Copyright and Fair Use Lesson
One assignment in the CEP 812 class is to develop a lesson for a specific target audience (students, teachers, parents) that will provide them with the guidelines that must be followed when using copyrighted materials for use in an educational setting.
This lesson was developed so that it can be used by any teacher in any subject area where the goal is to teach STUDENTS about appropriate uses of copyrighted materials, not necessarily subject-specific curriculum objectives. This lesson can be altered to address specific curriculum objectives outside of technology.
This lesson was developed so that it can be used by any teacher in any subject area where the goal is to teach STUDENTS about appropriate uses of copyrighted materials, not necessarily subject-specific curriculum objectives. This lesson can be altered to address specific curriculum objectives outside of technology.
Sharing Events of My Summer Vacation
Target Learners:
- Middle-level students (6-8)
- Students will receive the copyright and fair use guidelines for educational settings as determined by the United States and Copyright Office in order to understand what is considered acceptable use in educational projects
- Students will create a PowerPoint or MovieMaker presentation that correctly utilizes the four main mediums that students will typically use in projects throughout the school year: Illustrations and Photographs, Video (for integration into multimedia or video projects), Music (for integration into multimedia or video projects), and Internet
- 3-50 minute classes will be required
- PDF copy of The Educators Guide: Copyright and Fair Use
- Computer lab or laptop cart
- PowerPoint, MovieMaker, Word
- Excel Grading rubric
- COPYRIGHT AND FAIR USE CHART
- US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REPORT
- WASHINGTON POST NEWS ARTICLE
- Discuss issues related to acceptable and responsible use of technology (e.g., privacy, security, copyright, plagiarism, spam, viruses, file-sharing)
- Describe possible consequences and costs related to unethical use of information and communication technologies
- Apply common software features (e.g., …graphics, sounds) to enhance communication and to support creativity
- Use a variety of technology resources, including the internet, to increase learning and productivity
- Use available utilities for editing pictures, images, or charts
- Students’ work will be viewed and assessed by two classmates and by the teacher by use of a rubric that outlines the project requirements.
- Rubric will be created through Excel where each of the three scores entered by the students and teacher will be visible and averaged into one final score.
- Rubric will indicate whether the student followed the Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for education of the four mediums that are required.
- Student work will also be required to be proofread, having utilized the proper tools available in each program.
- Since this lesson is purely a transfer of knowledge that does not require inquiry, the method used in this lesson will be didactic. The teacher will provide direct instruction by presenting the copyright and fair use guidelines, students will intake the information, then present the information that was learned via their choice of presentation.
- DAY 1
- Introduce lesson by reading excerpts from both online articles/notices of violation of copyright law.
- Allow time for brief discussion on student reaction to articles.
- Ask students if they think they have ever violated copyright laws and how it was done.
- Direct students to the PDF copy of The Educators Guide: Copyright and Fair Use, instruct them to save a copy in their class folder, then review the chart, addressing the four mediums that students will be expected to learn and know throughout the year.
- Introduce their ASSIGNMENT.
- Teacher plays her/his own example before providing assignment description.
- Based on their level of skill with the required choice of programs (PowerPoint or MovieMaker), they are to create a short presentation (5 slides or 1 minute) that provides events, presented visually, from their summer vacation.
- Students will be instructed to include a minimum of three types of the medium that was reviewed while abiding by copyright laws and guidelines, while meeting all rubric requirements.
- Remaining class time reserved for outlining their presentation in Word; students can begin to seek visual elements from the internet.
- Before releasing students, remind them of their task and recommend they complete their outline (storyboard) and collect visual elements as homework since day two will be production.
- DAY2
- Students will use entire class to create their presentation.
- Provide access to the Excel grading rubric; each student saves their own copy in class roster grading folder.
- DAY 3
- Students will each review and grade two other classmates’ presentations using the Excel grading rubric and copyright and fair use chart.