Week 3 Web Technology

In week three we learned about Web 2.0, copyright, and No Child Left Behind. Web 2.o refers to internet users' ability to change change the content they see on the web, with applications such as Facebook, and Myspace. We went to a Web 2.0 applications forum and discovered that there are thousands of different applications on the web including those for use use in social networking, teaching, cooking, shopping, budgeting, and music. After Web 2.0 we learned about copyrighting and all of its legalities. No Child Left Behind was created in the United States due to low reading scores in school. One of the components of NCLB includes bridging the gap between education and technology and trying to get all students equal opportunities to experience technology in their learning.

I think the copyright laws are very important to understand as an Elementary Education major. With all of the new technology and information available to us its confusing to know what we are legally able to use in the classroom without infringing upon copyright laws. I did not realize that you could get a fine as high as $100,000 per offense. In this lesson there were some helpful links to help teachers understand more fully what the copyright laws entail.

http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
The above link is to a website my brother told me about which provides different works that the authors put under a creative commons license. The sight also explains what it means to be able to use a work under the Creative Commons license. You can also find the website at the top of the Creative Commons search page:http://search.creativecommons.org/