I asked the question in the last Wimba session about unintentionally broadcasting music over the Internet. I guess I'm just hung up on the whole copyright violation thing. It has been a topic of much discussion at school lately - what can we do about students not infringing on copyright laws? I have always included the warnings in my syllabus and the talks in class, but taking a more proactive approach might be needed.
I know there is software you can use like turnitin.com and plagiarismchecker.com - and that's OK, but it tries to catch students after they've done something wrong. I'd rather work on teaching them to respect other's work by giving them credit and to be creative themselves!
An excellent website to check out is http://plagiarismvideos.blogspot.com/. It is an excellent repository for videos about the issue. One I found particularly creative is a parody done by a teacher in Florida. It's good for chuckle - which teachers always could use. Enjoy!
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great production values... but a bit too preachy for me.
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