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The meaning of the concepts of copyright and fair use, as applied to creative work, has broadened dramatically in the digital world. Students are some of the biggest consumers and creators of work created on digital platforms, but they don't often understand: 1. what they may legitimately use. 2. how they may use it what protection exists for their own creative work. 3.Introducing "fair use" concepts. The authors of the post explain how they took the excellent Rework, Reuse, Remix lesson from Commonsense Media to create the foundational lesson plan for an 8th grade Digital Learning class hat St. Francis Xavier School, in Winooski VT. It introduces the concept of fair use and how to apply it to case studies"

Joyce Valenza discusses Fair use and copyright and how a good understanding of the Fair Use guidelines allows everyone to use the best most appropriate material without sanctions. She also goes into some detail about transformative use and what that entails.

A poster that sets out some copyright and fair use guidelines for teachers. Created by the people at Tech&Learning.

"The creation of a full-text searchable database of millions of books is a fair use of copyrighted works, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday, saying it also is permissible to distribute the books in alternative forms to people with disabilities."

Discussion about four great resources to help you learn and teach students about copyright. These resources are provided by the Copyright Advisory Network and are basically web tools designed to provide users particularly librarians with general guidelines and tips on a variety of issues related to copyright. These resources are: The Copyright Genie, Fair Use Evaluator, Section 108 Spinner and xceptions for Instructors eTool

"A list of some short stories with surprising endings that could be used for learning or teaching careful reading. Sometimes the author tries to give the reader a fair chance to figure out what's going to happen. Even though a twist ending is supposed to give the reader a jolt, in hindsight it should seem perfectly reasonable. The best ones seem inevitable and seamless."

Post listing some great sites that offer music that can be used and shared.

"Plagiarism is a serious charge. If true, it has the potential to upend a career and mar a journalist's reputation for life. And yet, in today's world of aggregated news, plagiarism is an imprecise word that stands for a spectrum of offenses related to unoriginal work. And its severity varies dramatically depending on a variety of circumstances."

"This post offers a few resources on guidelines, and then a list of the top sites for open source images that are safe to get pictures from. "

post that discusses how you might go about explaining copyright to your students.