Copyright Guidelines for Teachers

According to the articles copyright refers to the legal rights to an original work.  This is done to protect the creator of such work.  Without copyright laws I feel people would not receive credit for their work.  There would be illegal sale and distributions of others work. 

I would like to share some of the guidelines and facts about copyright laws.

1. You can make one backup or archival copy of a computer program and use a locksmith program to get pass the copy prevention code.

2. Teachers can use material from journals and magazines with permission to use for educational purposes.

3. Students can use copyrighted work with their multimedia projects when it is a homework assignment

My Top Two Copyright Guidelines

Teachers can use material from journals and magazines with permission to use for educational purposes.

The reason I wanted to share this one is because this is something I wouldn’t have thought about.  As a new teacher I wouldn’t have consider anything wrong with using journals or magazines in the classroom for educational purposes. As long as the teacher uses the material within the fair use guidelines its okay. I would not have any thought about this had I not read this article.  I pasted from the article what is consider fair use for a teacher and/or media specialist in the classroom.

1- The nature of the work is general, and its audience (and market) is not predominantly the educational community.

2- The character of use is nonprofit.

3- The amount copied is minimal.

4- There is no intent to replace the original, only to make it more useful in a class in conjunction with the copyrighted words.

Students can use copyrighted work with their multimedia projects when it is a homework assignment

I chose this guideline because I wasn’t aware that students could use copyrighted work when it’s a homework assignment.  I remember teachers always saying that we couldn’t use anyone’s work but that was when we were only writing a paper.  I’m still surprised that they can use it in multimedia projects.  With the way technology is changing in the classroom teachers are assigning more power point presentations.  It’s good to know that students are able to create their own projects with the help of multimedia work provided via the internet.