Homerun Fun Webquest
http://www.seaford.k12.de.us/pp/teachers/aanthony/wqtp.htm
Quadratic formula webquest
http://www.brookscole.com/math_d/special_features/ext/internet_activities/wq_algebra/quad_formula/index.htm
History of Trigonometry
http://staff.jccc.net/jcrabtre/webquest.html
Monday, November 5, 2007
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Copyright and Fair Use LR
Part I: Computers and Software
I have a great deal of opinion on this whole section, and unsurprisingly it is the one section where I got all the fair use answers correct. In my experience this branch of copyright law is by far the most straightforward, the most easy to secure, and the most abused by larger bodies. I worked for a company in Massachusetts that did not want to pay for many licenses of the various software used by its people, so they created CD sleeves full of bootlegged software. The worst part of this was that this company was a network management contractor. Companies hired this contractor to manage their computer networks instead of having their own administrator on site. The various administrators used their CD sleeves of software at the various sites on their list, so the bootlegging affected a ripple effect of companies.
While I may feel that certain software manufacturer's charge a premium and outrageous amount of money for licenses' to software that only has a limited shelf life before it is out of date, I do not condone breaking the law. It is like saying that murder is condoned because the victim was a rapist. Where does it end if we do not live by the rules and laws that we create. We must practice what we preach and have the decency to stand up to wrongdoers.
I have a great deal of opinion on this whole section, and unsurprisingly it is the one section where I got all the fair use answers correct. In my experience this branch of copyright law is by far the most straightforward, the most easy to secure, and the most abused by larger bodies. I worked for a company in Massachusetts that did not want to pay for many licenses of the various software used by its people, so they created CD sleeves full of bootlegged software. The worst part of this was that this company was a network management contractor. Companies hired this contractor to manage their computer networks instead of having their own administrator on site. The various administrators used their CD sleeves of software at the various sites on their list, so the bootlegging affected a ripple effect of companies.
While I may feel that certain software manufacturer's charge a premium and outrageous amount of money for licenses' to software that only has a limited shelf life before it is out of date, I do not condone breaking the law. It is like saying that murder is condoned because the victim was a rapist. Where does it end if we do not live by the rules and laws that we create. We must practice what we preach and have the decency to stand up to wrongdoers.
Copyright and Fair Use SR
Q 11: A teacher videotapes a rerun of Frontier House, the PBS reality show that profiles three modern families living as homesteaders from the 1880s did. In class, students edit themselves "into" the frontier and make fun of the spoiled family from California. This is fair use.
SR: I said that this was not fair use because it is making a home recording. Most PBS shows are available for purchase or can easily be contacted to get permission, so I am a bit surprised that this is considered fair use.
Q 14: On Back-to-School night, an elementary school offers child care for students' younger siblings. They put the kids in the library and show them Disney VHS tapes bought by the PTA. This is permissible.
SR: I think that this is one of those grey areas because in other aspects of fair use students and teachers are allowed to use video clips that they did not buy, yet the PTA buys the movies and is not allowed to show them at a school function??
Q 15: A teacher makes a compilation of movie clips from various VHS tapes to use in his classroom as lesson starters. This is covered under fair use.
SR: If this is false than how do other aspects of fair use that are just as infringing on a copyright true??
Q 16: At a local electronics show, a teacher buys a machine that defeats the copy protection on DVDs, CD-ROMs, and just about everything else. She lets her students use it so they can incorporate clips from rented DVDs into their film genre projects. This is fair use.
SR: This is unreal that a teacher can use an electronic device to "rip" anything and everything. The teacher/school should have to buy a copy or license of whatever is being used unless it falls under fair use, like using no more than 3 minutes of a video clip.
The rest of the questions I felt were common sense and they did not surprise me. I took the quiz and scored 12/20 correct. Four of my wrong answers were the ones above that I responded to. I think that many of the things in our government are very screwed up at times so that very few people (except those with law degrees) can make heads or tails out of it.
SR: I said that this was not fair use because it is making a home recording. Most PBS shows are available for purchase or can easily be contacted to get permission, so I am a bit surprised that this is considered fair use.
Q 14: On Back-to-School night, an elementary school offers child care for students' younger siblings. They put the kids in the library and show them Disney VHS tapes bought by the PTA. This is permissible.
SR: I think that this is one of those grey areas because in other aspects of fair use students and teachers are allowed to use video clips that they did not buy, yet the PTA buys the movies and is not allowed to show them at a school function??
Q 15: A teacher makes a compilation of movie clips from various VHS tapes to use in his classroom as lesson starters. This is covered under fair use.
SR: If this is false than how do other aspects of fair use that are just as infringing on a copyright true??
Q 16: At a local electronics show, a teacher buys a machine that defeats the copy protection on DVDs, CD-ROMs, and just about everything else. She lets her students use it so they can incorporate clips from rented DVDs into their film genre projects. This is fair use.
SR: This is unreal that a teacher can use an electronic device to "rip" anything and everything. The teacher/school should have to buy a copy or license of whatever is being used unless it falls under fair use, like using no more than 3 minutes of a video clip.
The rest of the questions I felt were common sense and they did not surprise me. I took the quiz and scored 12/20 correct. Four of my wrong answers were the ones above that I responded to. I think that many of the things in our government are very screwed up at times so that very few people (except those with law degrees) can make heads or tails out of it.
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