Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Copyright Poster for Teachers!

Feel free to print out this copyright rules poster for your reference in your classroom!

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Let's Teach Our Students About Copyright: 15 Sites Which Can Assist You

 


An important area for all teacher-librarians to cover is copyright law. Students (and teachers) are really not aware of what they can and can't do legally. I teach my students about plagiarism and copyright because they will be held accountable if they do not follow the law. This list has been added to the Teacher-Librarian page.
The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education- assists teachers in fair use doctrine; from the Center for Social Media

Copyright Advisory Network- "a way for librarians to learn about copyright and seek feedback and advice from fellow librarians and copyright specialists"


Copyright Basics- from Copyright Kids!


Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers- PDF document


Creative Commons- various sharing methods explained


Cyberbee- cute interactive for grades 4-9


Fair Use Evaluator-
"understand how to determine the "fairness" of a use under the U.S. Copyright Code."


Fair Use Wiki- the fair use clause explained


Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright- from the Library of Congress; interactive for kids in grades 4-8

Teaching Copyright
- Five 60-minute lessons


TeachersFirst Copyright and Fair Use Resources


United States Copyright Office- search records, register works



What is Copyright?- wiki managed by by teacher Mary Beth Hertz

This post first appeared on the blog "A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet"