For example, I wouldn't say giving my opinion on the hobby of birdwatching is worthy of a report.
No, but calling me a 'cnut' for two weeks wasn't?I have never reported any posts and never will. But for somebody to act all hurt now they're being moderated is a bit rich. (I doubt this post will be here long)
That's grim. Have you not asked for a full week? You need a break.
gotta do camp. no more important days of the school year than doing camp~~
yeah, unfortunately its just not possible with how the camp/summer vacation schedules line up at my schools. at least i'll be leaving right after camp every day. i'll use the rest of it during winter/spring break (and take other random half days 2nd semester). i don't mind too much because i probably wouldn't have done any international travel this summer anyway (and 3 or 4 day weekends seem sufficient for most domestic stuff)
What are your opinions on giving material to Korean teachers when leaving a job? (not uploading to Wayg thats a different thing)
I'm off at the end of my contract and the co-teachers have just asked for all my personally created material to use in the 2nd semester. They also want me to record audio for each of the lessons... I'm going to do it as I've asked them for favours in the past and they are providing glowing references for my next move.However, it doesn't really sit right that my likeness and voice is still being going to be used even though I will no longer be getting financially rewarded. I'll be teaching, but not actually teaching kinda vibe. The only reason they asked is because my school will not have a native teacher after the summer.What are your opinions on giving material to Korean teachers when leaving a job? (not uploading to Wayg thats a different thing)
Doing the VO stuff was your decision, but as far as materials, assuming you made them during working hours or using tools supplied by your employer, they are called "work product" and belong to the employer. I'm glad you have a good relationship with your Cos but this has come up before from people who wanted to destroy every piece of anything out of spite. This is ill-advised and technically illegal since the stuff you did at work, for work, doesn't belong to you, it belongs to your work.
Yes but what is anyone going to do about it if you don't share your materials?
Based on the source of a number of my materials and templates I'd feel obligated to ask Mr. C's permission first.
How did waygook.org user LIC get his name changed to Liechtenstein?
"If your employment contract assigns copyright ownership of materials produced for the classroom to the teacher, then you probably have a green light. Absent any written agreement, however, the Copyright Act of 1976 stipulates that materials created by teachers in the scope of their employment are deemed “works for hire” and therefore the school owns them.[Many teachers], however, believe that if they create materials on their own time, using their own equipment, they surely have the right to do with them as they please.“Under the [American] law... this may not make a difference. The issue is whether you created the materials as part of your job duties.”In 2004, a federal appellate court in New York ruled that “tests, quizzes, homework problems, and other teaching materials” were works made for hire owned by the district and that the “academic tradition” of granting authors ownership of their own scholarly work cannot be applied to materials not explicitly intended for publication."