RR#3 Code of Best Practice

1. What is the difference between Media in Education vs Media Literacy Education
2. What social bargain is at the heart of Fair use?
3. Why is Fair Use more important today?
4. What are the two key questions judges use to determine Fair Use?
5. A teacher shows a movie of The Lion King and asks student to notice how the animals in the movie reflect racial stereotypes. Is this Fair Use? Why?
6. Which principle relates most strongly to the digital story you created in class? Explain.
7. Are there limitations to the amount of pictures, length of music, or video that can be used in a multimedia project?
8. Do you need to request permission from the original creator in order to use copyrighted material in multimedia project for school related assignment?
9. Should educators try to change the policies in their school if they are not in line with Fair Use   doctrine?
10. What common myth about Fair Use surprised you the most?

     The difference between Media in Education and Media Literacy

Education is quickly evolving and becoming more independent and digital. In a world almost completely run with technology it's important to know what you can and can't do with it in the classroom. As a future educator, it is my responsibility to educate myself on what changes and what stays the same when it comes to using technology in the classroom. One of the basic step stones to first understand is media in education and media literacy, both meaning different things. Media in education is the use of technology and social media, i.e. video, pictures, songs, etc. Media literacy education is being able to identify media that you can and can't use in the classroom. This falls in with the entire theme of fair use and the code. The key to all this is knowing what the social bargain is, meaning if the benefit will be greater than the potential backlash to any of the companies it is said to be okay to use or fair use. If you are using media to teach any certain lesson it's under fair use policy. This makes it possible to not need to ask direct permission to use the media in lessons or teaching, which surprised me. I think schools should all definitely want to use the fair use policy because I believe it serves education and helps the students better understand the information in some cases.