Why is Copyright important?

Copyright is very important for many reasons. First of all it allows people to safely put their creations out for the public to see, hear, experience, and learn, and it does so in a way that keeps those creations safe from being stolen. If we did not have copyright then people could steal others peoples material and claim it for their own. There would be no way to give credit to people for ideas, or inventions. And anyone could claim they invented something when really, someone else did.
Although we would hope that people would not steal the credit for things that they did not create, but unfortunately it is necessary in our world today. It is also important for people to learn how to learn and do work on their own, without copying other people's things. Copyright is very important in academic atmosphere's because students in school try to cheat all the time by copying other people's papers, and ideas. If there weren't laws against copyright infringement then students would never learn how to think on their own.

Movies in the Classroom!

I think that movies can be especially helpful in the classroom to help students learn and become more engaged in the topics! Movies can be very helpful, especially in science classrooms, where we sometimes talk about tiny microscopic things, and seeing pictures of them help students to understand the material much more! Of course movies shouldn't take the place of hands on interactions and experimenting, but they can be used to fill in missing knowlege, or to get students interested in Biology in general.
Knowing how to make movies is important for outside the classroom as well. There are so many fun ways that experiences can be shared through movies. Wether its through actual video recording of an experience you had or just pictures to music, movies are a fun way to share you life with people1
I lived out in Hawaii for a year and at one point I made a movie of mine and my friends adventures so that people at home could watch it and see all the fun things we were doing! It was fun to make, and it was fun to hear about peoples reactions to it! :)

My very 1st Website!

Hey group members!
So I just finished my teaching website! Take a look if you want but don't judge to harshly, cause its my first time making a website so I havn't learned all the ins and outs yet!
Here is the link to my site! :)

https://sites.google.com/site/mrsmartinsbiosite/

enjoy!

Nike Running as a PLN?

Ok so I've been wanting to start running since this summer. I have always been the type of girl who just assumes I can't run, but over the summer I got pretty good at it, and then I got married and started school and I havn't really been devoted to it since! So when I was looking at 2.0 sites to add to my PLN I found the Nike+ site that gives advice for runners, and training programs for running in races or marathons. there is also an area that allows runners to talk to each other and compare ideas about running, and information on specific races across the US. I am way excited about it because I can finally get a schedule to help me start running, and If I follow their schedule online than I can know exactly how far, and long I should run each day to get in better shape and prepare for a race!
I really like the ideas of PLN's. there is just too much information out there for one person to know, and if you have a big PLN you are able to access all that information much more readily. I only wish I devoted more time to creating my PLN and to learning in general! If I could do this I would be able to learn so much more, and more efficiently. I find that I spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to do things, but if I had a big PLN I culd find answers to my questions through that and would waste less time!