We are all aware of the fact that teachers have to plan lessons. It is part of the work that comes with the profession. This week’s article looks at how lesson plans that used to be shared for free are now being sold online. Go to the link below and read the article. Write a reflective comment that shows you have read the article, expresses your views, and addresses my questions.
How do you feel about teachers selling lesson plans? Under what conditions should the school own the materials? Under what conditions should the teacher own the materials? Respond to the following quote, “Joseph McDonald said the online selling cheapens what teachers do and undermines efforts to build sites where educators freely exchange ideas and lesson plans.”
23 comments:
I have no strong objection to teachers selling lesson plans. Teachers do not usually have high salaries, to say the least, so it would be wrong to deprive them of a few extra hard-earned bills. Of course, teachers should only be allowed to sell lesson plans that are of their own invention. If teachers sell lessons that they did not create and therefore do not own, this could be a form of plagiarism, or even stealing. Schools should own material when it comes from school-provided books, or when it has been taught throughout the school for years and was not clearly based upon the ideas of a single teacher. As I said before, a teacher should own the material when he or she created it independently. In response to this quote, I would say that although its argument is valid, I do not understand why a scientist can receive credit for an invention or discovery but a teacher cannot. All of this would make an interesting debate topic.
I think selling lesson plans is fair, even though it doesn’t encourage creativity and hard working in teachers who buy them. The school should own the material if more than one teacher in the school planned the lesson, or if more than one teacher in the school uses the plan. The teacher should own the material if it was strictly created and used by only that teacher. I completely agree with the quote “Joseph McDonald said the online selling cheapens what teachers do and undermines efforts to build sites where educators freely exchange ideas and lesson plans.” Buying lesson plans indicates laziness and possibly incapability in a teacher.
I am totally not against the fact the teachers sell their lesson plans, because sometimes teachers don’t get the payment that they wished for so it is a good method in earning more money. Schools should own materials if the materials have been part of the school system for years or they are use many people at the school. Teachers should own the material if it is theirs and no one in the school uses it but them. It is the same with lesson plans, if they created it, it’s theirs and no one else so therefore that teacher owns that material. In response to the quote, I do agree with it because if forces teachers to become less creative with their lessons and it shows there laziness.
-Rachel
There is nothing wrong with selling lesson plans, it can't be plagiarism because it is bought, and plus it is none of my concern. I think the teachers have the right to own the materials because they rightfully bought them. As long as the lesson plan was bought legally; meaning it is original from the teacher who sold it, there is no harm in doing so. Joseph McDonald has a very good point by saying that selling lesson plans is a cheaper way to teach, because instead of going out of ones way to buy materials and whatnot for each lesson, every day of the year, its as simple as a few clicks away.
I'm not totally for teachers selling their lesson plans, but I'm not all the way against it either. I agree that teachers work very hard on their lesson plans and want to get credit for them so they sell them but that's just selfish. Teaching is a job you do because you love doing it. You don't need a to be rewarded for something that you love to do, teaching the kids of the future should be enough even though I know it's not. “Joseph McDonald said the online selling cheapens what teachers do and undermines efforts to build sites where educators freely exchange ideas and lesson plans.” I agree with this quote completely because teachers should be able to swap great teaching ideas because they want other teachers to be able to teach their kids in a better way. They shouldn't have to swap ideas for money.
I think most teachers work very hard when they are preparing their lesson plans, but they also receive a salary for their work. Every student pays the school and teachers receive part of that money for their work. I think that every material that teachers create should belong to the school where they work and not to the teacher personally. The teachers could work together to develop better teaching strategies and to help students. They may exchange ideas and materials on special sites. I agree with Joseph McDonald when he said that “the online selling cheapens what teachers do and undermines efforts to build sites where educators freely exchange ideas and lesson plans.” It is more important to have sites where teachers exchange ideas and help each other to be better teachers than to make a lot of money by selling the materials on Internet. The teachers could make money by providing tutoring to students, but this is different as this is their hard work and it should be paid by the student. It is totally different when they sell online the lesson plans to many people and make money.
Teachers selling lesson plans is a very smart way to earn that extra money, and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it because these extra money might have a family survive on. I believe the only condition that the school owns the material only if a group of teachers that have been at the school for a long time and are trustworthy. The only and most important condition for the teacher to sell any lesson plans only if it’s his/her own and it’s not stolen online, unless he/she took the time to work hard on. I suppose the following quote, “Joseph McDonald said the online selling cheapens what teachers do and undermines efforts to build sites where educators freely exchange ideas and lesson plans” is very true, and I agree with it because this shows how teachers are being lethargic and very less creative to a point where they shouldn’t call themselves a teacher.
