In reviewing the content from the first 3 big ideas that we learned about in class, I was particularly drawn to the idea of consent an open copyright. When thinking about FIPPA and how it protects both students and teachers, I think that the parameters of sharing images or information on social platforms are extremely valuable. In particular, the section about how any content that you share in the school then becomes property of the district or school itself , reminded me of my first year at UofA when I was entering in to the school as a student athlete. I can recall having to sign a media contract, which granted permission to the university and sporting conferences to use photos of us in any of their social media channels, websites, or promotional content. While at the time I was excited to enter into my university journey and was satisfied with the brief explanation of the contract, looking back, I wish I would have at least read it in order to better understand how I still might be tied to it.
At first glance, the concept of copyright guidelines and open source content seemed daunting. However, after interacting with open resources and reviewing the fair dealing guidelines, the prospect has become more manageable. What I gleaned from my investigation is that, as educators, the fair dealing framework allows us to access and use a portion of copywritten material for the purpose of education. As I understand it, the copyright guidelines do not exist to prevent us from using content, but are instead in place to ensure we have left our fingerprints on the content we has accessed and to give credit to the original source creator.
Lastly, I have found the open source image search websites like “PEXELS” and “UpSplash” useful in finding images that suit my various assignments and presentations.