Copyright Info & digital Citizenship
New in fall 2016: Copyright Decision Tool Teachers: Use this quick online tool to determine if your use of copyrighted material in your class is ok under the Fair Use clause. Also, check out the Resources for Teachers tab for some great resources explaining all you need to know about how copyright laws affect your work as a teacher.
(Reading tip for the embedded slide shows and documents on this page: On a computer or tablet, click on the expander button at the bottom of slide shows to view the slides in full screen mode for a better reading experience or scroll through the documents. On a phone, download the PDF versions if you can't view the embedded slide show or embedded documents.)
| Copyright Explained (May 2015).pdf |
| Finding Copyright Friendly Sources (May 2015).pdf |
We all have a YouTube account as part of our school Google (GAFE) account. Using this account you can find and incorporate Creative Commons licensed music and video clips into your own video creations.
| GAFE YouTube account (May 2015).pdf |
"Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.
Our free, easy-to-use copyright licenses provide a simple, standardized way to give the public permission to share and use your creative work — on conditions of your choice. CC licenses let you easily change your copyright terms from the default of “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved.”
Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. They work alongside copyright and enable you to modify your copyright terms to best suit your needs.
If you want to give people the right to share, use, and even build upon a work you’ve created, you should consider publishing it under a Creative Commons license. CC gives you flexibility (for example, you can choose to allow only non-commercial uses) and protects the people who use your work, so they don’t have to worry about copyright infringement, as long as they abide by the conditions you have specified.
If you’re looking for content that you can freely and legally use, there is a giant pool of CC-licensed creativity available to you. There are hundreds of millions of works — from songs and videos to scientific and academic material — available to the public for free and legal use under the terms of our copyright licenses, with more being contributed every day." (from http://creativecommons.org/about)
| What is Creative Commons?.pdf |
Creative Commons homepage is here
Go here for more detailed info the different licenses available OR go here to create a license for your own creation
Go here for a comic strip explaining how Creative Commons works OR go here for a comic strip explaining the different licenses
OR read the pdf posted below.
Go here for more detailed info the different licenses available OR go here to create a license for your own creation
Go here for a comic strip explaining how Creative Commons works OR go here for a comic strip explaining the different licenses
OR read the pdf posted below.
| CC licensing and marking your content.pdf |
Creative Commons explained in this short video
