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As a student, I've used MS word countless number of times! Every assignment, project, or essay I am usually using Microsoft word. I learned to use MS word in middle school and started actively using it in high-school when I had assignments to do from there. When I took a intro to technology course in ninth grade, I learned all the gadgets word had and all throughout high-school, it was my main typing application for essays or assignments. For the teachers I've had, almost all have used MS word to create handouts, plan, or have downloads we are required to read. Many of my teachers use word to write down their syllabus or main instructions for the course too.

My experience with copy right and fair use in class was most demonstrated when I started college. In high school I wasn't really taught what photos, documents, or other resources I was using was copyrighted and now in college it's a pretty big deal. I only primarily learned how to cite my sources for certain essays or research papers. Explained mostly in my english courses, my professor would have a list of guidelines we had to follow to ensure we weren't violating copyright. Teaching students early on the fair use guidelines will be the best way to practice what material you can use such as books/novels, newspapers, or magazines, protects any work you may publish.

As I read chapter 11, cyber-bullying stood out as the biggest social implementation issue. As technology is spreading vastly through young children, they are constantly on social media and using text messages to talk to one another. It happens so frequently where one might post about somebody else making them feel down or attacked. Also, as technology use in the classrooms is growing, I think it is so important for the teachers to follow what they have their students do online and report any attack they see right away. Although an ethical issue from chapter 11 was freedom of speech, I think it is important to make sure whatever a student is writing or saying, isn't harmful to another student. Every student should have the ability to say what they please as long as it is relevant to the classroom or topic. Legally, a solution for violating copyright would be to teach students the guidelines and have them practice what is right from what is wrong, how to give the correct credit to the sources they have used. I would also show examples of how to credit a source and how to violate copyright.