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Yesterday evening, our School of Ed Teaching with Technology class met. This is our delightful cohort that has been meeting on and off since July.

Today’s topic was professionalism, conference attendance, and conference navigation and networking. My teaching partner had snagged three superb alums to speak with us about their own journeys with educational technology, transitioning into professional presenters, professionalism, and making the most of conferences.

Joanna Porvin , one of our alums, shared an absolutely brilliant idea for podcasting equipment: recordable greeting cards, which have a small chip in them to allow people to make a quick recording.

I was bowled over by the simple brilliance of the solution. They cost a few dollars, can be lost on a field trip without anyone crying/swearing, are lightweight, and can be filed away in your cabinet until you need them.

Check out some of the students she worked with in Kenya last year in this video.

I love this kind of ingenuity. Thanks, Joanna!

A few of you noticed that our links to Greg Grossmeier’s slides from his September visit to our Teaching with Technology class were no longer working. So here’s an updated link to the page where you can hear his presentation on copyright, Creative Commons, and open access and get the slides, too!

ed504wiki - Copyright presentation via kwout

Quick:

Can you sue someone for plagiarism?

Can you name the four criteria for identifying Fair Use?

Do you have a handle on Creative Commons?

Uh, that’s what I thought. Me, either. Copyright issues seem to be moving so fast these days, and with more gray areas than they had when we were in library school.

My colleague Jeff Stanzler and I invited University of Michigan Copyright Specialist Greg Grossmeier to talk to the pre-service teachers in our class and provide them with a basic overview of copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons.

Greg thoughtfully allowed us to record the class presentation (about an hour in length) and shared his slides with us. Per Greg, you are welcome to use the audio or the slides in your own work as long as you attribute them to the University of Michigan Library.

Click through the links below to access the podcast and the slides. (Links have been corrected from the time of the original posting.)

ed504wiki - Copyright presentation via kwout

The podcast and slides are copyright 2010 University of Michigan Library but may be used under a Creative Commons Attribution license.