Internet in the K-12 Classroom

Outline

Intro

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

Copyright, Fair Use, Plagiarism
Final Curriculum Projects Due

Jump to Assignments 1-4

Weekly Reader: Copyright & Fair Use summary, University of Texas

Fair Use Law -- Read it all, bookmark it, and commit it to memory. Pay close attention to the sections on "Individual Liability," "Rules of Thumb," and the "Four Factor Test"

While at this University of Texas site, consider exploring other pages dealing with copyright and fair use

Getting ready to publish:

©opyright and Fair Use in the Classroom

     Copyright laws protect all intellectual property. As of April 1, 1989 all private, original creations are copyrighted and protected regardless of whether it carries a notice or not.

     Educational institutions get a bit of leeway when materials are used for non-profit educational classroom purposes. This provision (Sec. 107 of Copyright Act) is known as Fair Use. This ruling applies not only to digital copying, but to all use in all forms of copyrighted materials in America's classrooms.

     Two specific points to keep in mind before reading further: 1) When school work by teacher or student is posted on the Internet, Fair Use provisions do not apply; all copyright laws must be followed. 2) Your student essays, PowerPoint projects, and such are copyrighted to them; teachers must get student permissions to use their original works in future classes as prototypes or demonstrations for similar activities.

What is “fair use”?

Sec. 107 of the Fair Use Provision of the Copyright Act states:

“Limitations on exclusive right: Fair use. Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”

APA Web Citation

(July, 2001). Library of Congress Copyright Law PDF. US Copyright Office. Retrieved April 19, 2002, from http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17/circ92.pdf (PDF page 28, Doc page 16)

MLA Web Citation

"Library of Congress Copyright Law PDF." US Copyright Office. July, 2001. US Government. 19 April, 2002. <http://www.loc.gov/copyright/title17/circ92.pdf>.

Copy/paste/print/share:

Limitations on Size

Motion Media

Up to 10% or 3 minutes

An entire poem of less than 250 words, 250 maximum excerpt of longer poem, 3 poems maximum per poet

Five poems maximum from an anthology

Music, Lyrics, and Music Video:

Up to 10% but no more than 30 seconds of music and lyrics from a single work

Alterations shall not change the basic melody

Illustrations and Photographs:

A photograph or illustration may be used in its entirety

No more than 5 images by an artist or photographer

Not more than 10% or 15 images, whichever is less, from a single published collected work

Copying and Distribution Limitations

Including the original, only a limited number of copies may be made of a project:

Two use copies, one of which may be placed on reserve.

An additional copy for preservation to be used or copied only to replace a use copy that has been lost, stolen, or damaged.

For jointly created projects, each principal creator may retain one copy but only as permitted by use and time restraints previously outlined.

Acknowledgement:

Credit the sources and display the copyright notice © and copyright ownership information for all incorporated works including those prepared under fair use.

Copyright ownership information includes: © (the copyright notice), year of first publication, name of the copyright holder

Notice of Use Restrictions:

The opening screen must give this notice:

Certain materials are included under the fair use exemption of the U.S. Copyright Law

Materials are included in accordance with the multimedia fair use guidelines

Materials are restricted from further use.

Suggested Readings and Links:

Copyright Office of Library of Congress

Benedict.com's condensed summaries and trial cases
The Copyright Website

Getting Permission

http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/permissn.htm

Sample Letter Requesting Permission http://www.utsystem .edu /OGC/IntellectualProperty /permmm .htm

Resource Permission Template for Teachers http://www.gsn.org/weblib/landmar/DOCS/tchrnote.htm

Resource Permission Template for Students http://www.gsn.org/weblib/landmar/DOCS/stdntnte.htm

Dealing with Internet Plagiarism

The ease of copy/paste and the difficulty for a teacher of finding the original source makes Internet Plagiarism an irresistible attraction to some students. We must be ever vigilant and begin on Day One to remind students the importance of intellectual property and ethical research.

