Awareness of IP

Tips of the trade:

-don't copy and paste
-make sure your sources are reliable
-USE CITATIONS
-remember to cite videos, pictures, music and other media resources
-the work you do its yours, you wouldn't want anyone else copying it

IT'S YOURS, DON'T LET ANYONE COPY IT!

check out more information at...
http://www.ipreducation.com/

Licensing-allow for effective use?

Proprietary vs. open source

There are many software options in which schools are responsible to buy the software products. As educators we should share our knowledge of open source resources to our students. An example of this would be Microsoft Word. If someone was to purchase the products it would be for their use and the terms under the policy. Open sources such as Google documents is open to the public to use and share their work through.

Check out the site attached below for more information...
www.http://wikipedia.org/wiki/software_license

Plagarism Software

Turn it in

This is a site that can determine whether a student copied work from other papers, or websites, to pass it as their own words. When a paper is submitted to Turn it in the phrases or paragraphs copied from other sites will he highlighted in different colors.

Check it out...
www.http://turnitin.com