Thanks for directing me to this post…It was an interesting read—and I’m quite jealous of your time at METC! Those opportunities never seem to make it to me.

You mention that teaching kids to “give credit where credit is due” as being one of the critical skills in today’s day and age….and I couldn’t agree more. That’s been one of the challenges for me in using services like Animoto with my students.

Their tendency is to disrespect the ownership of images the most. While they understand that copying text is against the rules, the same doesn’t seem to apply in their minds to pictures—-and with visual communication and media becoming far more important in today’s world, that gap is one that must be addressed.

Have any of Patrick’s readers started to be more systematic about teaching their students to use information ethically? What’s worked? What hasn’t?

@plugusin