Copyright for Educators, Cycle 2 - Mar 2010

Hello Jenny or should I say Denny!

Also hello to Donna and Deidre.

I work as a graphic designer at Distance Education Tasmania. We have students here from K-10 living all over Tasmania as well as some interstate and overseas travellers. Students attend Distance Ed for a variety of reasons including distance, pregnancy, medical/psychological reasons as well as some partial enrolments from other schools.

I carry out a range of tasks but one of my main ones is producing paper-based and online materials for students. In the process I have to deal with copyright issues and I feel I should know more about it.

I don't generally use Skype here but I can set it up.

I look forward to talking with you all.

Deb

Hi all

Nice to see some people in the red space! I flitted in briefly and lurked, but should have left a message.

I work for the NSW Department of Education and Training in Curriculum K-12 Directorate. I have responsibility for managing a team of arts advisors to develop resources and provide professional development for all primary teachers and secondary arts teachers in NSW. I've done quite a bit of work with copyright over a number of years, but things have changed so much, especially in digital environments. I really need to understand copyright at classroom level, at training level and at publishing level, so I'm really looking forward to working with you all on this!

I did have a skype account at one point but may have to set up another one, and I might need your assistance. Happy to use any collaborative tool that everyone feels comfortable with.

I haven't had time to look at what we are meant to be doing, but will get to it on the weekend.

Cheers
Deidhre

How about this suggestion for a way of working.

Someone could answer the questions as best they can in Word and email this to the other two. They could add their suggestions and comments to the answers in, say, a different colour and email them back to the first person.

We could then all have a Skype session discussing the answers and formulating the final responses.

The original author would then make the agreed changes and post the assignment.

The following week, another person would do the initial work.

I have some time at the moment and have started to put my answers together so I would be happy to start the process if that sounds like a plan. If you don't like this suggestion, how do you think it might best work?

I think that sounds like a great idea. I have also started to put together some thoughts but I'm really happy for you to take the running on this first one and I will start us off next week, if that is OK.

Adding coloured text in a WORD doc works for me.If we send direct via email, my email is deidhre.wauchop@det.nsw.edu.au

Thanks
Deidhre

Hi everyone,
My name is Catherine. I work at the Resource Centre in the Catholic Education Office in Sydney. I am excited to be joining your group. I have read your posts & it looks like you are all well into the first assignment. Your approach to answering the questions sound great. My email is catherine.sanchez@ceosyd.catholic.edu.au
Looking forward to working with you all.