These days it is expected that teachers and students have a solid understanding of what the term "copyright" means. The Internet offers teachers an incredible amount of resources, which ultimately has the power to enrich our lessons. However, this means it is crucial for us to know exactly how and in what ways we can use these sources.
For instance, not many people know that anything posted online is given a automatic copyright
unless is has been released or removed by the author. Basic copyright means that copying, performing, adapting, or distributing online content is prohibited. For Canadian teachers this means we cannot show or distributed any content unless it has a
Creative Commons License (CC).
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| Cellanr. (2009 September 19). OLPC at Kagugu Primary School, Kigali [Online Image].Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1KJ0KDL |
Basically, before you share a video, article, image, etc. with your students you must first ensure you are legally allowed to do so and then take the time to properly cite it. It is also necessary to properly teach and guide your students to do the same. It might be a good idea to review Copyright laws with your students the next time you give out an assignment, especially since most students are unfamiliar with citing digital media. The more transparent you are with your sources the more your students will learn to be too.
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