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This site gives a very opinionated presentation of a few of the Copyright and Fair Use laws. This is still very interesting!

I agree with the article's main point, that it IS a teacher's responsibility to know, apply, and teach the copyright and fair use rules. I ALSO agree with you, that the rules and policies make performing the job nearly impossible! I feel the pain, personally. In my classrooms, I am sometimes at a loss (and sometimes just bluff my way through it!) on how to explain to a confused student what to do in regards to using a copywritten resource or how to cite a unique source. Thankflly, I have come across a really helpful weapon in the battle against confusion--an e-graphic organizer of sorts compiled by the UT librarians, and available for open use on their website: http://lib.utexas.edu/citations

I realized after reading that article, that I am guilty of copyright.....It's almost like they knew that we watched Toy Story the other day when it was raining, and it was almost time for 5:00 drive-thru.

The article outlines how teachers should present media to class and rules to follow so they don't violate copyright laws when taping shows to show to their students in class. The four factors he outlines for material to be considered fair use includes the purpose for use, the nature of the work, the amount used and the effect on the value of the work. Overall, this article gives a detailed guide of how teachers can keep themselves safe when presenting media to students.

This article is about how 2 colleague in Manhattan NY discovered using Books or Mentor Texts to teach writing. We always read for comprehension but never read for writing, In this article they explain how teachers can effectively use books in the classroom to teach writing. Using the authors as teachers.

I love this book, I was not aware they had an entire writing book focused on Mentor Texts. This book would be a great guide for new teachers using Mentor Texts. It emphasizes the "your turn" model to get the students engaged in reading for writing.

Virtual worlds in social media are now helpful for education K-12 and in the schools of Graduate Study in Education. Social media can manage courses effectively with little strain on students and faculty alike. This is the way to revolutionize education according to Teacher and Researcher, Claire Fontaine. Fontaine, C. (2009). Social Media Practices and Pedagogy. NY, NY: CUNY. http://web.gc.cuny.edu/itp/docs/student_work/CORE%20I/claire_fontaine.pdf

Vocational Education meets Research in the dynamic classroom of Linda Darling-Hammond, 2008. The students are doing the research, teaching and learning. They control their own destiny and they are taking the world by storm! They are not waiting to be taught, they are teaching each other and themselves as teams of researchers. Darling-Hammond, L. (2008). Powerful learning: what we know about teaching for understanding. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

I read this book and what the author says is really revolutionary. She has students work in teams as researchers and collaborate while doing research separately. She says students are scientists and classroom homework is research. They should be teaching the teachers, she thinks. Especially, they are beyond us in technology knowledge!

Organization for the furtherance of Educational Research

This site monitors the use of copyright claims to silence free speech. There's a generator for responding to complaints that you're violating copyright.

Tips for managing anxiety before, during, and after public speaking.

Here is another copyright and fair use chart.

I thought that it would come in handy. There is is another reference posted with a chart also, but I think that I like this one the best.

This was a great resourse. It gave me the information I needed in an easy read form. I wish that APA would do something similiar. When information is easy to read it makes it a tool and makes it easier for most people to do right when it comes to rules and laws.

This article discusses how interactive notebooks can enhance student learning. It also gives several good examples of how they can be used to assess student progress and understanding.

Teaching at Its BestThis third edition of the best-selling handbook offers faculty at all levels an essential toolbox of hundreds of practical teaching techniques, formats, classroom activities, and exercises, all of which can be implemented immediately.

This article give the four factors and possibly a fifth factor used to resolve fair use disputes. It also includes information about acknowledgement and too small amount use.

This research summarizes the application of fair use to meet the missions of the U.S. academic and research libraries. Sixty- five librarians were interviewed in this study. Each of them was asked about their employment and the five keys of practice. These librarians discussed how to apply fair use to their positions. The purpose of this study was to determine best practices in fair use. In the findings, librarians were found dedicated to their jobs and concerns about applying fair use and copyright limitations were provided for them at the end of this study.

This article gives some basic guidelines or rules to follow. It is very organized and spells out the rules for you. If you are writing an article or something and are not sure if you have to have permission to include something this article can answer basic questions.

The purpose of this study was to address cyber ethics to fifth and sixth graders to get to know their knowledge and understanding on fair use and copyright. This study started with a lesson to a homeroom class. The lesson addressed the concerns of making copies of a CD and distributing it to others. The purpose of the lesson was to introduce to students how to Play it Safe in Cyberspace lessons. Parents participated in this study; and a survey was provided to them asking how they feel about students learning cyber safety copyright and fair use laws. The survey produced positive feedback from the parents. Further, in the study students were asked to write a letter to the principal or to someone other than the principal about what they had learned about software theft. In these letters, students wrote about the cyber ethics of what you should do and not do and how to take precautions when using certain websites.

Great article. 5th and 6th grade seems so young to even be able to grasp all of this! It is great to start them out young while they are just really starting to use the web for school. That way when they start doing more complicated projects when they are older they will know how to do it right.

This article provides insight for non-profits and when and if it is safe to use or copy other articles on their websites.

I found this article interesting because I always wondered if it was okay to copy if you are a nonprofit organization. I am involved with several organizations who think it is okay to do whatever they want. This article clearly spells it out.

This article or column is written for people interested in project-based learning but are not sure exactly what it is or how to use it in their classrooms. It gives a good over view of the idea of project-based learning. Along with what the research says, the reality of implementation, and what a to do if interested.

This article provides educators with the basics of fair use in relation to the Copyright Act. Copyright infringement is briefly mentioned to explain the four determining factors of copyright use.