Copyright & Fair Use for Digital Learning
WELCOME!
1. Did you SIGN IN and take handouts?
2. Please access the Workshop Wiki page @
http://tinyurl.com/DLUcopyright
3. Review the Workshop Description and Agenda
Workshop Instructors:
Kelly Ray, ODL Resource Teacher
Amanda Cochran, ODL Specialist
Angenine Goode , Library Media
Specialist
– Catonsville
HS
Background
image:
http://www.pptbackgrounds.net/
S.T.A.T. Professional Development Workshop
• Outcome: Participants will understand the implications
of copyright and media literacy for 21st century teaching
and learning in order to prepare for S.T.A.T.
• Indicator: Participants will be able to model and facilitate
the legal and ethical use of copyrighted material in
curriculum, instruction, and student-created works.
Yes, it’s complicated …
https://www.flickr.com/photos/horiavarlan/4839454263/
Why are notices like this posted at school
photocopiers and duplicating machines?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliotek/2426764200/
thefbiwarningscreens.wikia.com
thefbiwarningscreens.wikia.com
Do notices like this deter teachers from
using commercial videos in school?
Images: flic.kr/p/957WB9
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2008-09-24_Blockbuster_in_Durham.jpg
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Redbox_Kiosk.jpg
How often have you observed teachers modeling
ethical use of intellectual property by citing sources
for images and media included in their own
presentations and digital products?
https://flic.kr/p/epd6Lw
How often have you observed students practicing
ethical use of intellectual property by citing
sources for images and media in their own
presentations and projects?
https://flic.kr/p/5KQfrv
Why teachers and students are at risk
for copyright infringement …
Lack of enforcement
or consequences.
Images: phillipmartin.info
I’m teaching. They’re learning.
We can use whatever we want
because it’s all fair use, right?
Lack of knowledge and understanding.
Why teachers and students must
understand copyright and fair use …
www.flickr.com/photos/intelfreepress/9527140076
1. In the 21st century classroom, teachers and students are
increasingly content creators and publishers; their work often
includes the intellectual property of other creators.
2. BCPS has an official Copyright Rule to ensure legal and ethical use
of copyrighted material by students and staff, and to protect the
school system from copyright infringement liability.
3. Copyright infringement is more easily detected on the Web.
Why teachers and students must
understand copyright and fair use …
flic.kr/p/6bJSMe
4. We must model and teach digital citizenship in order to prepare
globally competitive graduates for college, careers, and life.
5. As content consumers and creators, teachers and students should
be informed about complying with copyright laws, respecting the
intellectual property rights of others, sharing their own creative
works, and protecting their own intellectual property rights.
Copyright & Fair Use information and
instructional resources are now available!
Explore @ bcpsodl.pbworks.com
Some Actual BCPS Scenarios
Use the resources on the Copyright & Fair Use resource wiki
page to help you think about these scenarios and decide if
each use of intellectual property is:
• Legal Use: Works from the public domain, used with
permission, or used according to the copyright holder’s Terms of
Use or licensing agreement such as Creative Commons license
(used according to copyright; no fair use determination needed)
• Fair Use: Copyrighted works whose use meets the guidelines
for all four Fair Use factors (an exception to copyright)
• Copyright Infringement: Copyrighted works used illegally-without permission, not according to copyright-holder’s terms
of use or license, or not in compliance with Fair Use guidelines.
Scenario #1
DDL resource teacher Ben Wagner wanted to use the
P21 logo on the DDL Resource wiki. Although BCPS is
an official member of the Partnership for 21st
Century Skills, Ben decides to email P21 to request
permission to use the copyrighted logo. P21 gives
BCPS permission to use the graphic on our wiki via
email.
Is this a legal use, fair use, or copyright infringement?
Images: http://p21.org
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Question_Copyright_2.png
Scenario #2
A curriculum writer found a West African Cinderella
story retold by a folktale expert and published on
the expert’s 365 Cinderellas blog. However, the
blog site was blocked for students in school.
So, the curriculum writer copied the text of the
entire folktale from the blog page onto a Microsoft
Word document for a lesson in the curriculum
guide, providing a source citation on the page.
Is this a legal use, fair use, or copyright infringement?
Scenario #3
A teacher creates a PowerPoint featuring digital
photos to illustrate Science concepts. The
teacher provides a citation below each photo.
