Reaction to Copyright Readings

Reading through this week's material, I learned that the whole idea of it's okay to use copyrighted material as long as it is no longer than 10% is a myth. That was always something I had heard, but reading further, it sounds like there is a lot more to it than that. It also sounds like if you are truly using the copyrighted material for educational uses, it is not likely that you will be sued.Something else I thought was very interesting was the idea of using copyrighted material to create collages or mix-ups. The writer of one document used the word "transformative" to explain what was considered fair use with these kinds of creations. That makes sense to me, and it seems to fit with many of the things we want our students to do in terms of higher thinking skills. We want them to synthesize, so in this kind of instance it is a good fit.

Margaret

Software Used in Final Project - Assignment 10B

For my final project, I have used the following: Microsoft Word for writing my script and for creating a storyboard (using a table), Goldwave for editing some audioclips and for recording narration, PhotoStory for the digital story, Photoshop Elements for editing some of the images, Picasa for editing some images and for creating some collages. I think that is everything I've used thus far. Word and PhotoStory were not new to me, nor was Photoshop Elements. However, I have never used Picasa or Goldwave. I like the ability to create collages on Picasa. It has helped me both with my final project and with my Engines of Our Ingenuity project. In some cases with both of these, I had several images to share, but I needed to shorten the time length on the digital story, so by collaging several images togther, I was able to share all of them in a shorter amount of time. This is a tool I plan to use quite a bit, even after this class! I've also enjoyed using Goldwave. I'm not sure yet how I can use this software after this class, but I'm working on finding some uses for it!

Margaret

Margaret's Blog Assignment 9A

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