Item #9

I believe as a technology/computer teacher in the year 2010 it is my job, no my obligation to my students to not only teach them how to cite sources, and give people their proper due credit, but I have to also become a role model for that behavior. I need to show them that teachers/parents/professionals, whomever have to live by the same rules of conduct online and off. This topic is VERY interesting and one that I feel is overlooked for the reasons stated on the main page. Sometimes when you REALLY get excited to teach a topic and you find some document, song or video that fits well into your unit, it's easy to get sidetracked on what we want vs. what's the right thing to do. If children grow up seeing adults model the appropriate behavior on copyright materials, and the world of creative commons is carefully explained then they should be ready to be responsible users of information.