Blog #3

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  Experience with MS Word
  As a student, I have used MS Word primarily to write papers and take notes. I have seen my teachers use it to create syllabi, provide assignment instructions, and make tables for assignment due dates. Teachers also use MS Word to develop lesson plans. In my work setting, I have used the software in order to carry out a mailmerge. 
  Experience with Copyright 
  Having taken FSUTeach classes, I learned that it is common for teachers to use the lessons of other techers for their own purposes. Even by putting their own spin on the lesson, it is important that teachers do not claim the lesson as their own. Additionally, I have been in multiple classes where the professor would photocopy the first few chapters of a book so that students have time to get their own copies, and insist that they cannot photocopy any more because of copyright issues. Professors also typically stress that essays and projects be original works and are not plagiarized. As a teacher, I would use lesson plans developed by others, but would credit the creator(s) rather than leaving it to be assumed that I created the lesson. In terms of having students create their own work, I would stress to them why plagiarism is so looked down upon (and illegal). I might use the example of, "If Jane Doe created this awesome peice of art, and then John Doe copied it and claimed he thought of it first and he got famous for it, then how do you think Jane would feel?" 
  Solution to Technology Implementation
  
  
  Lack of Funding 
  If I, as a teacher, faced a lack of funding for technology in the classroom, I could try to apply for a grant in order to receive that funding. Alternatively, I could make use of whatever the school might have and do so in creative ways. For instance, if the school could only provide 2 classroom computers, I could set up the technology-involved lesson so that students would work in groups, and each group would rotate to use the computers after a certain interval.
  
  
  Student Privacy 
   When using technology, privacy can be an issue. As such, if privacy were a concern, then I would tell students to use an appropriate nickname when setting up their classroom blog, social media, etc. and write their assigned student number. That student number would have been assigned by me, as the teacher, and only I would have access to it, which I use to identify and grade students' work.
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