Copyright .....
It's a scary term and often misunderstood. Most teachers think if we use an item in our classroom, there is no problem - because we are using something for education. BE CAREFUL! Because of web use and publishing, it's important to teach and practice copyright use in your classroom. Here are a few sites that might help with information about copyright specifically in education.
- A Visit to Copyright Bay: This web page represents a way to explore"fair use" in the not-for-profit educational setting. (http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/)
- Copyright Kids (http://www.copyrightkids.org/) Take the copyright quiz!
- Copyright 101 for Educators: Winter 2003 (http://www.wtvi.com/TEKS/02_03_articles/copyright.html)
"Microsoft has just come out with a new survey on student’s attitudes towards online copyright. The research suggests that very few students have a strong understanding of the issue, but it also makes me wonder just how they’re defining the nature of copyright, and whether it takes into account fair use as much as it should." by Andy Carvin, PBS Teachers, LEARNING.NOW
See the survey results in this PDF document:
teen cright study.pdf
According to Wikipedia:
Open content, a neologism coined by analogy with "open source", describes any kind of creative work published in a format that explicitly allows copying and modifying of its information by anyone, not exclusively by a closed organization, firm or individual.
Copyright – symbolized "©" – is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright
Chilling Effects-- Copyright and Fair Use
A Teacher's Guide to Fairuse and Copyright - very thorough webpage - check out the chart for educators... good quick look at copyright use in the classroom.
http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm#Fair%20Use%20Matrix%20for%20Teachers
Copyright 101 for Educators: Winter 2003: (Published in the TechEdge 2002-03) by Wesley A. Fryer
"Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web" by the Library and Information Services division of the University of Maryland University College (www.umuc.edu/library/copy.html.
United States Copyright Offices--- Copyright Basics