Week 4 Copy Rights and Flipped Classroom

            Copyright laws are confusing to say the least.  There are ins and outs to all of them and exceptions to many as well.  Trying to understand all of them is a task and one I am personally attempting to tackle.  According to Doug Johnson’s wiki post called “Beating
the
No
U‐Turn
Syndrome:
modifying
our
approach
to
copyright
instruction
and
Enforcement,” he chats and list several different copy right rules and guidelines that to me is a foreign language.  Although he just give several tips to educators to explore the limits and to help students also explore those same limits.  This is a copy pasted part of his wiki and don’t want to change it into my own words and change the point that he makes.

          “A
Singapore
educator
once
shared
with
me
that
Singaporeans
tend
to
suffer
from
NUTs
‐
the
No
U‐Turn
Syndrome
and
Americans
do
not.
When
no
signs
are
posted
at
an
intersection,
Singapore
drivers
assume
U‐turns
are
illegal;
US
drivers
assume
they
are.
He
felt
this
“assume
it
is OK”
attitude
gave
our
country
a
competitive
edge.
It
really
is
better
to
ask
forgiveness
than
permission.  Shouldn't
an
educator’s automatic assumption be,that
unless
it
is
specifically
forbidden
and
legally
established
in
case
law, that
the
use
of
copyrighted
materials
should
be
allowed?  I believe it should.”

            

            I showed this part in particular because it explains how our system works according to other countries and comparatively to other countries and their educators.  I happen to agree with him as well.  Many of the laws allow educators to use material if cited properly and if used for a educational non-profit cause.  This again I agree with.  Fair use is a fine line but again if you follow the guidelines and use the material for a non-profit or educational reason all is fair hence the name “Fair Use.”  Although, one issue with Fair Use is software, and the being able to buy one copy and distributing throughout the school.  There is more on multimedia and it’s copyrights here http://www.adec.edu/admin/papers/fair10-17.html. 

            Flipped Classroom is my new favorite way to teach.  Though reading is important and I do not believe in getting rid of reading, online or via a book.  I see using screen cast or just video lessons and doing homework in class while with instructors as a great idea.  After watching the videos like this one, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mTL4h3eI7Q, which is a lesson on verbs by Hyde Daley I see that this tool could be used in so many different ways.  His lesson was simple and easy to understand.  Students and can rewind and review as many times as needed.  Yeah I said it and all without interrupting others because you sneezed and miss something the teacher said.  All around great and I see myself using it in my classroom (or not in my classroom) someday!