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Week 3 Copyright and Privacy

 The Significance of Copyright 

    Although copyright has been a part of our lives for centuries I feel like many of us don't know it exists or know much about it. I honestly never had any interest in concerning myself with copyright or learning about it. After reading about it and watching the short videos I can see that it does play a bigger role in our lives than we think, especially when it comes to education and what we use to teach. Copyright can be and probably is a big issue in the education program. Anything from songs you use in class, worksheets, lesson plans, and arts and crafts I feel like copyright plays a huge role when it comes to teaching. My mom is a teacher and she is constantly online looking for lesson plan ideas and worksheets. I would think there's a lot of red tape when it comes to that and "stealing" the work and ideas of someone else and using it as your own. 

    This also can be a huge advantage to teachers who create their own worksheets. If they want to keep it for themselves that is obviously their decision whether or not they want to let others use it and this policy helps protect their right to do so. If they want to let others use their work and ideas then they get the recognition they deserve for that or even paid for that. I personally have never had any issues with Copyright and have never had to worry about it in my day-to-day life, but I can see where this is very important to know and understand as a teacher and can cause many issues as well. 


    The Significance of Privacy  

    Privacy plays a huge role in education. Again I am not too familiar with FERPA but I had an idea of what it all entailed. I think it is very important for teachers especially to understand what exactly FERPA is but parents as well. While reading some of the other documents about privacy I also discovered a lot of other Federal regulations that I had never even heard about before in my life such as COPPA, CIPA, and PPRA. Now in the elementary stage, I don't see the need to educate kids about any of this at all, but once you get into the high school years I think the educational system should do a better job at explaining and helping more people understand all of these laws and regulations. 

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