Teacher Tips and Tricks: Copyright & Fair Use Edition
"What can I use in my classroom lesson plans and how?" - Teacher from TX
Memes: Click to find out more
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Videos: Click to find out more
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Photocopying of Printed Materials: Click to find out more
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Music:Click to find out more
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Digital Pictures: Click to find out more
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Memes and Gifs: How to use them in a lesson?
Memes- everyone loves them! For as long as they have been around, memes have been used to covey all emotions for all ages, people, and ideas! Memes are great, especially for teachers for establishing that material-to-life connection! But not all memes are friendly... if you want to incorporate memes into your lesssons, you have to it (lawfully) correctly.
Original Meme
The issue with memes, especially nowadays (as well as GIFs) is how widespread they can become. Sometimes this can become an issue with piracy, as the original creator(s) did not allow for everyone to have access to the meme itself. https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1076&context=pipself
Videos and feature films are used lots of times in the classroom, however; copyright laws still apply to teachers. For showing physical copies of films (DVDS), Section 110 of the U.S. Copyright Act allows teachers to use movies and films to whatever educational extent, as long as they ar ein front of their class. If the video/film follows directly along with the curriculum, the teacher will be fine and is within the law. A video above talks mre about copyright for teachers. https://pitt.libguides.com/copyright/films-teaching https://www.copyrightlaws.com/copyright-implications-teaching-with-videos/
Photocopying
Instead of opting to purchase physical copies of books, teachers often result to photocopying pages of ta book and passing them out as their own without regard to ownership. Without given permission, photocopying is llegal, no matter the intent or consequence. Fair use only comes into play within regard to educational purpose, like review or comment, even criticism.
LLink to Photocopying article
Music is one of the most important parts of life and school itself- students of all abckgrounds tend to learn more from music as knowledge to a simple tune sticks frorever. For teachers who plan to use music in their classrooms, they must be wary and legally cannot copy any form of musical media to avoid purchase.https://copyright.wp.musiclibraryassoc.org/guidelines-for-educational-uses-of-music/
Photos
Now that mostly everything is online, it is nearly impossible to come across w printed photo and use it for the purpose of education. When using aan image, educators can abide by the law by citing their images.
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Teacher Tips and Tricks: Copyright & Fair Use Edition
"What can I use in my classroom lesson plans and how?" - Teacher from TX
Memes: Click to find out more
Info
Videos: Click to find out more
Info
Photocopying of Printed Materials: Click to find out more
Info
Music:Click to find out more
Info
Digital Pictures: Click to find out more
Info
Memes and Gifs: How to use them in a lesson?
Memes- everyone loves them! For as long as they have been around, memes have been used to covey all emotions for all ages, people, and ideas! Memes are great, especially for teachers for establishing that material-to-life connection! But not all memes are friendly... if you want to incorporate memes into your lesssons, you have to it (lawfully) correctly.
Original Meme
The issue with memes, especially nowadays (as well as GIFs) is how widespread they can become. Sometimes this can become an issue with piracy, as the original creator(s) did not allow for everyone to have access to the meme itself. https://digitalcommons.pace.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1076&context=pipself
Videos and feature films are used lots of times in the classroom, however; copyright laws still apply to teachers. For showing physical copies of films (DVDS), Section 110 of the U.S. Copyright Act allows teachers to use movies and films to whatever educational extent, as long as they ar ein front of their class. If the video/film follows directly along with the curriculum, the teacher will be fine and is within the law. A video above talks mre about copyright for teachers. https://pitt.libguides.com/copyright/films-teaching https://www.copyrightlaws.com/copyright-implications-teaching-with-videos/
Photocopying
Instead of opting to purchase physical copies of books, teachers often result to photocopying pages of ta book and passing them out as their own without regard to ownership. Without given permission, photocopying is llegal, no matter the intent or consequence. Fair use only comes into play within regard to educational purpose, like review or comment, even criticism.
LLink to Photocopying article
Music is one of the most important parts of life and school itself- students of all abckgrounds tend to learn more from music as knowledge to a simple tune sticks frorever. For teachers who plan to use music in their classrooms, they must be wary and legally cannot copy any form of musical media to avoid purchase.https://copyright.wp.musiclibraryassoc.org/guidelines-for-educational-uses-of-music/
Photos
Now that mostly everything is online, it is nearly impossible to come across w printed photo and use it for the purpose of education. When using aan image, educators can abide by the law by citing their images.