I am not agaisnt the fact that teachers are selling their lesson plans, because sometimes, the teachers don't get paid so it is a good method of getting more moeny. Schools should own materials if the materials are the properties of the school, or if the materials are wisely used by students. Teachers should own materials when they need other requirements that the school does not pay. I agree to the quote, “Joseph McDonald said the online selling cheapens what teachers do and undermines efforts to build sites where educators freely exchange ideas and lesson plans." Because buying lesson plans shows that the teachers don't have their own teaching techniques and that the teachers are lazy.
I think that lesson plans should be free, because eduaction is something that everyone should have access to.
On the other hand, teachers have to earn money to be able tobuy all the things neccesary to live a comfortable life. A teacher should own the materials under the condition that the teacher made most if it by themself, and not copy it out of some book and change a word of two. I think that the quote is true, but teachers should give others the possiblity to access their ideas, and to make them even more productive.
I think it’s an interesting thought for teachers to share lesson plans, tests etc. with each other and maybe earn extra money at the same time. But I don’t think that teachers should plan all their lessons after someone else’s work. The schools pay their teachers for planning lessons, and therefore the schools primarily own the material the teachers produce in regular work time. In that situation it’s unfair if the teachers sell their lessons and take all the money for themselves. If a teacher spends a lot of unpaid time planning lessons then he or she should be the owner of the materials.
I think that teachers that try to sell word puzzles and small tests over the Internet makes the concept less interesting. If teachers plan lessons primarily to make them valuable on the Internet market, then they no longer do their job. Their job is to educate the students, and in order to do that the best way; they probably need to be able to exchange ideas freely, not thinking about how much extra money they can make. So in a way I think Joseph McDonald is right.
IDUNN
I don't see anything wrong with teachers selling lesson plans, because not all schools pay enough money for teachers. The school should own the material if numbers of teachers in the school planned the lesson, or at least more than few teachers in the school use the plan. The teacher should own the material if it was planned and used by only that teacher, instead of all teachers in the school using the plan. I do agree with Joseph's quote, “the online selling cheapens what teachers do and undermines efforts to build sites where educators freely exchange ideas and lesson plans,”and that's because buying lesson plans indicates laziness, and possibilities that teachers are incapable.
I find the idea of selling lesson plans absurd. I completely object with this idea but if it is done than I think that it is none of the schools business to take away the money the teachers made off of there lesson plans. I think that the teacher fully owns her own materials because they are his/hers own idea and should get credit for it. I respond to this quote by saying that its okay to share ideas and maybe even sell them but what I believe is not okay is when teachers stop being creative and stop using there own lesson plans because it can result in teachers teaching there students from a book instead of interactively.
I think that teachers who sell lesson plans have to have a really good reason to sell them and not just for changing the style of your kitchen or something. I think that the money should go to a very educational reason since the teacher is selling lesson plans and they are all educational.
The conditions that a school should own the materials is when the school helped prepare the material or if the material is something taught at that school only.
The conditions that a teacher should own the material is when the teacher came up with the idea of the lesson by herself and not by the help of the teacher as a whole and not when the teacher copies the information from a website and calls it ‘her stuff.’
I agree with what Joseph McDonald said because online selling makes everything less valuable in my opinion. And I also think the free exchange of ideas between teachers around the world helps a lot more than buying them through lesson plans because some teachers might not have enough money to buy the lesson plans because some of them are expensive and because of that education in the world will not improve as much or as fast.
By Areen
I find the idea of selling lesson plans silly. I completely disagree with the idea but if it is arranged than I think that it is none of the schools business to take away the money the teachers made off of there lesson plans. I think that the teacher should her own materials because they are his/hers own idea and should get credit for it. I respond to this quote by saying that its okay to share information and maybe even sell them but what I believe is not okay is when teachers stop being creative and not thinking out of the box and stop using there own lesson plans because it has a result in teaching there students from a book instead of interactively.
I think that it is not fair for teachers to go online and just plan a lesson like that. I mean what are teachers hired for? To make lesson plans and teach them but if they just buy ideas then there is no point of having teachers just get a robot to teach the class. I respectfully disagree with this.
