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January 27, 2008
Intellectual Property for Toddlers
The offspring reached the age this year when it comes time to venture forth into the educational system; full day kindergarten began this past fall. Amongst the flurry of documents parents receive when this happens is a program of educational goals in kindergarten, a kind of curriculum.
Most of the the goals and topics are as one might expect and would be familiar to Robert Fulghum. However, one section definitely looks new to me, “Information Literacy”. Included under this heading are items like “Acknowledge ownership of ideas.”, “Follow acceptable use guidelines (AUP/IUP) in accessing information.”, and “Comply with the Copyright Law (P.L. 94-553) and credit sources of information.” All sounds a bit advanced for kindergarteners don’t ya think?
A more cynical man than I might begin to think that the MPAA and RIAA has got hold of the school boards and teachers’ groups to begin indoctrination as early as possible.
Filed under General, Intellectual Property and Kindergarten.
Posted by eric at January 27, 2008 11:17 AM