This week we explored the world of copyright and the importance of citing everything that you use that is not your own thought or work. It is important that we educate our students on this topic because they are loaded with online resources that are great to expand their learning, however they need to learn to not claim other people's work and effort as their own. For example, a student may want to use a picture that they found online in a presentation, teaching them the basics of citations will allow them to gain new skills and help them build citations for their other assignments. I liked how the article Copyright for Tech- Enhanced Teaching stated that students should not only be able to cite other resources, but they should learn how to create Creative Commons license's on their own pictures.
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| Silfverberg, M. (2006 May, 16). Children Computers [Online Image]. Retrieved from |
Last year I volunteered in a grade five classroom and the students were beginning to learn how to create Powerpoint presentations and research projects for their Canadian history fair. This was a new experience for most students because they were learning how to properly cite their resources and the importance of citations. I walked around the classroom assisting students as they cited their resources and became more confident in their capabilities of citing. It was really interesting to see their first realizations with the importance of citations and compare their experience to my own when I was in high school. I used my university career as an example for those students as I explained to them that most of my assignments were research based and how important it is to not claim other people's work as your own and cite all of your resources.
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| San Jose Library. (2008 August, 23). Children using the computer [Online Image] Retrieved from |
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