Teaching

= = =Teach About Copyright and Applying Fair Use= = = The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education helps educators gain confidence about their rights to use copyrighted materials in developing students' critical thinking and communication skills.

These slides accompany the book, //**Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning**// by Renee Hobbs. You can offer a staff development program using the materials in the book, [|plus these slides], to introduce your colleagues to the power of the Code.

Use the lessons below, which are complete with multimedia, readings, discussion questions, activities and hands-on production projects to help you teach about copyright and fair use.


 * Lesson Plans and Materials for High School, College and University Levels**
 * Table of Contents, Teaching About Copyright and Fair Use
 * Overview, Teaching Materials
 * Resources for Learning More
 * Section 1. Understanding Copyright
 * Section 2. The Cost of Copyright Confusion
 * Section 3. Defining and Applying Fair Use
 * Section 4. The Five Principles of the Code
 * Section 5. Advocacy


 * Other Lesson Plans and Materials for Grades 6-8**
 * **[|Copyright Animation from Ally@katz (BBC)]**
 * **[|Plagiarism Animation from Ally@katz (BBC)]**
 * Read-Write-Think: Copyright Law From Digital Reprints to Downloads
 * Read-Write-Think: Students As Creators-Exploring Copyright
 * Read-Write-Think: Students As Creators-Exploring Multimedia
 * Read-Write-Think: Technology and Copyright Law A "Futurespective"

Use these videos to discuss the fair-use reasoning process. Why do these teachers think their students' use of copyrighted materials is a fair use? Exercise your fair-use reasoning muscles.
 * Video Case Studies**


 * [|Case Study Video High School]
 * [|Case Study Video, Curriculum Materials Creation]
 * [|Case Study Video, Elementary]

Two music videos about copyright and fair use are online at the Media Education Lab's website--- animated "Schoolhouse Rock" music videos are here! [|More Information]
 * Music Videos Help Students Learn about Copyright and Fair Use**
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 * User's Rights, Section 107 ||
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[|Download Lyrics (PDF)] ||

Teaching the Use of Copyright Friendly Materials
Joyce Valenza's Portal of resources to teach kids the concept of Creative Commons as well as where to find Copyright Friendly Materials [|Copyright Friendly Toolkit]

David Boxer's lesson on remix uses the Code of Best Practice in Fair Use for Online Video