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Post #3: Microsoft Word


  • As a student I have used Microsoft word to: write essays, build resumes, and invitations for school-related events. I have written all of my essays for my college English classes on Microsoft word. Microsoft Word includes settings that make it easy to create a professional-looking resume that makes it simple to include my prior education, work experience, and professional references. It also includes settings that make it easy to create personalized invitations for events.  My college professors have used Microsoft Word to create syllabuses and classroom expectations for their classes. Syllabuses and classroom expectations made my Microsoft Word appear more organized and are quick to navigate.

  • The majority of my experiences with copyright and fair use of materials in an educational environment have included: citing academic journals for research essays, including images/videos to PowerPoint presentations, and printing out reading samples for the class to read for presentations. According to the podcast in Module 3 of the course, the fair use guidelines allow educators to copy materials for education purposes depending on for how the copyrighted material is used, how much of the material is used, and what impact that has use for its value. I would deal with these concepts as a teacher by researching how much of a textbook or piece of literature I am legally allowed to give to my students before I decide to hand them out for lectures. I would also make it clear to my students in my classroom expectations and guidelines that copyright laws help protect the intellectual and creative property of others. Copying the work of others without giving them credit is unfair and will lead to serious consequences in my classroom. I will not give any credit to students who turn in papers or presentations that do not have citations. 
  • As a future educator, I will require prevent violation of copyright laws in my classroom by requiring all of my students to include citations in all of their presentations and essays to encourage them not to plagiarize by not giving them credit for essays/projects that have been plagiarized. I will promote digital privacy in my classroom by giving a lecture in the beginning of my courses that explains how everything posted on the internet leaves a permanent digital footprint. In my presentation, I will encourage students not to post anything on the internet that they would not want their parents, teachers, or peers to know about. I will also inform my students about the different privacy settings they can use on certain software/websites that we use in the classroom to future help protect their safety. Academic honesty issues in my classroom could be solved by providing zero credit to students who copy the work of other students or who choose to cheat on tests. 
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  1. Kinsley SouthworthJune 9, 2019 at 3:07 PM

    I have mainly used Microsoft Word for essays in my English classes as well, and I have also learned from my professors regarding syllabuses/organization.
    I'm in the same boat regarding my exposure to copyright laws. I learned a bit in an advertising class I took at FSU, but the majority of my knowledge comes from citing sources for papers/projects, and being educated on how serious of an offense plagiarism and copyright infringements are.
    I also agree with the solutions/guidelines you proposed for a future classroom regarding instructions on how to deal with copyrights and plagiarism. Those are similar instructions my professors have given my classes, and it seems to be extremely effective when they stress the importance of submitting your own work and the potential consequences it could result in!

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