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As the Internet evolves, copyright issues are increasingly confusing-and often nettlesome. That's why The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education (PDF) was developed: to help educators make thoughtful decisions about interpreting the copyright doctrine of fair use to support media literacy education.

Wes Fryer's excellent blog post about the newly released Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education-Temple University. Lots of vauable links and resources.

"Why pay attention to games? For starters, games are the "medium of choice" for many Millennials, with broad participation among the 30 and under population. Although part of a web of new media, technology, and social shifts, games are the quintessential site for examining these changes. Game cultures feature participation in a collective intelligence, blur the distinction between the production and consumption of information, emphasize expertise rather than status, and promote international and cross-cultural media and communities. Most of these characteristics are foreign, or run counter to print-era institutions such as libraries. At the same time, game cultures promote various types of information literacy, develop information seeking habits and production practices (like writing), and require good, old-fashioned research skills, albeit using a wide spectrum of content. In short, librarians can't afford to ignore gamers."