“Regarding advice on avoiding plagiarism: it's best to approach it as an issue of fair use and intellectual property. A discussion about the ways people use (and acknowledge) one another's ideas is better than an ex cathedra ‘Don't Plagiarize’ rule. When presented as a ‘rule,’ it gets relegated to the list of other rules (use one-inch margins, put commas between items in a list) and students are genuinely surprised when violation carries a stiffer penalty than the other rules!”

Leland, Bruce. (1999, November 26). Plagiarism and the Web. Plagiarism and the Web. Retrieved April 20, 2002, from www.wiu.edu/users/mfbhl/wiu/plagiarism.htm

Some Steps to Combat Plagiarism

Define it directly to students early in the school year. Make it clear that plagiarism includes the unreferenced borrowing of IDEAS as well as words. Many students incorrectly believe they can paraphrase an original idea to avoid plagiarism.

Distinguish common knowledge from quotable information

Make plagiarism one of your classroom poster themes. Post a definition. Post the penalties

When doing research, instruct students on how to write footnotes and a bibliography and make it a critical part of the assignment

Show students how to capture their Web sources along with their Web information for proper referencing during the research process. Require students to create a Works Cited document to accompany any Internet research

Get to know your students’ writing abilities by assigning at least one in-class essay before assigning outside writing

On the deadline day, collect papers then have students write an in-class 200-word summary of their essay or research content. Call it the preface. Collect it and use it if necessary

Give research topics that require synthesis. This makes it difficult to paste from one site. EX: Compare the economy of China to the economy of the United States

Ask students to relate the research to themselves. EX: What does the dying rain forest mean to me?

Convert the research into original PowerPoint presentations

Many free essay sites exist. Inform students that you are aware of these sites and that you check them when you suspect plagiarism

Create a common-practice procedure for testing the authenticity of students' work if plagiarism is suspected. Inform students in advance of this procedure: EX: Give a brief oral quiz on the content, a quiz on the vocabulary used, a partial rewrite. Full awareness of this common-practice authenticity test will hopefully mollify any ill feelings or hostility if a student is called to defend his work

If you suspect plagiarism, enter a suspect sentence into a Search Engine. Use quotation marks around the sentence and the search will look for exact matches. Use several search engines. If you find nothing, but still suspect plagiarism, you may submit the suspect essay or report free to www.turnitin.com

If your school pays for full access to www.turnitin.com, you can submit class sets of essays and reports. Have students bring their finished work on paper and on a disk

	Week 8 Assignments (1-5)	Top
	1. Explain how you will share copyright laws, fair use guidelines, and plagiarism definitions with your students. How will you follow up to ensure these policies are being followed?
	2. (Optional) Share a plagiarism story if you have one
	3. Finish and Post your Curriculum Comparison/Contrast Study as an .RTF file It should be 200-400 words. 4. Fill out the .RTF Project Template for your Curriculum Unit Project and upload it as an attachment by Wednesday of Week 8.
	5. Read and provide feedback on at least two other pupils' Curriculum Unit Project.
	Sonoma State's APA Guidelines Citation Machine (auto-arrange into APA)

How to use the "Print Screen" key for capturing screen shots to use as graphics

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Outline

Intro

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Week 5

Week 6

Week 7

Week 8

©opyright and Fair Use in the Classroom

What is “fair use”?

Sec. 107 of the Fair Use Provision of the Copyright Act states:

Limitations on Size

Motion Media

Up to 10% or 3 minutes

An entire poem of less than 250 words, 250 maximum excerpt of longer poem, 3 poems maximum per poet

Five poems maximum from an anthology

Music, Lyrics, and Music Video:

Up to 10% but no more than 30 seconds of music and lyrics from a single work

Alterations shall not change the basic melody

Illustrations and Photographs:

A photograph or illustration may be used in its entirety

No more than 5 images by an artist or photographer

Not more than 10% or 15 images, whichever is less, from a single published collected work

Copying and Distribution Limitations

Including the original, only a limited number of copies may be made of a project:

Two use copies, one of which may be placed on reserve.

An additional copy for preservation to be used or copied only to replace a use copy that has been lost, stolen, or damaged.

For jointly created projects, each principal creator may retain one copy but only as permitted by use and time restraints previously outlined.

