Blog #6

 

Two new ideas I have been introduced to this week from my assigned readings and tutorials is that of intellectual property and creative commons.  In regards to intellectual property, I did not realize that I own a lot more intellectual property than I have ever realized. I was also unaware that me doodling in my note book is considered intellectual property. Prior to this week’s readings, I had never heard of creative commons. I find it interesting that there is another option besides copyrighting your work to protect it. I like that idea that you can choose the conditions (attribution, noncommercial, share a like, and no derivatives) that you want to apply to your work using creative commons.

One more new idea I was introduced to while completing the assigned reading this week came from the Leatherby Libraries website about academic integrity.  I was unaware that I could not take a paper I wrote for one class and turn that same paper in for another class. That seems weird to me because it is not like I copied the work from somebody else, it would be my own work. However, I do understand how I would be using work from a previous class to fulfill credit for a current class and how that could be considered cheating.