O.K. so we all know that teachers don't have to biggest salery, so I guess it only makes sence for them to try and find a way to make money. I think that it's a really good idea for teachers to be able to sell their own work. I don't think teachers should sell stuff that isn't made by them because that's stealing and would be wrong. I also think that if someone strongly disagrees with selling lessons then they should find out a way to pay teachers more cause they're only doing this for the money.
I don't agree with teachers selling lesson plans but I also don't disagree with the fact that teachers are selling lesson plans. I find that teachers for their work don't earn enough money(especially in ACS:P) so it would just be crude to deprive them of some extra money. I find if a teacher made a lesson plan it is okay to sell it but if they didn't create it themselves then it would be illegal and wouldn't be allowed under any circumstances. I find when a person buys a textbook it is his to use and he would be able to sell the information. My response to the quote is that teachers should be able to take credit for their things just like scientist and should be able to sell whatever they invented! (And to all teachers which take this idea IM NOT BUYING It;)!)
- Jan Sexy Kuttab ;)
After reading this article, I think teachers who are selling lesson plans doesn't have me object. For me, I think it's fair to swap different types of teachings online with others. Also, teachers don't get good enough salary as they always complain but when they sell their work online, and give each other ways of teaching they get extra money online, and they start up business. If teachers didn't own the work they were selling online then that's one of the conditions where they have the right to shut down that certain person. But if the teacher owns the material she is selling then, she can do whatever she wants with it. it's her own work INDIVIDUALLY, or has been using the system for years in the school she works at, the teacher must have the work by her name, and have done the work she is selling online unless the teacher wants it counted stolen, and plagiarized. To reply to this quote, I think it's unfair for everyone else who has an idea-based to get credit, but teachers don't. For example as they said selling work online will make teachers look "cheap", I think what he's saying is completely wrong, and negative. Why do artists, scientists, actors get all the credit for getting just an idea in their head about something, while teachers work so hard and get the least amount of credit? Who's doing the most work, actors which they enjoy acting, or teachers where they have to prepare everything before each lesson?
It doesn't really matter me if teachers sell lesson plans because i don't really care what they do. I think the school should own materials only if more than one teacher planned out the lesson, or if more than one teacher uses it. The teacher should own the material only if it is her work that she created and used. I agree with the quote “Joseph McDonald said the online selling cheapens what teachers do and undermines efforts to build sites where educators freely exchange ideas and lesson plans". I don't think buying lesson plans is good because it shows how lazy the teachers are and that they are incapable.
I do not encourage the idea of teachers that sell lesson plans.For the teachers that buy these plans they do not have work to do, and are not actually teaching their classes. They are having other teachers do the work for them, so at the end of the day they don't know what they are doing.Anyways many of the lesson plans by teachers are taken some what from a book. Which doesn't encourage creativity either.
“Joseph McDonald said the online selling cheapens what teachers do and undermines efforts to build sites where educators freely exchange ideas and lesson plans.”I do not understand this quote. I think the idea where lesson plans are "shared" is more ethical and better then the idea of them being "sold." The websites that are like on online chat forum for teachers is a great idea to promote teaching and communication like blackboard or turnitin.com.
I don't really care if teachers sell lesson plans online. I mean everyone is selling their old stuff online, and if teachers are retired, or even if they aren't, selling lesson plans is no different than selling a old book. Actually, if many people buy the lesson plan, then more people will learn the same, and make life easier later. I think that if the school is a private school, then the school shouldn't own any of the dough, but if the school is public, then I think that 10% of the total profit should go to the school, unless that 10% is more than 40% of the teacher's monthly salary.
Quote: I disagree. How does it undermine? It would undermine only if the teachers bought the materials from the teachers, then put it for free on the free site.
Teachers can sell lesson plan if they choose to, because its their work and it should be available for public use, if they want it to be. Schools should own material if it comes straight from the textbooks, or if it is a school custom or tradition. Selling lesson plans doesn’t undermine teaching and normal lesson plans because often you don’t have the best plan, and using others’ plan can be much more useful for learning.
I don't see any problem in teachers selling their lesson plans as long as the people who are selling the lessons are okay with it. However, the school should only own the materials if other members of the faculty and administration are also okay with doing this, especially people in higher positions. The teacher should only own the material if they personally bought it from the person whose selling it, and didn't take it from someone else who bought it. In response to the following quote, "Joseph McDonald said the online selling cheapens what teachers do and undermines efforts to build sites where educators freely exchange ideas and lesson plans", I agree because teachers should actually make their own lessons instead of buying it off of other people because they get paid to do their job and this is unfair.
Post a Comment