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Created by Ben Rimes Apr 21, 2008 at 8:47am. Last updated by Ben Rimes Apr 21.

Copyright & Fair Use in Education

A wiki page to edit, share, and provide resources for fair use in education. Feel free to add, edit, or improve this page!

Created by Ben Rimes Apr 21, 2008 at 8:59am. Last updated by Ben Rimes Apr 21.

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Videos

aniboom 0001 Added by Kelley Irish
Second Grade Reflections Added by Patti Harju
Bronze Age Added by Ben Rimes

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2008 MACUL Conference Blog

Want more MACUL? Come to ETCC!

Whenever I come back from the annual MACUL conference, I’m always delighted to see the excitement on the faces of my colleagues that attended and read inspiring comments online. Almost everyone that attends finds some engaging new way to use technology in their classrooms or buildings. The new-found discoveries and energy can be contagious, and [...]

Thank a Conference Blogger!

It’s officially one week since MACUL 2008 closed it’s doors, but the conversations are still going strong, thanks in part to the terrific work from the MACUL Conference Bloggers! This year alone we amassed over 80 posts about the conference, dozens of comments, and have sparked several conversations (both online and face to face) about [...]

Cyberbullying

I went to the 11:30 Friday Session of Bret Mason. The presentation was designed to raise awareness of online threats and provide content to share with students to increase awareness and safety. Brett and his co-presenter began the presentation sharing stories of students who were “unfinished photo albums” having taken their own lives [...]

Readers’ Choice Awards

Congrats to all of my fellow bloggers for doing a great job covering this year’s conference. Special thanks goes to Ben Rimes for his leadership during this project. It has been really nice to go back and read about sessions I couldn’t attend. I spent a huge chunk of yesterday afternoon using the stuff Hall Davidson [...]

Last Session! Hall Davidson

Whew! What a day and what a conference. The last session is about to begin… Hall Davidson is presenting on Thinking Big as the World Gets Small. As i’m sitting here everyone is looking around for the boxes…you know, the ones you put your nametag in to win fun and fabulous prizes. I’m pretty sure [...]

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Welcome to MACUL Space!

The Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing educators from all levels together to share their knowledge and concerns about technology in education.

Getting Started!
MACUL Space is a place for past, present, and future MACUL members to stay connected, learn from one another, and gain first hand experience with powerful Web 2.0 tools. Not sure where to start? You could read or reply to a BLOG POST or a FORUM discussion, watch a few VIDEOS, start your own personal BLOG here on MACUL Space, or join a Special Interest Group for a more focused discussion.

Events

June 17Tuesday

MITS 2008 Summer Institute
June 17, 2008 at 8am to June 20, 2008 at 12pm – Hagerty Center, Northwestern Michigan College

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Forum

What projects are you wrapping up these last days of the school Year!
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Well the school year is quickly drawing to a close.It was for me an exciting year being assigned to a new building ( even with a long drive and higher gas prices), and making an effort to become as... Continue

Started by Kelley Irish. Last reply by Lisa Wickman 7 hours ago.

Help me find a video...
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I am looking for the video that starts out with a big green eye and goes on about educational technology (I think). I know I had it saved some place, but can't remember where. Plus, now that YouTub... Continue

Started by Heather Janik. Last reply by Heather Janik 20 hours ago.

5th Grade Comprehensive Techology Assessment
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Like many districts, we assess our 8th graders with a comprehensive technology assessment. We are debating whether to develop a similar one at the 5th grade level in order to establish a baseline o... Continue

Tagged: curriculum, assessment

Started by Andy Losik. Last reply by Lisa Wickman 22 hours ago.

Researching a New Computer Lab
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I am on our tech committee and we need to update our computer lab. We are a K-8 Catholic school and we presently have a 30 computer lab with PC's. Each classroom also has one PC, connected to the s... Continue

Started by Patti Harju. Last reply by Ben Rimes May 7.

Tech Director Opening
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Holland Public Schools just posted an opening for Coordinator of Technology and Data Management. The posting will be open until May 20. We've had a fair amount of turnover in this job over the las... Continue

Tagged: employment, holland, tech, director

Started by Dave Bast. Last reply by Dave Bast May 6.

Another new tool?

Has anyone used Connexion? Want to know the pros and cons on using this tool. Thanks!

Tagged: tools, publishing, technology

Started by Karen Lemmons May 4

Has anyone used any of these tools?
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Has anyone used this with twitter? I want SANDY I also found this site Children's Technology Review hERE They apparently review and rate applications. Has anyone used any of the browser tools bel... Continue

Tagged: rate, twitter, clendar, sandy

Started by Kelley Irish. Last reply by Dale Ehrhart May 1.

Web Sites for the k-3 Crew
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Teaching k-8 is often and adventure. I love the variety, and how each age so much to offer. Also being the "special" teacher I get to enjoy the kids year after year and they become "family". So I a... Continue

Started by Kelley Irish. Last reply by Kelley Irish Apr 30.

PC or Mac? I Want to read your thoughts.
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My almost 9th grade daughter has been saving her money for awhile with a laptop in her sights. She wants an ibook. While I agree they appear awesome, I have been in PC land for the past few years. ... Continue

Started by Patti Harju. Last reply by Daryl Tilley Apr 29.

DEN National Institutes
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I am very excited to be invited to the Discovery Education Network's summer institute this July at the Discovery Networks' headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. I will be attending the July 21-25 ins... Continue

Tagged: institute, den, national

Started by Andy Losik. Last reply by Laura Cummings Apr 29.