So here I sit, finally done with school. I've moved to my semi-permanent summer residence in Door County and as I type, I look out onto the bay and forget all about the hassles of the last week with school. The reprieve also allows me to finish up my work for this class while my mom takes my kids to the beach!
The privacy and internet security issue has never been one that has really concerned me greatly. I think that the internet is one more way that security can be breached - not the only way or the worst way, just another way. The internet safety for children information, while not new, opened my eyes to what I have to face as a parent. That issue will be very different to deal with when I'm the parent compared to when I'm the teacher as my responsibilities will vary greatly.
I think my favorite part of this week was looking at Creative Commons. I'm excited to search for media that I can use and remix into my own creations (per licensing) without the fear of someone calling me up one day telling me that I'm guilty of copyright infringement. While starting to set up my classes on Moodle, I've already had to modify some of my presentations as they contain materials that may cause issues if published for public viewing (as this is necessary to link for the Moodle). I think in addition to continuing with the cohort, I will be spending a majority of my summer going through my presentations, pulling out those questionable resources, finding items in the commons and then using and citing those within my work...and of course, I'll be getting some CC licenses for the collaboration and sharing of what I've created as well.
Ahhh, well I think it's time for a little R&R at the waterfront and maybe a little afternoon siesta. 'Til next time.
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I felt the same as far as privacy and security online. It was something I thought about in passing, but not something that really concerned me until my 11 year-old son became interested in social networking. One item on the must do list for me this summer is setting up some parental control software in user files for each of my sons. Another thing I was going to do was upload presentations for my classes on my classpage. I liked your idea of obtaining CC licenses for that sort of thing. I should also check into similar issues with the material I'm using while I am at the CMP conference here. Thanks for the reminders...
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