Thursday, May 23, 2013

5 Good Lesson Plans for Teaching Copyright

The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published a set of comprehensive lesson plans about copyright simply titled Teaching Copyright. Teaching Copyright contains five lesson plans. Each lesson plan includes printable worksheets, readings, and suggested activities. For teachers looking for a little more information than is available in the lesson plans, the EFF has a good list of additional resources including videos on the topics of copyright and fair use. To stay up to date on new developments in copyright and fair use, you may want to follow the EFF blog.

 Copyright on Campus - A Six Minute Exploration of the Nuances of Copyright
Copyright and Fair Use are cloudy areas for many students and educators to try to navigate. This evening I found Copyright on Campus which is a six minute cartoon that does a nice job of explaining many of the nuances of copyright as it applies to educators. While the explanations are given for a collegiate setting they could be applied to K-12 too. The video is embedded below.


Both articles Re posted from Richard Byrne at  http://www.freetech4teachers.com

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Posted by: Jim Fargione
District Lead Teacher for Instructional Technology
Three Village School District