Wk 2 Response to Lori Hobbie's Blog (includes original post)

CyndeeMay 13, 2012 6:13 PM

Lori, I love your idea! After 10 months of knowing and working with you, seeing your projects and the difference you make in the lives of your students, I think you would be a great asset to the Edutopia platform! I think it is more important to make a relevant contribution than to focus on the "scholarly" requirement, but this is a Masters program, so we may be stuck with that requirement (for now).
Even if you can't use it for the month 12 assignment, I hope that you will choose to apply for publication with Edutopia also. I see you as a very relevant contributor as a publisher in addition to your educator role, so I look forward to reading your publications in the future!
Blessings,
Cyndee

MAC Week 2 Leadership Post: Where to Publish?

I don’t know if Edutopia would be considered a scholarly journal but if it were possible, I would love the opportunity to submit my work with them for publication.  I have several reasons for this choice. One is that this is the onepublication that I personally take the time to read every month. I have gained an immense amount of encouragement and insight from being a part of the Edutopia Community and to be able to contribute to the work would be very exciting. Another reason that I would be interested in publishing with Edutopia is that I believe strongly that The George Lucas Foundation is in many ways setting the standard for 21^st Century learning and that is something that I’d love to be a part of.  If I cannot find a clear path to publishing with Edutopia, my plans B & C will be to apply for publication with the following journals, Journal of Education and Society or  Association for Advancement of Computing in Education.

Wk 2 Leadership - WHERE to Publish, THAT is the Question.....

After much searching and several disappointments over closed application deadlines, I finally found two conferences that are open and have appropriate target audiences for the presentation of my Action Research project on Enhancing Engagement with Technology.
My first "discovery" was the HICE, Hawaii International Conference on Education.  This particular conference impressed me as the perfect place to present my information for the following reasons:

1. I lived on Oahu, "The Gathering Place" for three years and saw first hand the lack of emphasis on K-12 education.  
2. Due to the multi-cultural and cross-disciplinary audience, I see this an opportunity to reach a much broader audience than in other conferences.  Over 35 countries are represented in the audience at this conference, which means the ripple of my information flow can potentially make more waves in more places.  
3. The collaborative nature of this conference makes my heart happy, because collaboration is what I see as a person's most advantageous method of learning.  
4. I love Hawaii, the people, the FOOD, the experience of being there, and it would make a GREAT excuse to go there to visit my best friend.  

My second "discovery" was the GaETC, Georgia Educational Technology Conference.  This conference impressed me as a great place to present my information because it is staffed by all volunteers and the focus of the conference is educator professional development.  You may wonder how a presentation on Enhancing Engagement Using Technology fits into the professional development realm.  My answer is that we still have technology reluctant educators in the field that are holding us back from making the leaping bounds we need for our children.

I listed my choices in order of preference, but would be willing to present at either or both locations.  The final decision will likely come down to the financial requirements of each conference.

Wk2 Reading - BE A CONTRIBUTION! Reposted. Friday's submission didn't post correctly

Our textbook, The Art of Possibility, Transforming Professional and Personal Life by Zander and Zander is very interesting and easy to read.  I am not a fan of self-help books, because I believe the only necessary self-help book is the Bible.  However, this book really makes sense when you take the time to read it, and think about the many levels of effects it offers in the advice it provides.  My favorite chapter so far is Chapter 4 entitled, "Being a Contribution". This chapter really puts into perspective how we limit ourselves and our accomplishments by the rules we emplace in our lives and our self-constraining walls.
Reading this chapter reminded me of many biblical principles and reminded me why I don't just try to "think outside the box", but I prefer to not get into the box in the first place.  Our contribution to life and the betterment of the human race and the universe is only restricted by our own self-doubt.  Changing our perspective on how we see ourselves contributing to life can open an endless amount of possibilities for making a difference.
I highly recommend reading this book.  It can open your eyes to how you are denying yourself the acknowledgement you need to see your God given gifts and use them to his Glory.
Below is an image of the book cover to help you easily find it in the bookstore.  Go get it, you will enjoy it!
Blessings,
Cyndee

Wk 1 Leadership - To Publish or To Present....THAT is the question

Initially when I was thinking about whether to publish or present my Action Research Project, I thought I would choose to publish it.  That was my gut reaction, because I feel more comfortable with my writing skills than my speaking skills.  This is not to say that I am uncomfortable with public speaking.  I can TALK.  However, I get my point across better in my writing.  I believe that is due to the structured process of writing, editing, and re-writing.

I also know that no matter how many times I practice presenting material verbally, I sometimes get off track during the "live" version.  I tend to ad lib when I am passionate about the subject and go off on tangents.  That problem is easily controlled in publishing, because of the non "live" aspect of the written word.

All of that said, ironically I have decided to present my research project.  I don't feel that my research project is scholarly enough for publication, nor that the outcome is what I envisioned in the first few months of EMDT.

