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Copyright, Fair Use and Safe Searching See also this page for other info on copyright


 * 'CopyRight-CopyWrong' - Calif. St. Univ. Sacramento - great quiz for students Copyright Activity by Cyberbee - really cool interactive site for students to learn about copyright
 * Copyright Bay Activity by Univ. of St. Francis - another great site for teaching copyright (kind of like a WebQuest)
 * 'The Copyright Quiz' from Tech & Learning
 * Copyright for Educators- resources for teachers, librarians, and administrators to find out about fair use, copyright guidelines, and related tutorials.
 * The United States Copyright Office - great resources and info
 * Taking the Mystery out of Copyright - cool presentations that students will enjoy!
 * Locating Copyright Friendly Resources on the Web
 * Creative Commons
 * Creative Commons in Education - most websites include writing, images, and sound or video files and fall under a special copyright agreement called Creative Commons. This essentially means that any content users place on the web can be used by others under a "share and share alike" arrangement. All Creative Commons uses must be [|properly cited]. You and your students do not own materials you find on the web, such as music, video, or images. You must make sure that anything you do use from other sources is also under a Creative Commons license. Most photos on [|Flickr] are available this way, for example. See further information about [|copyright] and [|Creative Commons licensing.] Fair Use does not permit you to place the on the web unless you have password protected the site.
 * Creative Commons images of everything on Earth by Ookaboo
 * Teaching Resources from Media Education Lab
 * Other resources from Media Education Lab
 * Lesson Plans for Back-to-school
 * Educator resources and curriculum on copyright
 * The Administrator Copyright Scenario Checklist
 * Turn It In - prevent plagiarism
 * Viper - FREE alternative to TurnItIn - at CNet

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Other videos: Copyright? What's Copyright? - cartoon video with music that students will love to watch and even sing to! Fair Use for Media Literacy Education - video explaining fair use

The Code of Best Practices ====To understand what fair use is and what is allowed (or not allowed,) read The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy and view the video. It is important for educators to understand the laws of fair use and copyright so that they can effectively implement programs educating their students on media literacy. As you read the report and view the video, think about what you had believed fair use meant to you as an educator and what it means to you now. Here is the actual pdf of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use. Great resource! ==== ====You may wish to review the following lesson plans and activities from PBS that involve students in investigating citation and copyright law as well as the issue of plagiarism and the Internet. ====
 * ====[|A Penny for Your Thoughts, Movies or Music?] - This lesson plan from NewsHour Extra explores the copyright issues involved in downloading entertainment and music from the Internet. ====
 * ====[|Citizen Journalism] - This lesson plan from NewsHour Extra engages students in discussing the ethics of downloading copyrighted material on the Internet. ====
 * ====[|Writing History: From Students to Scholars] - This lesson plan from NewsHour Extra teaches students the definition of plagiarism and how to avoid plagiarism in their own work. ====
 * ====[|Blues Lyrics] - This lesson plan from The Blues Web site helps students comprehend the difference between "floating verse" in blues music and the violation of copyright law. ====
 * ====[|Thematic Teaching: Technology & Ethics] - This Web page from PBS Teachers includes activity ideas and related resources for teaching technology and ethics. ====
 * ====[|The Unspoken Words of Media Ethics: Do we know what they are?] - This lesson plan from NewsHour Extra explores codes of ethics for journalists and the unspoken rules that govern our media and the news we hear. ====

Citing Internet Resources ====To find style formats for resource citation, as well as advice on instructing your students, go to [|Ready Reference and Copyright Sources] and scroll down to Copyright and Citation Resources. You should take some time to go through the resources provided and take notes, as you may wish to incorporate this information into your course project. ==== ====[|The Modern Language Association (MLA)], the [|American Psychological Association (APA)], and other academic style guides have come up with formats for attributing different sources of information. Visit these sites to see how electronic resources should be attributed.====

Then, try one of the new automatic citation–maker tools available on the Web.

 * ====[|EasyBib] - Create free bibliographies and citations using MLA formatting at this site. ====
 * ====[|OttoBib] - Enter the ISBN number for any book and create a free bibliography, in a number of different formats. ====
 * ====[|Citation Maker: Oregon School Library Information System] - Create MLA or APA citations with this citation tool. ====
 * Citation Machine website by the Landmark Project - developed by David Warlick
 * KnightCite - by Hekman Library at Calvin College

=Safe Searching=
 * KidsClick Safe Searching on the Web
 * SquirrelNet SafeSearch from Google
 * How to put a Google Custom Safe Search on your website
 * Ways to Use Search Engines in the Classroom
 * Google SafeSearch Web

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<span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Final Word: The main thing to remember about all of this is that Copyright and Fair Use is not black and white - it never was. Digital and web-based media have made it even more complicated with access to so much 'free' stuff on the web. That's why we need to focus on the Creative Commons movement...the people who created the item get to set the usage for it. You are then clear on what you need to do, how to do it and who gets credit for it. =====