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"Our students' excessive dependence on digital content is going wild and this obligates us from an ethical point of view ( at least ) to be ourselves aware of the copyright issues related to the use, dissemination, and redistribution of such content and also to teach our kids and students about the guidelines they have to respect when using electronic materials. The "Whatever online is Free" mentality should change and students need to constantly be reminded of the ethical codes and copyright rules they have to abide by to use the online content in an ethically sound manner."

As more and more of our students are having free access to internet and its plethora of resources, copyright issues jump to the surface and it becomes incumbent on us as educators and teachers to help these students learn about how to respect copyrights and avoid infringment issues.

5 Myths Vs. Facts About Copyright Infringement on the Internet via @BronwynWrites http://t.co/KNtjR9Hjur #school2.0

5 Myths Vs. Facts About Copyright Infringement on the Internet via @BronwynWrites http://t.co/KNtjR9Hjur #school2.0

A few handy guides :The Little Guide to Finding Digital Media Resources (PDF).  The second in the series is The Little Guide to Copyright (PDF). The third in the series is The Little Guide to Cloud Computing (PDF). The fourth in the series is The Little Guide to Podcasting (PDF). The fifth in the series is The Little Guide to Screencasting (PDF)

Session 3 will focus on: An introduction to open copyright, Creative Commons licences, and searching for open "safe" content online.

"Use this downloadable PowerPoint show, complete with script in the Notes area, to walk students through the process of creating an infographic. The show includes tips on using the tools available in PowerPoint to "build" infographics right on a PowerPoint slide and save it as an image file. Even if you do not use PowerPoint, the tips will apply in any visual tool from Google Docs/Drive Drawing to a full image editing program such as Photoshop. Please note and respect the copyright notice on this show."

"Open Access means free access to scientific information and unrestricted use of electronic data for everyone. With Open Access, expensive prices and copyrights will no longer be obstacles to the dissemination of knowledge. Everyone is free to add information, modify contents, translate texts into other languages, and disseminate an entire electronic publication. For UNESCO, adopting an Open Access Policy means to make thousands of its publications freely available to the public. Furthermore, Open Access is also a way to provide the public with an insight into the work of the Organization so that everyone is able to discover and share what UNESCO is doing."

"Amazon just opened its free library of open-education resources, called Amazon Inspire. Anyone with an Amazon account can now see the collection and download resources, but the Share feature is turned off, with a "coming soon!" label next to it. Letting any teacher share their teaching materials is a key promise of the service, but it is also one that sparked controversy last year, after several people uploaded materials without the permission of the authors. The copyright violations prompted complaints by teachers, and led Amazon to quickly take down the pirated content and promise to put a better review system in place."

This script makes giving attribution to flickr creative commons such a simple thing you cannot believe you had done it any other way earlier. Any flickr photo page you visit that has Creative Commons License applied will display two text fields below the CC license listing (right side of photo). Clicking either field will select it, so you can do a quick command-c to copy.