Saturday, 4 October 2014

Research and Writing Technology

Technology and the Internet have revolutionized the ways in which research can address. Primary sources and encyclopedia information are increasingly available digitally and will be predominantly based in the future. As conventional, print-based text gives way to the "multimodal" screen-based communication that can be seen not only in computers but also through a range of mobile devices, the researcher of the 21st century will be as likely to find sources as the primary media impression-based.

This section provides a series of links, resources and ideas for teaching research and writing technology and mobile devices.
Online Research Resources

      There are plenty of excellent resources online research guides and tutorials on the web, and in print. Here are a select few that you may want to consider before starting your next project.

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Citing Web literacy

      The Internet makes millions of images, videos and audio clips available for students to use in their projects, providing rich examples and evidence. Many of the resources available on the Internet, however, have some form of protection of copyright. Under certain circumstances, students and educators can use these resources under the protection of Fair Use provisions of the Copyright Act 1976; However, students and educators do not have carte blanche to use these resources in any way they choose. This makes the citation process more deeply than ever before.

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Understanding Copyright and Fair Use

      The Internet has grown much faster than the law of intellectual property, and that may be difficult to apply higher Fair Use copyright guidelines for the new world of Internet. We know it's not always easy to comply with fair use policies, so here are some simple practices that can help:

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Understanding the Creative Commons license

      The Internet makes millions of images, videos and audio clips available for students to use in their projects, providing rich examples and evidence. Many of the resources available on the Internet, however, have some form of protection of copyright. Under certain circumstances, students and educators can use these resources under the protection of Fair Use provisions of the Copyright Act 1976; However, students and educators do not have carte blanche to use these resources in any way they choose (below, some of the basic principles of this field are discussed conceptually complex.)
      A strategy as an educator to deal with the complexities of copyright is to spend time teaching and helping students understand their rights under fair use and the rights of copyright holders. Another strategy is that of students photos, music, video and other resources that have been published online by people who want their work to be reused, remixed and revitalized lead.

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Find public domain images for Multimedia Projects

      If you are planning to show images copyright within the confines of the classroom, then its more than likely use falling within the field of education "fair use." Yes, more and more educators who offer their (or your students) presentations available online, and this practice raises some important issues of copyright. If you do your PowerPoint publicly available on the Internet without the express written permission of the authors of copyrighted images, then you have most likely inflicted on the protection of copyright.

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