Digital Citizenship Power Up PD Module 2

Copyright Confusion With a partner, take the next 60 seconds to brainstorm everything the two of you know about copyright in the classroom regarding images, video, and music.

Copyright Copyrighted works cannot be used without the consent of the owner. The only exception is for educational fair use. The hyperlink goes to a fair use checklist. We also recommend the book Copyright Clarity by Renee Hobbs

Creative Commons An alternative to copyright. A range of licensing options that lets you give others access to your work with conditions. Lets you reuse the work of others if you follow the creative commons license.

Creative Commons Logo You can not charge money for work you created with CC material. The work you create should also be shared with a CC license. The work is licensed under creative commons. You must credit the original creator of the work.

Creative Commons Tutorial

Public Domain Works in the public domain are free for public use, and are no longer available for private ownership. The intellectual property rights of these works have expired. wikimedia commons is a great place for public domain images

Tools for Staying “Legit” Public Domain Search Creative Commons Search

Plug In Start updating your content so that it is in line with Copyright law. Create (or refresh) a presentation or document with an image from the Creative Commons or Public Domain. Model academic integrity in your own work. Pick a document and give credit where credit’s due. Provide students with title, author, and path. Plug in challenges are small tasks teachers can usually accomplish quickly, in the workshop, to get more familiar with the tools. These are suggestions, but you can change and adapt them to work for your staff. For the second option in the plug-in, teachers might go to a presentation or document they already use, and add where they got their images/ideas. “Path” refers to a URL.

Creating Copyright Savvy Students “Consider how easy it is to cut, paste, share, rip, burn, and post media—at home and in the classroom. These activities seem as though they must be legal and appropriate, because they’re so easy to perform. Unfortunately, the assumption that what can be done, may be done, is often wrong” (Cornell University).

Common Sense Media Resources for teaching students about digital citizenship. Common Sense Media Graphite iTunes U Courses for Students

Classroom Example ~ English

Power Up Survey your students to see what they already know about digital citizenship. Use a resource from Common Sense Media or This Infographic to teach a digital citizenship lesson. Require students to use and cite Creative Commons media in their own work. Suggested challenges that you can adapt to the specifics of your situation.