This week we had a great class about copyright and open resources for education.  I don’t feel like I currently have a great understanding of how copyright and fair dealing work together, so I appreciated being given some helpful resources.

We had a fruitful conversation in class about the use of google and other big internet companies in classrooms, and how much student data they have.  It seems nearly unavoidable at this point; google classroom is so prevalent in schools now for all kinds of uses. Maybe something open source would be better, but on the other hand, those are vulnerable to all sorts of bugs and google’s security is about as good as it gets. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about using this in my own classroom, but it is definitely something to think about.

I spent some time this week poking around the Education subject guides on the Uvic Library website. The Education Librarian, Pia Russell, has compiled an amazing list of journals, bibliographies, and other resources for folks in the Ed department:
https://libguides.uvic.ca/education

I also really enjoyed looking at resources like Unsplash (https://unsplash.com) and Pexels (https://www.pexels.com). I’ve used royalty free music from sites like Bensound( https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/) for making podcasts and videos before, but I hadn’t heard of either of the other two sites. I will definitely be going back to them.