On Oct 19, 2006, at 11:35 AM, Peggy Woolsey wrote:
> So It's not so much the "poaching" but the fact that I am concerned
> about the level of understanding
> that goes into the project. That is part of intellectual property.
Teaching should be a sharing experience. I too wish teachers who used
my ideas, first understood
the concepts and then make the process their own. But, too often they
don't. This is a major reason
I've always been against merit pay. I don't want teachers competing
against each other. I want them
helping each other improve. That's one reason I sell/share my
lessons. But my district bought one of
my lessons for a "limited access" web site they were doing. I felt
proud and they paid me quite well for the lesson.
Then, they informed me that they now "owned the lesson" so I could no
longer sell or share this
lesson to others. I was mad, then just upset, but I never removed the
lesson from my CD. Perhaps
they will come after me someday and sue me. I doubt it, I'm sure they
have moved on to some new
foolish project paid for by some new grant money.
Woody
Woody, Retired in Albuquerque
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