As a student, I've mainly used Microsoft Word as a means to write papers. Occasionally, it was used to create giant pretty letters with WordArt for poster board projects. Recently it a research class I had to create tables to place statistical data in and was a new skill for me to learn. I don't recall much more from my teachers than table creating, paper assignment creating, or showing how to edit a header/footer with Word products. 
I can't say I have any personal experience with copyright other than citations for projections and research papers if that even counts. Obviously I've probably used copyrighted material within school but it was never talked about in depth what is and is not acceptable. As a teacher it seems that I am allowed to use copyrighted material under "fair use" as long as it's the minimum amount I need to teach and benefits my students. It might be helpful to come up with more of my own material and use only what I need from copyright, or just use straight from an open access source where there's less issues. I plan on teaching young elementary school so I believe most of the issues will be on my end but students have fair use as well as long as it promotes their learning experience. 
Academic Honesty:
Thankfully with such young learners I may not have too much worry with this (I hope). For more difficult assignments I could encourage group work between my students to promote social skills and group work has been shown to be effective and necessary in learning. There are also plenty of sites accessible to teachers to find academic dishonesty and therefore punish and hopefully discourage dishonesty in the future. To prevent it I could explain that it is lying and will get them in trouble with school and parents. 
Privacy:
In the classrooms I watched I witnessed dividers for tests/ quizzes to help with dishonesty as well keep their privacy. I also full heartedly believe in off to the side meetings with struggling students to not embarrass them in front of peers. With younger kids I would monitor computer use to make sure they aren't getting on a site they are not allowed to. Most applications tell you whether a student is on or off the site while they're working, I'd also not make any of their work or information accessible online. 
Digital Divide: 
With digital divide I would make sure not to use "entertainment" technology and only use ones with educational benefits. Also, make sure that I as a teacher am staying up to date with technology. 

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  1. BaileyJune 6, 2019 at 11:53 AM

    We have had similar experiences when it comes to learning about copyright! I feel that is not really talked about much until you get into college where it is taken a lot more seriously. I agree that as a teacher you must be very mindful of copyright and fair use laws. I agree just creating my own content would be the easiest way to avoid this but that is significantly more work on an already full plate as a teacher so I feel that is something I will just have to feel out as I go. I also used the dividers for tests in school to help with privacy. I completely agree with your point that when needing to talk to a student, it is best to do that in private to prevent embarrassment.

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  2. Katelyn's CornerJune 9, 2019 at 6:51 PM

    In my classrooms when I was younger, we used dividers to during standardized tests. It felt like I was in a little bubble, which let me focus more. Like Bailey, I like that you want to talk to students privately. That will make them comfortable around you, and respect you more, I think. Younger students are often less aware of how to take advantage of technology in a malicious way. Sometimes, they might violate copyright unknowingly, and it falls on us to explain this concept to them. It is also interesting how you mentioned public domain and open access resources, considering our topic for module 4. You're already ahead of the game.

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  3. Margaux FryJune 9, 2019 at 10:13 PM

    Hi Alexis,
    I find it interesting how you talked about the fact that you were not taught properly how to handle copyright and in what situations could you run into copyright. I also was never taught the specifics of how copyright works, and always went off my general idea of it. I feel like in teacher's lessons on plagiarism, copyright is only briefly discussed if at all. I enjoyed reading your suggestions on how to handle things such as academic dishonesty, because every good teacher should have a method that works for them. I also like that you elaborate on the technological aspects if avoiding cheating.

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