3.7 Communication & Collaboration
Candidates utilize digital communication and collaboration tools to communicate locally and globally with students, parents, peers, and the larger community.
(PSC 3.7/ISTE 3g)
Artifact www.lisamozer.com website
Reflection
My professional site was initially established to communicate with the general public as a weather forecaster and as a public speaker. Outside of my teaching profession, I have created a vendor with the copyrights to original content, and caters to educational interests in aviation and atmospheric science. My teaching practice is a public service, and my professional site is outside of my classroom practice. The site contains an inventory of original content on mostly meteorology and aviation, such as worksheets and online activities, and explicitly intended for online publication. Last year, I updated my site to better solicit my company's interest in public speaking and content service fee.
Most requested items go to organizations that provide educational programs in general aviation and ground transportation. I structured these original content items to reflect real world science tasks. The worksheets are mostly online activities, with practical step-by-step lab activities, with use of everyday items to demonstrate science concepts. Having my own professional site is a source of professional growth outside my public service as a teacher. The value of scholarly content is priceless, and I support equitable policy that recognizes my intellectual property rights.
Standard 3.7 says that candidates should utilize communication and collaboration tools to communicate locally and globally. Digital tools make content publication largely possible for everyone. As an educator I encourage my students and peers to use Web tools to publish. A note of advise to teachers who do publish: incorporate a company and employ yourself in the company, then create content for the incorporated company. A note of caution: intellectual property created inside contractual employment is likely the property of the employer.
The Copyright Act of 1976 stipulates that materials created by teachers in the scope of their employment are categorized as works for hire and not the property of the teacher. Meaning that, if you use content in classroom instruction - the materials you create - then the purpose of the content is within the scope of employment, and the employer may seek accountability for such property.
Candidates utilize digital communication and collaboration tools to communicate locally and globally with students, parents, peers, and the larger community.
(PSC 3.7/ISTE 3g)
Artifact www.lisamozer.com website
Reflection
My professional site was initially established to communicate with the general public as a weather forecaster and as a public speaker. Outside of my teaching profession, I have created a vendor with the copyrights to original content, and caters to educational interests in aviation and atmospheric science. My teaching practice is a public service, and my professional site is outside of my classroom practice. The site contains an inventory of original content on mostly meteorology and aviation, such as worksheets and online activities, and explicitly intended for online publication. Last year, I updated my site to better solicit my company's interest in public speaking and content service fee.
Most requested items go to organizations that provide educational programs in general aviation and ground transportation. I structured these original content items to reflect real world science tasks. The worksheets are mostly online activities, with practical step-by-step lab activities, with use of everyday items to demonstrate science concepts. Having my own professional site is a source of professional growth outside my public service as a teacher. The value of scholarly content is priceless, and I support equitable policy that recognizes my intellectual property rights.
Standard 3.7 says that candidates should utilize communication and collaboration tools to communicate locally and globally. Digital tools make content publication largely possible for everyone. As an educator I encourage my students and peers to use Web tools to publish. A note of advise to teachers who do publish: incorporate a company and employ yourself in the company, then create content for the incorporated company. A note of caution: intellectual property created inside contractual employment is likely the property of the employer.
The Copyright Act of 1976 stipulates that materials created by teachers in the scope of their employment are categorized as works for hire and not the property of the teacher. Meaning that, if you use content in classroom instruction - the materials you create - then the purpose of the content is within the scope of employment, and the employer may seek accountability for such property.