Researching the various conferences in Dr. Bedard's list is proving disappointing, because I haven't found one yet that is still accepting applications.  I wonder if this is because of the time of year I am going through months 11 and 12 of EMDT.  Even though the list is noted as a "starting point", I really have no idea where to find a conference to present my project, so once again, Google will be my trusted source to try to find conferences.  Any conference suggestions are greatly appreciated, so feel free to respond to this post.

As month 11 begins, I feel the roller coaster starting up the steep incline of uncertainty.  With 10 months of roller coaster rides behind me in EMDT, I know I am on the track of another month-long exciting ride!  HERE WE GO........

MAC - Wk 1 Blog Response 2 to Rebecca Stuart (Includes original post)

Friday, May 4, 2012

MAC_Wk1_Reading:Copyright

WOW! There is a lot more to copyright than I thought. I had no idea about the public domain nor fair use. It makes sense but it is a lot to take-in in just a few short days. Here is what I understand from watching the videos...PLEASE correct me if I am wrong! Ideas cannot be protected by copyright law, only the form in which the work was made is protected (i.e., the song, movie, art, etc.). 


Is every work that you make already copyrighted or do you have to ask for the copyright for it to be copyrighted? I think that you don’t have to do anything for it to be copyrighted but that doesn’t sound right.

Copyright has nothing to do with using someone’s work....it has everything to do with having PERMISSION to use their work. If they give you permission to use it, it does not matter how you use their work because you have their permission to use it.

So, I had a light bulb moment when learning about fair use... Full Sail has taught us to cover our backs using fair use without us even knowing! How many of you have placed, “All clips used in this video are intended for educational purposes only.” at the end of your videos? If I understand it correctly, placing this in our video ensures all who watch it that we are not intending to use the video for any other purpose but to teach...which falls under fair use. You can’t claim fair use like you could claim copyright of your work. Fair use is there to support you in court if needed.

Creative Commons license allows you to easily share your work with the public. The Internet has made it possible to easily let people know what level of permission they have to use your work. The symbols of the creative commons license all tell the general public how you will let people use your work. I never thought about how beneficial this is to preserving our culture. It saddens me to know that great works of history are no longer available because their copyright has expired. I think that it is truly amazing that Creative Commons has made it possible for us to share our work so that we may try to prevent this from happening in the future.

MAC - Wk 1 Blog response 1 to Faith Olarsch (Includes Original Post)

Begin Faith Olarsch's original post with my response to it below:  

MAC Leadership 1

"Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other."
John F. Kennedy

I have decided to present my Action Research information because I feel as though this will lead to a more collaborative learning process.  I am far more comfortable with writing a paper and submitting my well thought out spell corrected words to be done with my idea.  My thought is that I have learned so many amazing tools that will make a presentation interesting and welcoming to outside viewers, and this is an excellent opportunity to showcase those skills to people who are not necessary linguistic learners.  I am viewing this exercise as a intimidating yet amazing learning possibility.  I would like to see this turn into a whole new world for my career advancement and social influence.  Another component in determining a presentation versus a paper is due to the conference list.  There is a specific conference that I would like to submit for relative to the exploration of interactive media tools, which I will write about in the next blog.

Read more at Brainy Quotes: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/leadership.html#se0GSPqjpP2ppilh.99

Leadership by Faith Olarsch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.

MAC- Week 1, Blog 1 - Copyright Issues parts 1-3: 10 months late

In the past six days, I have read or viewed a LOT of material about copyright.  What is a LOT?  How about 15 videos and 5 articles?  You are probably asking yourself, "Why on earth would she do that?" My answer is, "Because, it was required for my Media Asset Creation course."

In part two, I asked myself, "Why didn't we get this fabulous information in month one or two of my Education Media Design and Technology Masters of Science program?"

WOW!  Unless you have gone through the material, you may not understand my excitement about this, but the videos were really good, and the information was so helpful, that I found most of it very interesting.

My favorite video is the creative commons video at:
http://blip.tv/creative-commons/mayer-and-bettle-1717461

There is so much material and information that it is hard to decide what to blog about.  When I began the reading I had the opinion that what I was going to learn was going to be boring and technical.  Some of it was technical, but very little of it was boring. I, like many others, have believed the myths about copyright infringement.  I find it very interesting that "free use" is not a privilege, but a defensible position. That in itself should worry most people. Other than copyright issues, what areas of your life do you willingly risk having to "defend" yourself in such a way?

Until this week, I didn't realize that copyright protection was developed by our country's founding fathers.  They really were quite the visionaries by projecting the need to protect creative rights for the inventors, artists, etc that would help expand our country.

This post may feel difficult to follow.  I apologize.  My mind is all over the place trying to process so much important information.  Maybe the Wordle image below will help show some of the important information I took from the videos, articles, and instructor commentary this week.

Copyright Issues Wordle by Cyndee Taresh, 4 May 2012