Blog Post #3

As a teacher, I would do a unit on the importance of giving proper credit and encourage my students to properly give credit to avoid copyright issues. As I'm teaching younger kids, I'd find a book to assign my students to read to help them understand the concept of crediting work they use. Then, I'd do an activity to show how to give proper credit similar to the one we did in class. I'd continue to implement these concepts in the projects and assignments we'd do throughout the year to ensure they can properly grasp these ideas I'd also give credit on all of my material I use to teach to further show them the importance of doing this.

I didn't know there were several different kinds of Creative Commons licenses, and it was interesting to learn about the different types and what they mean and protect. I also was unaware how easy it was to create your own license too, it was fun to make one in class.

One thing that I believe everyone struggles with is a decrease in productivity, and this can stem from a lack of motivation to struggles with time management. This can lead to copying and using sources like ChatGPT to complete work for students. I will create an environment where my students can come to me and ask any questions they have, and feel comfortable if they need help with their assignments. I'll encourage my students to do their work in class when they complete their work early so they won't have to complete it outside of the classroom, and give the first few minutes before the assignment is due to answer any last minute questions and look over their work to make sure they are on track. If they are still struggling, I will meet with them and try to figure out ways that I can help them remain productive. I'll teach my students how to build good time management skills, and send reminders to their parents to help make sure they are encouraging their child outside of the classroom. This should lead to an open classroom where they feel safe to learn and motivated to produce original work instead of using copied material when using technology for assignments.

I enjoyed building a newsletter, and this assignment has definitely strengthened my skills with Microsoft Word. I never knew how to properly fix the images and graphics so they could sit over the text, and will be using this in the future for other assignments. I hope that when I choose a career to be an educator, I will use these skills to make pretty newsletters as well as other papers for my classroom and for lessons with my students.

If I were to make some changes, I would figure out how to fill the empty space. I feel as though I was unsure what else to add and used fall themed graphics to cover the space. It made things look better overall, but personally I thought it looked crowded and too much was on one page.