Johnathan Chase

Male

Oneonta, NY

United States

Profile Information:

What is your connection to education?
MS / Junior High School Teacher, High School Teacher
What subjects do you teach / specialize in?
7th Social Studies and 12th grade Government/Economics
What 5 essential pop culture artifacts (CDs, DVDs, Books, Images, Toys, etc.) would you have on your desert island?
DVD - Do The Right Thing / The Deer Hunter / Casablanca / To Kill A Mockingbird / Dr. Strangelove / The Pursuit of Happyness / In the Heat of the Night / It's A Wonderful Life / Norma Rae

Comment Wall:

  • Ryan Goble

    Jonathan,

    Hey man, so I was looking at M.U.S.I.C and looking for a link that showcases all the cool music stuff you do/did related to health classes - is a link for that or do I just nee d to pull separate links - I have a health teacher who is in desperately in need of ideas.

    Any cool examples/ideas/lessons would be appreciated.

    Hope the snow wasn't too much up there.

    Thanks man!

    Ryan

    Mar 4, 2009

  • BJ Berquist

    Hey, John! Fancy meeting you here ;-) Don't forget to remind everyone that you have a Tapped In real time text chat on May 19 at 9pm EDT/6pm PDT

    Hugs, BJ

    May 6, 2009

  • Kelly Farrow

    I'd love to see your video! Some how I misplaced your web site; can you re-send?

    May 17, 2009

  • Kelly Farrow

    Jonathan, your video ("Change") made me cry! Wonderful.

    May 22, 2009

  • dvorreyer

    Your student videos for the final projects are amazing! I have one question - were they required to use creative commons photos/cite their photo use? Our district is very strict about kids only using non-copyrighted images in projects.

    Great assignment! Keep up the good work!

    Jul 15, 2009

  • Johnathan Chase

    Thank you very much, we really enjoyed making them.

    Regarding your copyright question...I am not an attorney, but have always considered my activities and those of my students to fall under the doctrine of "fair use".

    The purely academic intent/purpose of this assignment must surely be evident to the holder of copyright. The projects are not created for commercial purposes, they are not for sale, no fee is charged for viewing them, they are posted on a noncommercial web site with no opportunity to Embed them, and the "value" of the copyrighted works has not been diminished in any way.

    Found this reference to 'fair use" at the U.S. Copyright Office web site..."Section 107 contains a list of the various purposes for which the reproduction of a particular work may be considered fair, such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research."

    Jul 15, 2009