Haley B and Copyright Laws

Copyright laws are obviously a good thing to have. Without copyright laws people that create different things would not get the credit they deserve, and everyone would just be able to take what is not rightfully their's. On the other hand, I think that there are a lot of things about copyright laws that are a bit much. Obviously as a kid my age I download and listen to a lot of music. I understand that artists deserve to get money back for the music they make, but I think it is a little out of hand how much money they must be getting because everyone is paying a dollar for their songs. I think that someone needs to find a happy middle ground where people can purchase music and share it with a certain amount of people so that both parties would be happy. It gets to be very spendy for students like me to pay a dollar for every song I buy and realize at the end of the year I bought over three hundred songs. That's one thing that makes me laugh about copyright laws and people trying to stop illegal downloading, obviously I'm going to download music for free if I can when I realize I'm wasting 300$ a year. That's outrageous that people have to spend that much to be in accordance with dumb copyright laws.

Haley B!

Haley B Talking About Effects of New Technolo-GY

A new piece of technology that will change learning and how we do school work is using Google Docs. In my experiences with this tool I have already found that it makes things such as group work, test reviewing with others, and sharing notes easy for everyone to use. In the case of test reviews I have found Google Docs to be extremely useful. In past classes when it came time for a test, a group of the students in my class would put together a Google Doc that everyone could contribute to which helped those that may have questions are certain parts and also allows everyone to come to a consensus on an answer so that they are using the best reviewing material they can get. I think changing technology is only going to make teaching and learning easier and more fun over time.



-Haley B!

Haley B's Experiences with Technolo-GY!

In my MANY experiences with technology I've found that at first there may be times when I'm not exactly sure what to do, but am able to search the computer and find my way to my to my desired destination. Overall, I would have to give myself a 7 our of 10 on my technology abilities. By saying such, I think of my experiences with technology to be great!

-Haley B!