Shawntae Gibbs

Dr. Gary Pinkston

EDUC-W200
20 November 2014

Bound By Law?

The book, Tales from the Public Domain: Bound by Law: Trapped in a Struggle She
Dont Understand is written in comic form. The book is mainly about copyrighted material, fair
use and public domain. This book explains these things as Akiko takes an adventure while
making a documentary on everyday life in New York City.
One of the biggest topics discussed in Bound by Law is the discussion of copyright laws.
Copyright laws are created for protection of creators work that cannot be duplicated by someone
else. Copyright is a legal right that an owner is given to own the piece of work and its use. This
is what leads to clearing rights. An owner of a specific material has the right to their specific
work that they have created for their lifetime plus seventy years after the owners death.
Fair use gives us the opportunity to use work under certain conditions and laws. The
nature for the use of the piece of work has to be used for non-fictional purposes, the piece of
work has to be used for teaching purposes, and another condition is the amount of the piece of
work that you are using. Fair use is when you are allowed to use small proportions of the
copyrighted material.

Public Domain are for materials that have no copyrights or the copyrights have been
expired. This gives the opportunity for anyone to be able to use the material. Much material
before 1923 are considered public domain because of expired copyrights.

Flipping the Classroom

I enjoyed learning about flipping the classroom this semester. Flipping the classroom is
when the class is more in ways taught more by technology such as videos and lessons online.
The students will then have more time in class to discuss the material, have in-class projects, and
spend more time in class just learning more in depth the material the students were given prior to
class. This allows class time to be spent more on material by analyzing the lesson. This creates
more participation in information and learning by the students. This is different from todays
society where the lesson is taught and the student is sent home with homework from that lesson.
Pros from flipping the classroom are more participation from students and less lecturing
from the teaching. This allow students to be more responsible in their assignments outside of
class. Students become more active in the classroom. A con from flipping the classroom is the
attention span of a student outside of the class. Material that are considered long or lengthy may

result in lack of attention and cooperation by students. Some college courses have taken action in
flipping the classroom. I believe the application is going in the right direction.