Blog Journal 2

              As a student I've used MS word to compose and turn in papers and projects. I've used it to copy down notes in classes using the note taking option and to accomplish classwork. Teachers use it to display a lesson plan or sometimes to show an excerpt from a passage that we later break down as a class, especially in English class.

              In copyright scenarios, in my experience, we always had to put whatever we found in quotations and later site the source got that information from. In high school there was always somebody who was trying to cheat their way through an assignment by using somebody else's work on the internet and that is against the fair use of materials because they take someone else's work and call it their own. Teachers handle copyright and plagiarism very seriously so I, as a student, always had to make sure to avoid plagiarism by citing my works with a bibliography (again especially in English class). As a teacher I plan on handling copyright and fair use of materials the same way because using and turning something in that isn't yours is cheating and that is something that I won't be teaching my students. 

              The implementation of technology in the classroom can be challenging because of the many rules of the internet that children might not understand. These rules include not stealing other people's work, no bullying online, and respecting others' privacy. The rules of the internet are very basic and similar to the rules of everyday life and at the end of the day its all about morality. In my classroom there would be a filter on my computers so that the children can only access what they need to access such as canvas or blackboard and not be able to open certain sites like Roblox or Minecraft or other games that would be distracting in a classroom setting. Before even using technology in the classroom I would teach my students the Computer Code of Ethics, especially since my students will be eight to ten years old, because for some that might be their first using a computer and they don't know what is right and what is wrong. The Computer Code of Ethics is basically like the Ten Commandments of the internet so it is important for a student using the internet to understand what they can and can't do, so that they don't go stealing or bullying online. Lastly, I would implement a BYOD classroom in which the students bring their own device to class to help them learn. Students bringing their own device should mean that they know how to use the device so that time isn't wasted in the classroom and the teacher (me) and students can focus on the lesson.