Week 1/Leadership Post: To Publish or To Present

My comfort zone has always been in producing visually engaging material. Thus, when the choice to publish or present came about, my first answer, without thought, was to present. Then I began to think. My Action Research site has been very successful, and I would be able to utilize much of the content from my AR site.    Ironically, when I reflect back to Month 1 when Dr. Wyly introduced the Literature Review, I thought I was never going to make it through this program. I never thought my writing was good enough...

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Week 1/Blog 3 – Response to Kat Thorenson

Kat’s Blog Post: The information presented on Fair Use clarified several things for me. I believe, up until now, I was following loosely the rules established. I have always asked permission before using music in my classroom, for teaching purposes, and I have clarified somewhat the issues for my students. Listening and observing the video has more clearly defined what I am able to use. I'm excited to share these clarifications with my students. Other issues about remix have always had me wondering how they can do that. Many folks believe that new content is not being created. How can we be 'inspired' by past creation?...

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Week 1/Blog 2 – Response to David Middlebrook’s Blog

David Middlebrook's Post: After watching all of the videos on copyright, fair use, and so forth, I felt like the information was fed to me through a fire hose. I knew going into the readings that copyright was a touch subject and has been the source of many lawsuits over the years. There have been some school districts that have even had their hand slapped regarding copyright infringement. My first introduction to copyright was when I studied music in college. One of my upper level courses touched on the subject briefly. So I had just enough information about the subject to keep me out of most issues. Copyright was still...

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Week 1/Blog 1 – My Thoughts on Copyright & Fair Use

As a graphic designer & instructor, there is probably no other word (aside from Comic Sans) that evokes fear, uncertainty, and debate like ‘copyright’. The discussion is never over the clear ‘black and white’ issues. For example, clearly you cannot use the Walt Disney signature typeface for a brand name, regardless of whether it’s for personal or commercial use. It’s always over the gray areas. So for this course to start off by delving right into the realm of Copyright and Fair Use is rather commendable, and speaks...

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