Common Threads in Blogs

As I searched through the blog I'm following (http://blogs.scholastic.com/top_teaching/) I came across a posting from November where one of the authors, Angela Bunyi, discussed  lesson plans for identifying reliable sources and the proper way to cite them.  There isn't specific information given about copyright, but the fact that an elementary teacher is putting together lesson plans on citations focuses on the need for teachers to address everyday issues with their students.  As Casey mentioned in her blog, an issue of copyright for teachers has to do with both students and teachers not citing sources correctly in bibliographies.  By exposing students to citations while in elementary they can begin to get  a sense of copyright issues.  In Peter's blog he discusses the need for young students to learn about "proper ways to cite sources" so that they can be better prepared when entering high school and college.  One of the main reasons why Angela put together the lesson plans on citations, was because colleges are saying that it's never too early to begin to teach about plagiarism.  Ariel pointed out in her blog that the issue of copyright and citations has to do with digital citizenship.  We as teachers have the responsibility to educate students about using technology as digital citizens.  Along these same lines teachers need to model a good digital citizen.  In Heather's blog she talked about the idea of teachers being examples to students when using the work of others.  It is important to teach about citations and it is also important to practice proper citations so that even young students can learn about copyright laws.