Acknowledgement:

Credit the sources and display the copyright notice © and copyright ownership information for all incorporated works including those prepared under fair use.

Copyright ownership information includes: © (the copyright notice), year of first publication, name of the copyright holder

Notice of Use Restrictions:

The opening screen must give this notice:

Certain materials are included under the fair use exemption of the U.S. Copyright Law

Materials are included in accordance with the multimedia fair use guidelines

Materials are restricted from further use.

Getting Permission

http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/permissn.htm

Sample Letter Requesting Permission http://www.utsystem .edu /OGC/IntellectualProperty /permmm .htm

Resource Permission Template for Teachers http://www.gsn.org/weblib/landmar/DOCS/tchrnote.htm

Resource Permission Template for Students http://www.gsn.org/weblib/landmar/DOCS/stdntnte.htm

When doing research, instruct students on how to write footnotes and a bibliography and make it a critical part of the assignment

Show students how to capture their Web sources along with their Web information for proper referencing during the research process. Require students to create a Works Cited document to accompany any Internet research

Get to know your students’ writing abilities by assigning at least one in-class essay before assigning outside writing

On the deadline day, collect papers then have students write an in-class 200-word summary of their essay or research content. Call it the preface. Collect it and use it if necessary

Give research topics that require synthesis. This makes it difficult to paste from one site. EX: Compare the economy of China to the economy of the United States

If your school pays for full access to www.turnitin.com, you can submit class sets of essays and reports. Have students bring their finished work on paper and on a disk

©opyright and Fair Use in the Classroom

What is “fair use”?

Sec. 107 of the Fair Use Provision of the Copyright Act states:

Limitations on Size

Motion Media

Up to 10% or 3 minutes

An entire poem of less than 250 words, 250 maximum excerpt of longer poem, 3 poems maximum per poet

Five poems maximum from an anthology

Music, Lyrics, and Music Video:

Up to 10% but no more than 30 seconds of music and lyrics from a single work

Alterations shall not change the basic melody

Illustrations and Photographs:

A photograph or illustration may be used in its entirety

No more than 5 images by an artist or photographer

Not more than 10% or 15 images, whichever is less, from a single published collected work

Copying and Distribution Limitations

Including the original, only a limited number of copies may be made of a project:

Two use copies, one of which may be placed on reserve.

An additional copy for preservation to be used or copied only to replace a use copy that has been lost, stolen, or damaged.

For jointly created projects, each principal creator may retain one copy but only as permitted by use and time restraints previously outlined.

Acknowledgement:

Credit the sources and display the copyright notice © and copyright ownership information for all incorporated works including those prepared under fair use.

Copyright ownership information includes: © (the copyright notice), year of first publication, name of the copyright holder

Notice of Use Restrictions:

The opening screen must give this notice:

Certain materials are included under the fair use exemption of the U.S. Copyright Law

Materials are included in accordance with the multimedia fair use guidelines

Materials are restricted from further use.

Getting Permission

http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/permissn.htm

Sample Letter Requesting Permission http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/permmm.htm

Resource Permission Template for Teachers http://www.gsn.org/weblib/landmar/DOCS/tchrnote.htm

Resource Permission Template for Students http://www.gsn.org/weblib/landmar/DOCS/stdntnte.htm

When doing research, instruct students on how to write footnotes and a bibliography and make it a critical part of the assignment

Show students how to capture their Web sources along with their Web information for proper referencing during the research process. Require students to create a Works Cited document to accompany any Internet research

Get to know your students’ writing abilities by assigning at least one in-class essay before assigning outside writing

On the deadline day, collect papers then have students write an in-class 200-word summary of their essay or research content. Call it the preface. Collect it and use it if necessary

Give research topics that require synthesis. This makes it difficult to paste from one site. EX: Compare the economy of China to the economy of the United States

If your school pays for full access to www.turnitin.com, you can submit class sets of essays and reports. Have students bring their finished work on paper and on a disk

Sample Letter Requesting Permission http://www.utsystem .edu /OGC/IntellectualProperty /permmm .htm