| Copyright and Fair Use |
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| Copyright |
| Copyright sites to support your technology ethic efforts! |
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| Copyright?? |
| Created as a graduate project in Educational Technology Leadership, by Phyllis D. Gardner, this illustrated first-person story starts when our unnamed protagonist copies the entirety of his dinosaur report from NationalGeographic.com. "The teacher said I copied and that I was stealing and a lot of other things that took me by surprise!" In addition to introducing the concepts of plagiarism and copyright, the site demonstrates how to create a citation and make a bibliography. |
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| Copyright Kids |
| Did you know that whenever you write a poem or story or even a paper for your class, or a drawing or other artwork, you automatically own the copyright to it?" Published by the Copyright Society of the USA, this site explains intellectual property, fair use, derivative work and public domain for upper-elementary and middle-school students. It also includes instructions on how to register your own work with the U.S. Copyright Office, and follows the dilemmas of a middle-school yearbook club as they discover how copyright law applies to the creation of a yearbook on CD. |
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| NC Wise Owl |
| This straightforward site helps middle-school and high-school students answer the question, "What things can I legally include in a report, presentation or movie?" Along the way, it explains copyright, offers resources for public domain images, and has a great link list of sites that explore copyright in more detail. "Do I always have to follow the copyright laws and rules? You may get around the copyright rules by simply writing or emailing the person who created the work and asking permission to use it." |
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| Bound by Law |
| Bound by Law? is a digital comic book about a laser-brandishing heroine fighting the Rights Monster as she makes a movie. "A documentary is being filmed. A cell phone rings, playing the "Rocky" theme song. The filmmaker is told she must pay $10,000 to clear the rights to the song. Can this be true?" Along the way, we learn about intellectual property, public domain, and the thin line between fair use and copyright infringement. The comic is available digitally for free (licensed under Creative Commons) or a hard copy can be purchased at Amazon. |
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| Read Write Think Handout |
| A handout asking simple questions, you give an answer and it leads you to another question, til you get the right answer. |
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