Week+4

__**GAMES/APPS/SIMULATIONS**__ I really enjoyed the Ted-x Talk video by Greg Zichermann. It is definitely time to get on board with video games! I have been somewhat reluctant to jump onto that bandwagon with both feet, but was impressed by the learning statistics. Now, I can see that I should figure out how to integrate more video games into my routine.

In my class, I do use some interactive games. One that I like a lot is [|http://www.abcmouse.com] This is a game that lets students practice their letters, sounds, sight words, numbers, etc. It is applicable for many different grade levels, too, not just kindergarten. The students get to design their own "avatar" person - which is a nice touch - and the program is free to public school educators in the United States.

__**INTERACTIVE PRESENTATION SOFTWARE**__ I am not all that familiar with interactive presentation software. The first experience that I had with it was during a Skype call with Melda. I looked at some of her presentations in Prezi and in Voicethread. I liked the options that Voicethread had - and it was free for your first three projects. Storybird is a fun tool, as well. It is free and easy to use. The concept of starting with an image to get inspired to write is very clever! The artwork to choose from is fantastic and it auto-generates a cover for your work. You can also invite people to collaborate with you on a project. This software would be a great tool for Kindergarten!

__**COPYRIGHT - CONFU**__ 2. What four factors are considered when determining whether the copying of copyrighted material without permission is “fair use”? A. purpose and character of use (commercial or nonprofit educational purposes?) B. nature of copyrighted work C. amount of sustainability of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole D. Effect of the use on potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work
 * 1) What does the acronym 'CONFU' expand to mean?
 * Conference on Fair Use

3. To what actions do the CONFU Guidelines apply?  4. Preparation: Students may incorporate portions of lawfully acquired copyrighted works when producing their own educational multimedia projects for a specific course. Educators may incorporate portions of lawfully acquired copyrighted works when producing their own educational multimedia projects for their own teaching tools in support of curriculum-based activities at educational institutions.
 * To the application of fair use copyrighted works as teaching methods are adapted to new learning environments
 *  When are students covered by the CONFU Guidelines?
 * When are teachers covered by the CONFU Guidelines?

5. What are the two permitted uses of student CONFU prepared materials?  A. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Job Interviews <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> B. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Graduate school interviews

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">6. What are the five permitted uses of teacher CONFU prepared materials? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> A. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> For assignment to students for directed self-study. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> B. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Face to face instruction <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> C. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Remote instruction to students enrolled in curriculum based courses and located at <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> remote sites. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> D. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Peer conferences <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> E. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Professional portfolio

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">7. Time Limitations: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> A. What are the Time Limitations for students? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">There doesn’t really say that there is a time limitation for students. They are able to use their CONFU material if they need it for job and graduate school interviews. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> B. What are the Time Limitations for teachers? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Teachers may use their CONFU materials for two years.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">8. Portion Limitations: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> A. What are the Motion Media limitations? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">9. How many copies of teacher CONFU prepared material may exist? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">No more than two copies. Only one of the copies may be placed on reserve. An additional copy may be made for preservation purposes – but may only be used or copied to replace a use copy that has been lost, stolen, or damaged. In the case of jointly created educational multimedia project, each principal creator may retain one copy.
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Up to 10% or 3 minutes – whichever is less
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">What are the Text Material limitations?
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Up to 10% or 1000 words – whichever is less. For an entire poem less than 250 words, but no more than 3 poems by 1 poet or 5 poems by different poets
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> What are the Music, Lyrics, and Music Video limitations?
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Up to 10%, but no more than 30 seconds. There can be no alterations to original melody of or fundamental character of the work.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> What are the illustrations and Photographs limitations?
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Illustrations and photographs used in entirety, but no more than 5 images by an artists or photographer. Not more than 10% or 15 images (whatever is less) from a published collective work

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">10. Under what three conditions would CONFU Guidelines no longer apply, should any or all occur? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> A. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Using multimedia projects for non-educational or commercial projects. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> B. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Distribution of multimedia projects beyond limitations listed. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> C. <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Duplication of multimedia projects beyond limitations listed.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">11. ** FALSE: ** Internet material is never copyrighted. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">12. ** TRUE: ** The source of each item used in a CONFU project must be credited. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">13. ** TRUE: ** The CONFU Notice must appear on the first visible “screen” of the project and any <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> accompanying print material.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">14. What is the wording of the CONFU Notice?
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">“____________” materials are included under fair use exemption of the US Copyright Law and have been prepared according to the educational multi-media fair use guidelines and are restricted from further use.