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David-
I love your statement about teachers understanding and leading students to understand copyright. In younger grades, students are aware of plagiarism in books to some degree, but do not see the need to credit sources for image use, or Internet sources. Students need to have information technology taught in a way that they learn how to locate sources, use them correctly, and practice with this in the classroom. With so much confusion and uncertainty dealing with copyright, I think it is critical that our students understand copyright and respect the law as it is until it changes. The problem seems to be the grey area of what is and is not legal for use from digital sources! Without teacher understanding, our students will not understand copyright infringement in media either. It is great to bring this issue to light in this time of picture and video exchange. I am looking forward to some clear answers in the future!
David Remillard Wrote:
Digital literacy and digital citizenship has been a recent topic among the faculty at my school. We want students to be able to find digital content and be able to analyze its validity. The phrase good digital citizen has many meanings depending on the context that you are using it in. One area that I have been focusing on is copyright laws and how this relates to my students being good digital citizens. In the education field I see photos being pulled off the Internet without any mention of the artists or link to the original photograph. Students dragging and dropping photos into a project without any understanding of the copyright laws or fair use rights for education. This weeks reading on copyright issues identify and describe the key points that students and teachers should know. Teachers should be giving students resources to copyright free material. Students should understand what can be copyrighted and what cannot be. When we look at copyright issues students today are producing more video projects to present during class time. I find they choose popular songs recorded by artists and do not have permission to use their music. By offering students alternative ways to produce their own original music for soundtracks or introductions to presentations we are fostering more creative projects but also educating students how to be a good digital citizen. Copyright issues go beyond the classroom when you look at school district performances, battle of the bands, and dances for fundraisers. In conjunction with our town officials we pay a licensing fee to broadcast music Inc. that gives the artists and composers royalties for the music that we will broadcast during special events. This is a general blanket that covers the town and the school district to perform without infringing on copyright laws. Finally the keyword still is education. Teachers need to understand the black-and-white of copyright laws and teach students how to access media responsibly.
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