The URLs are quite long and all begin with
http://www.google.com/... The teacher plans to
post the PowerPoint file to BCPS One for future
student reference.
Is this a legal use, fair use, or copyright infringement?
Scenario #5
Image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/amitp/
Students in a middle school English class
researched wild animals and created Web
pages including digital images from the
Internet. These Web pages were so well
done that their teacher had the Office of
Library Information post them on their
public BCPS Web site. Students cited their
information sources, but did not cite
sources for the images they used; the
images may be protected by copyright.
Is this a legal use, fair use, or copyright infringement?
Scenario #4
BCPS Elementary Lighthouse Schools
created “Vision Videos” which they posted
to their Edmodo group site. Some schools
used commercial, copyright-protected
music (sample). BCPS would like to post
these on the BCPS public Website as well.
Is this a legal use, fair use, or copyright infringement?
Scenario #5
Student partners “mashed up” photos of
themselves with two photos from the Internet.
They used these as the opening and closing
images in a “Virtual Tour of the Serengeti” video
created for a class research project. Both photos
were licensed by the copyright-holder with
Creative Commons licenses for non-commercial
re-use and re-mixing with attribution. The
students attributed both photo sources in their
video's closing credits. The video was shown to
the student’s classmates in school, then posted
on the school library Web site for public access.
Is this a legal use, fair use, or copyright infringement?
Image:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SerengetiSign.jpg See Creative Commons License
Image:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi
le:Lionesses,_Masai_Mara,_Kenya.jpg
See Creative Commons License
Scenario #6
Grade 6 ELA curriculum writers plan to have
students create graphic novel adaptations of
episodes from folktales or classic stories. Since the original
texts are beyond most students' reading abilities, they
decide to use animated video clips. They find YouTube clips
from Disney movie versions and Read-Along books of some
well known stories like Aladdin and Cinderella on a Disney
Vintage YouTube Channel. The YouTuber’s discussion posts
mention that she’s had copyright issues with YouTube.
Nevertheless, the curriculum writers include links to her
YouTube videos in the curriculum guide for teachers to
show their students in class.
Is this a legal use, fair use, or copyright infringement?
Scenario #7
Students researching the planets for Science class are
creating PhotoStories including digital images. They
find two websites with tons of planet photos, one
published by NASA and the Cal Tech Jet Propulsion Laboratory
(JPL), and another published by the National Earth Science
Teacher's Association (NESTA). Images from such organizations
are typically in the public domain or copyright-friendly for
educational use. To be certain, the students' teacher and
librarian direct them to examine the copyright policies/terms of
use for both Web sites to determine if and how images may be
used in student projects. The students follow the terms of use
for the images they have selected, and their PhotoStories are
presented to the class and published on the school Web site for
their parents to see.
Is this a legal use, fair use, or copyright infringement?
Scenario #8
Middle school students are reading the novel
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry in English class.
Their teacher uses some brief and extended clips from
the movie Sounder to help students visualize the
historical setting and other elements in the novel: the
deep South in the 1930's, the Great Depression,
sharecropping, segregated schools, Jim Crow laws,
relations between white and African Americans, etc.
Students complete an anticipation guide as they view
the clips. The teacher is using a DVD borrowed from
the public library.
Is this a legal use, fair use, or copyright infringement?
Some Best Practices
• Use copyright-free or copyright-friendly media (public
domain, .gov, Creative Commons licensed)
• Use media from our BCPS-licensed databases, according
to their Terms of Use.
• Check Terms of Use or Copyright Statements on Websites.
• Hyperlink rather than downloading or copying from
Internet websites when appropriate (e.g. considering Ads).
• ALWAYS use attribution (credit the original source).
– Google Images is NOT an original source/copyright holder!
• When in doubt, seek permission from the copyright
holder. Contact them via email and use the BCPS
Copyright Permission form.
Image: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Copyright-checkmark.gif
When you’re not sure about the answer
to copyright or fair use question …
phillipmartin.info
1. Refer to the Copyright & Fair Use page on the Office of
Digital Learning Resource Wiki @ bcpsodl.pbworks.com
–
You can also access the Workshop Wiki page from Professional
Development > Self- Directed PD > ODL Workshops > Copyright
& Fair Use for Digital Learning
2. Consult your school Library Media Specialist
3. Your Library Media Specialist or STAT teacher may contact
the Office of Digital Learning if necessary:
410-887-4035