Second Lesson Plan Overview

Proposed Lesson Plan
After a discussion about the history of fashion and the elements that have affected it, the students will be expected to create a "virtual fashion show", using their own picture, or a picture of a model or a friend as the models. The students will look through historical books, fashion magazines, their text and fashion-related websites to find clothing from past time-periods up until now. The students will then scan these picture onto a computer and splice them together using Photo Shop, Photo Impressions, or other photo software. They will be expected to make their work look professional before organizing it into a slide show on Power Point. The students may look for either male or female fashions, but are expected to have at least one style from each of the periods we study in class. They will then choose their favorite time period to go into more depth.

Age level
This lesson plan is appropriate for students on the junior high and high school levels (probably most appropriate for high school students) who are taking a fashion strategy course.

Utah Core Curriculum Standard
Standard 20.0306-01 - Students will explore the fundamentals of fashion.

Technologies
*Scanner
*Some type of photo software
*Power Point

Example
I will create a Power Point presentation of my "virtual fashion show" of historical fashions. I will use my own head and find pictures from magazines, web-sites, fashion history texts, and other text books to ensure that I did the work. I will make the figures as professional looking as I can to ensure that any "buyers" of my "designer line" are satisfied.

Ethical Issue
This assignment would involve Fair Use of Intellectual Property and some Copyright issues because the students will be using pictures that are not their own. I will need to educate the students on what they can and cannot use in their assignment and where they can use it and display it. In some cases the students may need to get permission to use some of the material.

Response to Nelson Mandela quote

I have always loved this quote. I believe it to be truth, and after observing in secondary schools this semester I know the concept is something that will be very important in my teaching. Junior high and high school students often have little concept of their self-worth. They fail to realize that they have great potential and a role in this life that affects not only themselves, but those around them as well. Their self-concept is so small that they do not realize that their circle of influence can be huge, especially if they are striving to reach their full potential. I believe that Nelson Mandela hit it right on the head when he turned the perspective around from "who am I to be so good," to "who am I not to be so good?" We all need such a shift in perspective.

Ethical Issues Reflection

I learned much more from the mini-lessons about technology-related ethical issues than I thought I would. I realized that I know very little about copyright issues and methods of cheating.

I came to understand more fully what a copyright is and how it relates to the classroom and me as a teacher. I did not realize that so many materials are under copyright and that the method for copyrighting is so simple. I now will pay more attention to the materials I use. I had never heard of Fair Use before this assignment, but I now understand that in many ways it makes life easier on educators especially. Though they have to learn what the boundaries of Fair Use are and abide by them, they are allowed to use much material that would otherwise not be for their use. It seems that the laws of copyright and fair use could be simplified and made more understandable to the public, especially when it comes to the grey areas of "public domain" and such.

I learned that it is very easy to step over the lines of ethical behavior when it comes to these matters of technology. Many people, such as myself, are unaware that they are acting unlawfully when they play music for their classroom, or make copies of articles to pass out and so forth. Because it is so easy, I need to be more aware of the laws and the definition of "ethical" behavior myself. The most useful information to me was about fair use. I believe it is the most useful to educators because under it they can understand what they legally can and cannot use for themselves and for their classrooms when it comes to educational and media material.

When I begin my teaching career I will come across these ethical issues in classes such as sewing, foods, finance or child development. It will be especially pertinent in giving the classes sewing patterns, new recipes, current information from magazines and journals, and more. I will also deal with these ethical issues in being aware of what is legal in student projects and assignments. I will make sure that they are not using technology to cheat in their work. I will be certaing not only that my own actions are ethical, but also that the students are obeying the appropriate laws in their own work.