On Tuesday, we had another in-class guest speaker for the online journalism class. Rosemary Chase, a copyright officer, gave great information about citing sources online. I found it interesting when she said, "The newspaper is not all facts, it is an expression of the facts." Also, I never stopped to think that teachers playing movies would be an issue for copyright infringement. I remember back in elementary, middle and high school when teachers would just run movies all day if nothing was planned. I guess we should all take a look at our education system anyway.
The main points from her presentation were to cite sources and to understand that other companies and organizations want traffic on their sites instead of yours. A major mistake is not citing images, which should be done right under or next to the image in a caption, so that the citation is visible wherever it goes. It was great information and I felt as though it should be included in English courses as part of the GMU Honor Code because some students feel that a reference or bibliography page might be enough.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Mason students enjoy the day off.
Happy Valentine's Day!
The snow was lovely today. While watching the four local news stations (ABC7, NBC4, CBS9, and FOX5) simultaneously, I hoped to see George Mason University closed for the day. Luckily, it was but it did not stop my planned agenda. On Wednesdays, I have a lengthy sculpture class, which I thoroughly enjoy. However, today was an exception as I hauled snow in every direction I could. My mom runs a daycare so the saying goes: "If you can make it to our street, we're open."
Easier said than done.
All the main roads are clear except for water pipe leaks here and there. I live in an area where there are either children sledding or senior citizens hoping for someone to check on them. It is more dangerous leaving my driveway, court and the streets leading upwards to Annandale Rd. Whenever the snow plow shows up, it happens to push the snow straight into our driveway and reverses out.
The entire morning I was excited to catch an episode of Ellen, but was saddened to see she was replaced by President George W. Bush. I needed to get a newsletter printed at FedEx Kinko's as well as purchase some art supplies to mount my graphic design project due on Thursday. A quick graphic design lesson: the FedEx logo is widely popular because of the hidden arrow pointing to the right in between the letter E and x. Cool, huh? Photo courtesy of: FedEx.com.
The snow was lovely today. While watching the four local news stations (ABC7, NBC4, CBS9, and FOX5) simultaneously, I hoped to see George Mason University closed for the day. Luckily, it was but it did not stop my planned agenda. On Wednesdays, I have a lengthy sculpture class, which I thoroughly enjoy. However, today was an exception as I hauled snow in every direction I could. My mom runs a daycare so the saying goes: "If you can make it to our street, we're open."
Easier said than done.
All the main roads are clear except for water pipe leaks here and there. I live in an area where there are either children sledding or senior citizens hoping for someone to check on them. It is more dangerous leaving my driveway, court and the streets leading upwards to Annandale Rd. Whenever the snow plow shows up, it happens to push the snow straight into our driveway and reverses out.
The entire morning I was excited to catch an episode of Ellen, but was saddened to see she was replaced by President George W. Bush. I needed to get a newsletter printed at FedEx Kinko's as well as purchase some art supplies to mount my graphic design project due on Thursday. A quick graphic design lesson: the FedEx logo is widely popular because of the hidden arrow pointing to the right in between the letter E and x. Cool, huh? Photo courtesy of: FedEx.com.
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