After completing the articles, I feel that I have somewhat of a better understanding of the idea of Fair Use. Honestly, before this class I had never even hear of the term. From what I got from reading the assigned articles, it seems that the overall idea does not have set guidelines. I did; however, find some guidelines that I think are extremely important to remember when using someone's original work. First it is important to remember that emphasis must be on the educational benefits that can come from using someone elses work. I learned that it is not okay to use someone's entire work. One should only use parts of ones work in order to better their project. I also learned that it is okay to take someone's work and transform it in order to fit into your particular needs. I learned that there needs to be an emphasis on on brevity. One of the authors talked about a "one semester rule". This means that teachers can use the information for the length of one semester. It is also better for teachers to use the same piece of work repeatedly.

I think that both teachers and students can benefit from this idea. Students and educators can use found information to help with their projects. Sometimes, it may be necessary for a teacher to use a clip of a movie or a paragraph out of a book in order to express her ideas to a group of students. Also, students that are putting together a presentation might need to use pictures from another source to visual express what they are saying. This will benefit them through their learning experience.

Overall, I think that something like Fair Use is extremely important for educators and students. I think that there needs to be guidelines and people need to abide by them; however, it needs to be remembered that students can learn an incredible amount from looking and using others' works.