Copyright+and+Creative+Commons

=Copyright and Creative Commons in the Classroom =

Educators need to understand the basics of copyright law and how it relates to making public the media that we create. The presentation embedded below focuses specifically on the basics of copyright, Fair Use and how it relates to our students. It also address the use of non-copyrighted materials, including public domain and Creative Commons.

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Videos  Don’t download that song video - []  [|A Fair(y) Use Tale] - a humorous video about copyright basics created by mixing various Disney movies. By Professor Eric Faden, Bucknell University

 Scavenger Hunts that Teach About Copyright  []  []

Copyright Basics []

 Charts/Graphs  [] - Fair Use in the Classroom Chart by Kathy Schrock

 Lesson Plans and Materials from ReadWriteThink - [|http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view_printer_friendly.asp] From the Copyright Site  [] <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;">Copyright Lesson Plan (Grades 3-5) <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;">[] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Copyright and Fair Use Lesson Plan (Grades 6-12) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> []

<span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;"> Copyright Lesson Plan (Grade 8) <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: left;">[] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">Copyright Lesson Plan: Online Music (Grades 9-12) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> []

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Sites that Teach about Copyright <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Cyberbee - []

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> WIKIs <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Copyright, Fair Use, Intellectual Property & for Educators – wiki from Wes Fryer - [] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.8pt; text-align: left;">Beating the No U‐Turn Syndrome: modifying our approach to copyright instruction and <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 81%;"> Enforcement by: Doug Johnson <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">Fair Use <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Copyright & Fair Use in Teaching - The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">...a chart summarizing what every educator needs to know about this topic

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Articles <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-style: normal;">The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; text-align: left;">By Hall Davidson <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> [] <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Creative Commons <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;"> Brochure – 7 Things you should know - []

<span style="font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode','Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> Copyright Free Materials <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 150%;">- public domain and Creative Commons material <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Flickr's Creative Commons Pool]: Browse through the images provided by Flickr users who have chosen to offer their pictures under a Creative Commons license. A [|Flickr Advanced Search] also allows you to search for these images easily. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|FlickrCC Blue Mountains] Displays attribution <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Flickr Free Use Photos] Photo sharing, no attribution necessary <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Beholdcc] Use the boxes before you search to select licensing <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|openphoto]: Free stock images. Use categories on the right to browse or click on //search// in the top bar <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Flickr Storm] (select appropriate Creative Common license from pull-down menu) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|BurningWell] (public domain, high resolution photos) <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|US Government Photos and Multimedia] Most materials is in the public domain, but read the disclaimers. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Library of Congress Photo Stream on Flickr] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Wikimedia Commons]: A database of 14 [|freely usable] media files to which [|anyone can contribute]. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Common Content] an open catalog of Creative Commons licensed content <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Creative Commons] Search Flickr, Yahoo!, Google, OWL Music Search, SpinXpress, and BlipTV to "find [|Creative Commons]-licensed media that you can legally share and reuse for free" <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Jeff Bailey's Tech Tool Kit] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Fotogenika] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Yotophoto:] indexes over a quarter million Creative Commons, Public Domain, GNU FDL, and other copyleft images. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Free Digital Photos] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Pics4Learning] Copyright friendly images for education <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|GetMedia] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|MorgueFile]"provides the public and creative community with free photos.. <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Free Pixels:]images may be used for both personal and commercial purposes under the limitations of this license <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Free Photos Bank] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|stock.xchng] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|PD Photo] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Public Domain Pictures] - high resolution photos and illustrations under public domain license <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|FreeFoto.com] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Free Photo 1] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|OurMedia] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|FreeMediaGoo] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Picsearch] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|ccpics.com] <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|ccMixter] : creative commons music <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Jamendo] - music licensed under Creative Commons <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Free Sound Effects and Loops] - Free sound effects and music loops .wav files for download