Dear Students
I am very impressed with the quality of your reflections and the dialogues that are beginning to occur on your blog posts. I also love that you are starting to display your own personality and creativity in your posts by linking the concepts in the readings to your own lives and fields of interest and adding images and videos to support your words.
I realise blogging in public is a new experience for most of you and that sharing your thoughts in public has probably taken you out of your comfort zone. The reason for posting on the public web is to set the foundation for you to begin to make connections with the broader education and training communities. It takes time to build up a personal learning network in your field of work and although this unit will only give you a tiny foot in the door, it is a start :)
However, blogging in public means that we need to ensure we are using and attributing others work correctly. In academic writing, when we reproduce others words and ideas we use references to acknowledge that they are not our own words (quotes) or ideas (paraphrasing). On the web, we also need to attribute text, images, and other media we use that belongs to others.
2 Golden Rules
I am very impressed with the quality of your reflections and the dialogues that are beginning to occur on your blog posts. I also love that you are starting to display your own personality and creativity in your posts by linking the concepts in the readings to your own lives and fields of interest and adding images and videos to support your words.
I realise blogging in public is a new experience for most of you and that sharing your thoughts in public has probably taken you out of your comfort zone. The reason for posting on the public web is to set the foundation for you to begin to make connections with the broader education and training communities. It takes time to build up a personal learning network in your field of work and although this unit will only give you a tiny foot in the door, it is a start :)
However, blogging in public means that we need to ensure we are using and attributing others work correctly. In academic writing, when we reproduce others words and ideas we use references to acknowledge that they are not our own words (quotes) or ideas (paraphrasing). On the web, we also need to attribute text, images, and other media we use that belongs to others.
2 Golden Rules
- Don't use another person's picture (or other media) unless you have their permission
- When you use another person's image (media) you need to acknowledge the original owner
If you use a standard Google search most the images you find will be copyright protected.
For example: Google Search: emotional intelligence + images
Result: All of the images displayed (below) are from websites that are copyright protected. This means you do not have permission to reproduce any of them on your own website/blog. If you are not sure if the image is copyright protected or not the simple answer is - "don't use it". Sadly many of the best images are protected. But there are many more that you can use.
Solution 1: Search for Creative Commons (CC) licensed images. These licenses give you permission to use the image. You will find information on the Technology Toolbox for Educators website about Copyright & CC, Citing on the web (Note: includes examples of different types of images & media, including videos), and Finding OERs (Note: Open educational resources [OERs] usually have a Creative Commons license or a Public Domain license that allows reuse).
Solution 2: Take your own photos and use them in your posts. When you take a photo you are the copyright owner.
Keep on blogging and adding images!
Best wishes, Jenni
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