Thing Nine: Be Legal and Fair
This Thing was all about being ethical online, in the legal sense. It taught me about copyright, creative commons, fair use, and other legal terms that will apply to using material, creating material, and sharing material in the classroom. This will be a useful thing to look back on to make sure I'm crediting others the right way. It also taught about plagiarism and how to check student work. While this largely won't apply to my early childhood students, it is a useful resource to keep in my pocket.
Creative Commons License
As you can see here, I have learned how to create a Creative Commons License for my website. This will be helpful in the future when I wish to allow people to use my own material with certain limitations. I was not aware before this course that Creative Commons licensing existed, and am glad to have learned how to use it. You can create your own license by clicking here.
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Plagiarism Tracker
The next tool asked me to check a document (or part of a document) for signs of plagiarism. The site I decided to use was called Paper Rater. I used this one because it was the easy and didn't require me to create an account, however you could also use Grammarly and other similar sites. I copied a few paragraphs of a draft essay for a history class into the tracker, and was pleased to find zero plagiarized pieces. It also checked for grammar, word choice, spelling, and style. At the end it provided a grade. The paper I submitted receive a 92 (A), and gave some feedback. It was a very easy site to use, and I will be using it in the future for my own essays, though this will be unnecessary for early childhood.
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