(u02a2) Media Library Link

Here is the link to my EDIM514-CC media library http://www.diigo.com/user/seperez/EDIM514-CC. 
I've chosen a variety of clipart/images, audio, and video links that can surely help educators and students in their assignments under the creative commons licenses.  I read each of the sites terms of use policy and they all meet free for educators and students to use, and although none have a creative commons licesnse their copyright restrictions fall under what is known as the Creative Commons (2001) license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs , CC BY-NC-ND.   

References

Creative Commons.  (2001, December 19).  About the Licenses.  Retrieved March 23, 2011, from Creative Commons:  https://creativecommons.net.

u02a1: CC Your Work

I've selected to use the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license for my blog.  According to Creative Commons (2001), this specific license lets others:

·         Remix, tweak, and build upon my work non-commercially, and

·         Although their new works must also acknowledge the primary parties contribution/work, and

·         Be non-commercial as well, yet

·         The new party doesn’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.

Being an educator, I see that with my work I’ve help other educators and used other’s work, or build upon other’s work to meet what I need to implement in my classroom.  Furthermore, I see my work as non-profit, because I’m not selling it I’m using it myself and if it can help my colleagues then fabulous.  Therefore, I chose this license because I feel that my work is free for others to use and build upon non-commercially and implement their new work non-commercially, since I didn’t sell it in the first place.  Plus as long as they acknowledge that their new content/work came from my previous idea or work I feel that they are not plagiarizing or taking all the credit, and crediting me for my efforts.  I’ve always lived by the motto my teachers taught me long ago, “Always give credit where credit is due, because you’d always like to get that same credit back for your own work.”

As a teacher I would encourage my students to look into and choose this specific license for their personal work because of the first three key points and explain to them what would occur if someone wants to use or build upon their original work through this license.  I would tell them how the CC BY-NC license plays on their work as follows: 

·         Students work is non-profitable, thus non-commercial, so if they are not making any profits those who want to build upon their work shouldn’t either, and 

·         Because the primary party is the major contributor to the new parties work, they should acknowledge the primary parties initial ideas (Creative Commons, 2001).

References

Creative Commons.  (2001, December 19).  About the Licenses.  Retrieved March 23, 2011, from Creative Commons:  https://creativecommons.net.

u01a1: Blog Your Results

Hello and Welcome!

Once again, I'm Sara E. Perez, and I am a 3rd Grade Teacher at Valley View Elementary where I attended as a child myself.  This is my third year teaching 3rd Grade and I absolutely love what I do!  I feel that incorporating technology in the classroom is very important and here is a link to a video I made on supporting technology in the classroom, hope you enjoy it!

I'm known as the tech-geek on campus, by native and immigrant digital teachers. I implement a wide range of technology from my classroom, and most important to me is my Smart Board and CPU, I just can't live without. I use PowerPoint’s and videos from Discovery Education to introduce new concepts weekly. My eInstruction clickers are one that my students love, they say it’s like the Wii, and I use them to assess my students’ progress through an Internet program called StudyIsland. I also use many links already customized for each concept and grade level by www.internet4theclassroom.com. Furthermore, I use BrainPOP(www.brainpop.com) and BrainPOPJr. (www.brainpopjr.com) to motivate my students, they truly like to watch Moby, and there's always a neat quiz after each clip! Finally, to have fun with my students I create Jeopardy and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire like games on target skills weekly, and we both achieve success, they have fun and I assess!

Why do I choose to use all these types of digital media? It's quite simple, I'm a media person myself, and through my learning experiences I've realized that I learn better when there are different types of teaching methods, but technology is always the most interesting, and I feel extra focused to learn. I know that children in the 21st century are extremely exposed to digital media and well, they just can't live without it! I feel more comfortable teaching when I have so many resources of digital media to help me through my curriculum and help my students succeed! By instigating all these types of digital media in my classroom, I always have 100% participation, 100% attendance, and great classroom management. In my past two years in 3rd grade I've had 100% of my students pass the state assessment (TAKS) in both reading and math, and the use of digital media has assisted me in my accomplishments! I feel the students are more engaged and they have fun and like to attend school, which is something I'm proud of! Saying so, I'd never change the structure of my teaching, I love it and it works not only for me, but for my students!

This is my 5th class in the Instructional Media program at Wilkes University, I'm half way done, YAY! :)  All through the half of the program I've enjoyed all that I've learned and have implemented it in my classroom quickly and easily.  My students have enjoyed all the new techniques and tools that I have brought to them, and they ask for more!   =)