http://www.slj.com/2013/02/standards/maryland-school-district-copyright-policy-could-impact-teachers-and-students-original-works/ The world's largest reviewer of books, multimedia, and technology for children and teens Thu, 19 Sep 2013 00:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.slj.com/2013/02/standards/maryland-school-district-copyright-policy-could-impact-teachers-and-students-original-works/#comment-26531 Michael Oakleaf Tue, 26 Feb 2013 21:07:23 +0000 http://www.slj.com/?p=32989#comment-26531 How does this affect teachers who sell on sites like Teacherspayteachers.com, or educators who go on and write books that are published? When you take into account all the things that teachers do, create and pay for themselves, they are extremely underpaid and under-appreciated. I also question since we are contracted employees, and are not required to create our own materials -- we can go out and find copyright free materials or purchase materials, why should the district own anything that I create and bring to the my job. I see this leading to more opportunities to mistreat people in the profession, and will only contribute to more good teachers leaving the profession. How does this affect teachers who sell on sites like Teacherspayteachers.com, or educators who go on and write books that are published? When you take into account all the things that teachers do, create and pay for themselves, they are extremely underpaid and under-appreciated. I also question since we are contracted employees, and are not required to create our own materials — we can go out and find copyright free materials or purchase materials, why should the district own anything that I create and bring to the my job. I see this leading to more opportunities to mistreat people in the profession, and will only contribute to more good teachers leaving the profession.

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