Copyright Padlet

During the unit on school in France, I am going to give my students the link to my Padlet and they will use the links provided to compare and contract the American school system and the French school system in a variety of topics. Students will have to fill in a Venn Diagram to visually illustrate their ideas. For a culminating project, the students will then prepare a debate on which system is better.

In the future I will make sure that I document the multimedia materials that I use in class. I can use them when I discuss plagiarism with my students. It is essential that my students are aware of the school’s plagiarism’s policy since many students will often use web-based translation resources.

I noticed that my natural train of thought was to find resources that incorporated several types of media. This aligns with The Modality Principle. Students can watch the videos I included to get the information to complete the assignment or they can use the written materials I included. I also think that using Padlet as I did, I have incorporated The Coherence Principle and The Signaling Principle. I have found the relevant sites that I would the students to use.  I have already done the research and collected it in one place for them. This would be that the students realize that I chose them for a reason and their importance.

I have a new perspective on the depth of the copyright laws. I was not even aware of creative commons or the distinct types of attributions.

I found that I enjoyed finding new materials to use in an actual unit that I will be teaching in a few weeks. Lesson planning and researching new material normally is not my preferred part of teaching. Although they are related, I prefer the execution part. This assignment pushed me to find new and useful materials for a real unit.

I enjoyed learning about Padlet. It reminded me a little bit of Pinterest in the way it was organized. I think that Padlet could be used better in an education setting.

Now I know that as I create multimedia materials that I have a choice as to what attributions I would like to have on the content. As we incorporate more and more materials in our classroom, teachers need to be aware that they protect their creations under the copyright and creative commons laws.