There is an ugly side to educators’ online sharing where people take things from Pinterest, recreate copies, and sell them. It’s where users copy entire books authored by others and sell them. It’s when posters are recreated, same layout, same words, and sold. Teachers take from each other’s images found in a Google search, or given freely, and market to profit from them at $3 or $5 a download.
We all know that ugly side is there — but it’s rarely mentioned and offenders often respond, “Oh, I didn’t know it was wrong.” And expect it to slide….
We would never accept this from a child in the classroom. Let’s make sure kids know courtesy, kindness, respect, and what digital content rights truly are. The only way to show them this is through modeling it.
So how can we all do better?
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