In the previous post, I mentioned that I was talking about 8 of the 9 questions I got wrong on the quiz. Here I am going to talk about the question I did not mention. The question is number 16.
I do not think buying machines that defeat the copy protection should be used.... ever. I hate the fact that this is considered legal. If CDs and DVDs are copy protected, it is for a reason and people should not be looking to undermine that wish regardless of how helpful the information should be.
25 February 2008
Copyright and Fair Use SR
After taking the quiz, I got 9 out of 20 wrong, so my 8 responses will be on 8 of the ones I got wrong.
Question #1: I was surprised the answer was True. I thought that all copies of software were illegal except for backup copies made by the company itself. Apparently I was wrong.
Question #8: I feel that if you cite where you got something off the web, you should not be in any kind of trouble. If the web site is at fault, you should not be as you did everything legally.
Question #11: I answered false here, but the answer was true. I thought that you could not tape tv shows without consent of the program and that it was definitely illegal to edit these for personal use.
Question #12: On this question, I just assumed it was illegal to make digital copies of movies. I have no issue with this however and I may use it in my classroom.
Question #14: It is not for educational purposes, but if somebody buys a video, they should not get in trouble for showing when they please. Only if they do not pay for it is that not okay.
Question #18: I guess the copying of the CD is okay, but it depends on what kind of CD in my opinion.
Question #19: I think using background music in something like a yearbook video is all right as long as the music is credited at some point.
Question #20: I think that schools should not be able to make money off the CDs but I still believe that this should be legal.
Question #1: I was surprised the answer was True. I thought that all copies of software were illegal except for backup copies made by the company itself. Apparently I was wrong.
Question #8: I feel that if you cite where you got something off the web, you should not be in any kind of trouble. If the web site is at fault, you should not be as you did everything legally.
Question #11: I answered false here, but the answer was true. I thought that you could not tape tv shows without consent of the program and that it was definitely illegal to edit these for personal use.
Question #12: On this question, I just assumed it was illegal to make digital copies of movies. I have no issue with this however and I may use it in my classroom.
Question #14: It is not for educational purposes, but if somebody buys a video, they should not get in trouble for showing when they please. Only if they do not pay for it is that not okay.
Question #18: I guess the copying of the CD is okay, but it depends on what kind of CD in my opinion.
Question #19: I think using background music in something like a yearbook video is all right as long as the music is credited at some point.
Question #20: I think that schools should not be able to make money off the CDs but I still believe that this should be legal.
15 February 2008
Creativity Exercises
I read the Thursday sample that was given on the site.
The activity I did for my right brain was "The Coffee Drinker: A man in a restaurant complained to the waiter that there was a fly in his cup of coffee. The waiter took the cup away and promised to bring a fresh cup of coffee. He returned a few moments later. The man tasted the coffee and complained that this was his original cup of coffee with the fly removed. He was correct, but how did he know?" The puzzle made me think but the answer turned out to be something I would not have thought of. This helped my creativity because I realized I did not think outside the box enough for this question and the right side of the brain is the creative side.
For the left brain, I read: "Throw it Overboard: A boat floating on a lake has some heavy pieces of iron in its hold. If the iron is thrown overboard, does the level of the lake rise, stay the same, or fall?" I thought I would get this correct but I failed again. I do not think this helped my creativity though as this question made me think logically.
I do not know how the humor and inspiration helped my creativity but I enjoyed reading the two sayings and I am not unhappy for reading them. The site says creativity is stimulated by laughter but have yet to really see and/or realize that so I can not agree right now. Inspiration could lead to creative thinking, however, reading an inspirational quote does not really inspire me to be creative. Seeing someone's creativity can inspire me to be creative, however.
The activity I did for my right brain was "The Coffee Drinker: A man in a restaurant complained to the waiter that there was a fly in his cup of coffee. The waiter took the cup away and promised to bring a fresh cup of coffee. He returned a few moments later. The man tasted the coffee and complained that this was his original cup of coffee with the fly removed. He was correct, but how did he know?" The puzzle made me think but the answer turned out to be something I would not have thought of. This helped my creativity because I realized I did not think outside the box enough for this question and the right side of the brain is the creative side.
For the left brain, I read: "Throw it Overboard: A boat floating on a lake has some heavy pieces of iron in its hold. If the iron is thrown overboard, does the level of the lake rise, stay the same, or fall?" I thought I would get this correct but I failed again. I do not think this helped my creativity though as this question made me think logically.
I do not know how the humor and inspiration helped my creativity but I enjoyed reading the two sayings and I am not unhappy for reading them. The site says creativity is stimulated by laughter but have yet to really see and/or realize that so I can not agree right now. Inspiration could lead to creative thinking, however, reading an inspirational quote does not really inspire me to be creative. Seeing someone's creativity can inspire me to be creative, however.
12 February 2008
How to help someone use a computer
Thing I have to tell myself: "You've forgotten what it's like to be a beginner." This quote speaks to me because I have forgotten what it is like to be a beginner. I have been using computers for over 10 years now and I am way past beginner. When showing people how to use a computer, I tend to be unhelpful because advanced terms seem to be novice terms to me as I have been around the terms for so long.
Important Rule: There tends to be at least two or three ways to accomplish something on the computer. For example, there are three ways to print a Word document. One is control-p, another is the printer icon, and the other way is in File-Print. I have always used my special "easy way" to accomplish things while my parents use the longer method to get the job done.
The information will not be helpful teaching most kids my age or younger but for people who are not used to computers this site will be very helpful. I can use this information in a myriad of ways.
Information cited from: http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/how-to-help.html by Phil Agre
Important Rule: There tends to be at least two or three ways to accomplish something on the computer. For example, there are three ways to print a Word document. One is control-p, another is the printer icon, and the other way is in File-Print. I have always used my special "easy way" to accomplish things while my parents use the longer method to get the job done.
The information will not be helpful teaching most kids my age or younger but for people who are not used to computers this site will be very helpful. I can use this information in a myriad of ways.
Information cited from: http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/how-to-help.html by Phil Agre
01 February 2008
Focus the Nation
I could not attend a Focus the Nation event, and since I have seen the movie “An Inconvenient Truth”, I decided to research more on global warming and greenhouse gases. It was hard to find something new, but I did find three things.
1. Examples of things releasing carbon in the air are using cars, coal-fired power plants, and heating oil.
2. Carbon dioxide has increased 31 percent since the Industrial Revolution,
3. 137 countries have signed the Kyoto Protocol, but the United States has yet to sign.
To connect global warming to history is something that I think would be easy. I could show how the global temperature has fluctuated throughout history and talk about the Industrial Revolution and how it caused the spike in temperature in the last two hundred years. After going through all this, I could have the class talk about ways that we could fix the problem in our own way. Personally, I feel that global warming is a serious issue and needs to be combated swiftly in order to keep catastrophic events from happening.
1. Examples of things releasing carbon in the air are using cars, coal-fired power plants, and heating oil.
2. Carbon dioxide has increased 31 percent since the Industrial Revolution,
3. 137 countries have signed the Kyoto Protocol, but the United States has yet to sign.
To connect global warming to history is something that I think would be easy. I could show how the global temperature has fluctuated throughout history and talk about the Industrial Revolution and how it caused the spike in temperature in the last two hundred years. After going through all this, I could have the class talk about ways that we could fix the problem in our own way. Personally, I feel that global warming is a serious issue and needs to be combated swiftly in order to keep catastrophic events from happening.
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