like using it to make a syllabus or to make a poster for their classroom.

2.  I do not have much personal experience with copyright but I have seen some instances in high school.  In my TV Production class we had restrictions on what we could use as far as music for any of our projects that we made.  It was one of our jobs to check and make sure any of the music we used was royalty free.  In addition to this, in my graphic designs class from high school, we always made sure to change our search results using the usage rights tool.  As a teacher, I would make students aware of what copyright is and explain to them when it is important that we do not use anything that is copyrighted in our work.

3.  One of the issues mentioned in Chapter 11 is the Legal Issue.  This would be something like Copyright, like I mentioned above, my solution to this would simply be to make the students aware of what copyright is and how to avoid and search for things that are legal for them to use.  Another issue mentioned is a Social Issue.  This could be something like the students equity of access.  My solution to this problem would be to always have an alternative to something that is required online.  For example, if the assignment is to write an essay, I would make it an option to hand write the essay to turn in.  Also, for anything that is needed to be done through technology, I would allow for plenty of time to work on it in class so each student has the opportunity to get their work done.  Finally, Ethical Issues do arise when using technology in the learning environment.  To solve this, I think the best thing to do is to make sure students are taught how to use the internet and technology safely and just simply explain to them the things they can and cannot do when it comes to technology.