Week 4- Copyright Law, Plagarism, and Ethical Issues

In this module we covered the different forms of copyright not limited to copyright infringement and what stipulations you can copyright a work under. We also covered under what circumstances you can use a copyrighted work. We also covered how education figures into education as in what forms of media we can use in the classroom without having to receive permission.

I can use this information in my own profession because in public relations we often how to come up with new marketing ideas or slogans that may be copyrighted already. This module kelped me to understand what exactly to means to cross the copyright lines. Also I discovered using copy written materials at events, can be problem some in my field after I read the module articles.

This youtube video is MIT lecture concerning copyright law concerning music and computers. I believe this is relevant because college students are the main violators of copyright law when it comes to music. The just further explains the legal boundaries of music and in what context you can use it.

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Week 3- Web Technology

This module goes over the difference between Web 2.0 and Web 1.0. Web 2.0 consists of websites like wikis and blogs that can be altered by users and creates a community. Social networking sites are apart of that group too. Web 2.0 makes the internet a lot more interactive and you are more engaged into web browsing. It also creates a community because people are now more easily able to share their ideas.

Web 2.0 tools are very helpful in the realm of public relations. This is because we are able to get feedback from users and are able to respond to them. For example, if I put a promotional video on youtube, users would be able to comment on it and give their opinions. This provides direct feedback without having to actually find participants.

The video I posted was from youtube, the video explains to educators how they can use web 2.0 tools to enhance their classrooms. It gives a detailed description as to the origins of Web 2.0 and what specific tools can be used as education tools. This relates because we are trying to use Web 2.0 tools to enhance our professions.