Damian B Scalf

       Copyright refers to the legal concept of, very simply, the right of an individual or organization to make copies of a particular product or work. Fair use relates to this by being the parameters for which legal entities that do not posses the copyright to work may use (whether in whole or in part) copies of the work without infringing upon the rights of the copyright holders, which specifically benefits educators by protecting our rights to reproduce content for the purpose of education. Thus by using the legal defense of credited reproduction for education, a teacher can use the wide range copyrighted works in their field to their advantage. Thus by either working in part or with works in either the public domain or creative commons.     The two biggest problems that educators face when implementing technology into our craft lies in both academic dishonesty and simple student privacy issues. The former is a largely simple issue to solve, and the primary solution that I would se

  Hello Everyone! Let start off by saying that I am intimately familiar with both Word and Google Docs both recreationally and in the space of academia. The former was primarily used for final drafts of work along with personal projects, where as the latter was where group projects and rough (sometimes extremely rough ) drafts found themselves developing in. This linking between my technological proficiency with my educational development has meant that I can easily manage myself around a word document.      I believe that the most important standard of the ISTE for an educator to develop is that of the facilitator. My reasoning for this is simple, for an educator to be effective they must eventually bring their students to the point where they are no longer necessary. I think by giving the students the necessary tools to teach themselves a teacher can most successfully accomplish the goal of their own obsolescence. Also I think that because of the fact that his develops the skills nec

    Hello everyone, my name is Damian B Scalf, a Florida native and university sophomore. I am a pol sci major with a minor in education who intends to make the most out of being a high school history teacher. Thus I can not wait to use what I learn from this class to my own craft. Besides that I find myself to be your average college student intending to bring his best to the classroom so that he may eventually bring his best to his class room.      Prior to this class technology has been a staple of my education. From my use of the internet in both research and simple communication to the use of computers to produce my work it has always been there with my pursuit of academic excellency. This is even further compounded by the fact that due to covid my education has become entirely dependent upon technology,  and so I hope to become more proficient given the circumstances. So all in all I would say that I am not only an avid user of technology, but a proficient one when it comes to ap