I chose to critique the text resource "Understanding Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons, as they apply to Education". I was always interested how copyright affects teachers so the title of this article immediately caught my attention. One immediate problem with this resource is that one of the links provided to better explain "Copyright Fair Use in Education" is broken. The author acknowledges this and provides alternative links, however, it would seem easier to read if the author just removed the link in its entirety.
The article also provides a link to "Creative Commons" which is a great resource to find different types of copyrighted media that can be licensed and allows users to upload their own content. Users can license original content, donate original content, or donate to the organization. The EmergingEdTech site does include a brief description of the different types of licenses that one can acquire. The article also mentions that Creative Commons also allows for people to share music licensed under Creative Commons.
I chose to critique the video resource "Understanding 'Fair Use' in a Digital World". Automatically, this is a great video for middle school students as it shows a middle school teacher explaining to her class what fair use is. It is a great resource for teachers to follow as a model for how to teach fair use and copyright. She shares examples that can be used for students to distinguish what applies to fair use. In addition, she explains how to advance their understanding once they have a basic knowledge of fair use and copyright.
It is great to know that these resources do exist because it is a very common misconception that copyright does not apply to educators. Teachers can benefit from a better understanding of copyright in the classroom because it is such a complicated yet important issue. The lines seem to blur so much with the internet as everything can be found on it. To already understand copyright and fair use, it puts students that much further ahead. Learning about copyright can help students in the future working on different projects.
Hi Ashleigh,
ReplyDeleteThe assignment this week was fascinating in that it required us to consider all of this information from the perspective of student and teacher. After reading many of the blog posts this week, it seems that we all have had a similar experience - we just did not know how much we didn't know! So, our challenge becomes not only learning how to navigate through this tricky territory, but how to present it to students.
I absolutely agree that we need to address this in the classroom sooner rather than later so that we put our students ahead of where we are. I think about not only the elementary/middle/high school students, but how many undergraduate and graduate students do not have an understanding in this area either.
The fact that so many of us that are focusing on the use of technology are so out of our comfort zones here, really speaks to the challenge at hand. If those who are training to be experts in this area are confused, then the general population is certainly at risk for infringing upon laws of which they are unaware.
It will be interesting to see how work in this area continues to unfold as technologies are changing and developing so quickly. It is certainly something that school districts will have to stay on top of us as we continue on the path of 21st century education.
Hi Ashleigh,
ReplyDeleteI also watched "Understanding 'Fair Use' in a Digital World" and I thought that video did an excellent job of teaching a lesson in which students evaluate copy right and fair use. I also thought that the video also followed some of the copyright rules by excluding the mash-ups and videos they were watching! Its great when we can see a teacher practice what she preaches. I really enjoyed how engaged the students were in this lesson and by watching this video I was able to learn more about fair use and copy right by analyzing students' choice in response. Unfortunately, Copy right and fair use are always a tricky; it is a teacher's duty to research the appropriate way to go about copy right.