Educational Technology and Copyright law 2/29

After reading this article, I learned that someones work is capable of being protected by copyright, and if someone chooses to steal from this persons work, heavy consequences will be faced against the person who committed this action. I have also learned that any work is capable of being copyrighted, such as images online, songs, and pieces of literature like essays. I have come to realize that many of the teachers that I have had, had used other peoples work in the classroom and that's okay. Some work is allowed to be used for educational purposes at school, but the whole work must not be entirely used, only to be interpreted is fine for purposes such as lesson plans. Images are licensed like iStockPhoto and Flickr, these sources are not allowed for fair use. I have learned from this article that images are allowed in classroom projects to help teach technology media in a class. I know that if you are to use from someone else's information, be sure to give credit to that specific person for resource. I now know that it may be difficult at times to use information from another source without giving the respectful credibility.