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I recall the first time I used Microsoft word was in middle school, 6^th grade.  We were using it to type up book reports as well as lab reports. Teachers have used Microsoft word to make test, type up syllabus.  They have also used it as a way to make news letters to send out to parents or students with updates on assignments etc.

My experience so far with copyright and fair use of materials in an educational environment would be with using PowerPoints and taking images from the internet. In middle school we were taught that we had to credit where we are getting the pictures from, even if we are getting them from google images. Once you place the image or video in the slide you had to cite where you got it from.  Another example would be for writing research papers or article critics. While writing the paper, I would have to incorporate an outside article. Which can be challenging because the material you get you want it to be in your own words so that it is not considered plagiarizing. Learned that at the end of the paper you have to have a work cited page so that anyone reading your paper or report can know where the facts came from. For my own classroom I would make sure that the students are citing the right way and walk them throw the process until they understand it fully.

This past week I learned how to create a tweet to send out, so that others can see. I learned that you can interact with others that are interested in the same topics you are. So for example we are using the hashtag eme2040, so that we are all connected and can see what others are posting. I believe that PLNs can be used in the future to connect students to other students and teachers. In order to get feedback to stay up to date on assignments and other projects.