I first just want to say that I hope I never become desperate enough to rap to my students as did the teacher in one of the videos I watched. Oh dear. But maybe it works, what do I know? The English teacher in "10 Things I Hate About You" raps one of Shakespeare's sonnets and I didn't mind that. I could get into all kinds of stereotypes to explain why that's okay but I digress. As usual.
I first watched a video entitled "Pay Attention", the material of which actually interested me because it was mainly focused on how we are doing as teachers (I include myself by using "we" because I just like to pretend sometimes that I'm already there...) with integrating technology. A good choice for this class, no? But also a good choice for this assignment because the creator brought in a lot of facts. To their credit they included copyright information throughout the entire video. My only critique would be that they did not include the copyright of the song playing in the background. I could be wrong, but I thought that was included under the copyright rules and guidelines.
As for Mr. Duey the Fraction Man, our rapper extraordinaire (yikes), I actually didn't see anything out of line with copyright. He definitely wrote that song himself. Or if he didn't, the person he stole it from probably doesn't want credit anyway. Too mean?
I think it's ok in "10 Things I Hate About You" because he's actually good at rapping. You and I on the other hand? It probably wouldn't be pretty. I think there's a difference between relating to your students and embarrassing yourself. :)
ReplyDeleteFunny post! Full credit for the assignment. To answer your question, yes, the music should have been cited too---that's a common error. People cite where they get their ideas, but not their music.
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