My Copyright Action Plan

Copyright laws are not as prevelant in the gymnasium or the weightroom like they are in the classroom. Honestly, being a physical educator and personal trainer copyright is one of the last things on my mind. There also is not as much media available or required for use. Much of the media is pointless to use when training and conditioning is involved. So i guess i will pretend that I am going to use media that will correlate three different points dealing with copyright.

1. Videotapes
2. Off-air taping
3. Multimedia and Educators

First of all, videotapes may rarely be used like all the other media types in physical education classroom. After reading what the Missouri Department of Education states about videotapes i have come to the conclusion that I will only show a video if it is correlated with my lesson.

Secondly, Off-air taping is something else that could possibly be used in physical education or through personal training. Having students film and describe their personal training sessions is a good idea for class participation and for a self-responsibility project. However, according to the Missouri Department of Education this type of copyright would only play an effect if the taping was of a program from the television. I would not allow my students to do so and would encourage them to create their own training programs for their personal training videos.

Lastly, is multimedia for educators. There are several laws of copyright for this particular topic. I would use a power point, if any media at all. I would teach through a power point created by me and cite all information retrieved elsewhere. I would also be sure to check the copyright laws for each specific aspect of the presentation such as pasteing a video, adding audio, etc.

I will try my best to follow the copyright laws, but I am not going to sit here and lie saying that I will always keep them in mind. They are very easy to forget and there way too many to remember.

Wikis for Classroom Use

After reading about Wikis I discovered that they are very interesting and can be very helpful for someone who is doing research or just a great source for general information. Personally, I am going to be a health and physical educator so wikis will not be prevelant among my lessons. However, I can easily see how someone would choose to incorporate a wiki into their curriculum and their lesson plans. The main aspect I noticed while reading was how wikis are so good with teambuilding and class cooperation. For example; an English teacher can post an essay onto a wiki and the class could cooperate to edit and proofread it. I also read that wikis are great for students doing group work to keep an online journal of work they have done together. I guess I could somehow use a wiki for one of my health classes. I could post an example of a fitness goal and have the class cooperate to build a diet to meet the goal. The opportunities are endless these days with technology it seems.