Session+11+-+Fair+and+Legal+Use+of+Digital+Media+Resources+-+Teachers'+Domain

= ** Session 11: Fair and legal use of digital media resources - Teachers’ Domain ** =



** 1.1 Using resources on Teachers’ Domain legally **
Read the Teachers’ Domain Deed which spells out how resources may be used. Teachers’ Domain Deed – User-friendly Summary You are free to download and share this media resource under the following conditions:


 * ===== Attribution: You must attribute this media resource in the manner specified in the attribution file provided in the folder you download. This may include credit, copyright, and funding information for this media resource. =====
 * ===== ·Noncommercial: You may not use this media resource for commercial purposes. =====
 * ===== ·Educational Use: You may only use this media resource for learning or teaching in formal or informal educational settings. =====
 * ===== ·No Derivative Works: You may not alter, transform, or build upon this media resource, but you may use this media resource in its entirety as part of any educational presentation you create. =====
 * ===== ·Expiration: You may use and share this media resource as long as you wish unless an expiration date is noted in the attribution file. If an expiration date is noted, you must destroy and cease sharing this media resource and your remixes based upon it as of that date. =====

** TD Resources available to download (Level I) **

 * ==== Log on to the MA edition of Teachers’ Domain ====
 * ·Click on the American Experience logo on the lower left-hand side of the homepage to view an entire list of resources that are drawn from this series.
 * ·Look at the second in the list, “Alexander Hamilton: Early Influences” and note the downward arrow at the end of the description. [[image:Down_Arrow.JPG width="29" height="25"]]This symbol tells you that the resource is available for downloading. []

** TD Resources available to download and share (Level II) **
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 * ==== Return to the entire list of American Experience resources. ====
 * Look at the fifth resource in the list, “Building the Alaska Pipeline” and note the two symbols at the end of the description. [[image:Down_Arrow.JPG width="29" height="32"]] [[image:Left.Right.arrow.JPG width="41" height="31"]]This resource is available for downloading and sharing.
 * Return to the TD homepage and click on the subject heading “History and Social Science”; Choose “US History”
 * On the right hand side, click on “Permitted use” and note that there are 47 resources available for just downloading and 32 resources available for download and sharing. Explore on your own.

**TD Resources available to download, share and remix (Level III)**
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 * ==== Return to the homepage and click on the subject heading “Science and Technology/Engineering” ====
 * Choose “Life Science” and click on the first resource listed, “Acid Lake”. The three symbols that follow the description signify download, sharing and remixing.
 * To easily search only resources that are Level III (download, share and remix), return to the listing of Life Science resources where you found “Acid Lake” and click link, “Permitted use”. Note that there are 61 Level III resources.
 * Download “Acid Lake” and read the Teachers’ Domain Deed. []
 * Read through the Teachers’ Domain Deed Legal Code (full license) and then note the user-friendly summary.

** Download a video from Teachers’ Domain to your wikispace that you would like to use in a lesson. **

 * 1) ==== Search a lesson topic in your content area ====
 * 2) Find a video that has the download symbol
 * 3) Download this video file and SAVE
 * 4) In your virtual notebook, upload this video file to your Teachers’ Domain page.
 * 5) Put a caption referencing the topic
 * 6) Describe how you plan to use the video in a lesson

** 1.2 Teachers’ Domain Teacher Activity **
“Learning Through Video Production” is a media-rich activity designed for teacher professional development. Experience what it's like to go through the video production process, and then develop an engaging video-production experience for your students.

Make sure you fully understand the rights to all of the media that you or your students may incorporate into a video—including what you obtained from Teachers' Domain—before you post or distribute your video online. Remember that whether you shot an interview with a person on the street, or downloaded video, music, or images, you need to make sure that you have the right to use these materials and that you have written proof—in the form of a permissions release—to do so.

Task:
 * On the TD homepage, under “Professional Development”, click on “Teaching Strategies”.
 * Browse by “Type” and click on “Learning Through Video Production”. []
 * Click through the 12 steps and familiarize yourself with the scope of the activity.
 * --On the introductory page to step 11, click on, **“Obtaining Rights for your Video Project”.** Download and review the two-page document.
 * --**Download this pdf file and SAVE**
 * -- **In your virtual notebook, .**
 * Click on step 12 and check out the links for more resources about production and editing, digital storytelling, copyright law and open educational content, sample releases, and the film and video community.


 * // Open educational resources are learning materials that are freely available for use, remixing and redistribution. //**

Task:
 * Visit the site []
 * Note the “Conditions of Use” links on the bottom right
 * --No Strings Attached
 * --Remix and Share
 * --Share Only
 * --Read the Fine Print
 * Explore on your own and share your findings

Search the Open Educational Resources for learning materials you might use in a lesson in your content area.


 * 1) Search a lesson topic in your content area
 * 2) Find a resource.
 * 3) In your virtual notebook, create a link to these resources on your Teachers’ Domain page.
 * 4) Put a caption referencing the link.

**// The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education //**
[|**http://centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/related-materials/codes/code-best-practices-fair-use-media-literacy-education**]
 * Task: **
 * Visit the site:
 * Watch the 6-minute video on the home page, “Can you use popular culture to teach critical thinking?”
 * Briefly review “The Code for Best Practices…” which identifies five principles that represent the current consensus about acceptable practices:
 * --Employing copyrighted material in media literacy lessons
 * --Employing copyrighted material in preparing curriculum materials
 * --Sharing media literacy curriculum materials
 * --Student use of copyrighted materials in their own academic and creative work
 * --Developing audiences for student work
 * --Read the following conclusion of “The Code for Best Practices.”

// Most "copyright education" that educators and learners have encountered has been shaped by the concerns of commercial copyright holders, whose understandable concern about large-scale copyright piracy has caused them to equate any unlicensed use of copyrighted material with stealing. The situation has been compounded by the—again understandable—risk-aversion of school system administrators and lawyers. So-called fair use guidelines that institutional stakeholders have negotiated with some copyright holders have had similar results, intensifying fear and creating confusion among educators. These approaches have not responded directly to the actual needs of educators and learners, nor have they fully expressed or recognized the legal rights that educators and learners have. // // This code of best practices, by contrast, is shaped by educators for educators and the learners they serve, with the help of legal advisors. As an important first step in reclaiming their fair use rights, educators should employ this document to inform their own practices in the classroom and beyond. The next step is for educators to communicate their own learning about copyright and fair use to others, both through practice and through education. Learners mastering the concepts and techniques of media literacy need to learn about the important rights that all new creators, including themselves, have under copyright to use existing materials. Educators also need to share their knowledge and practice with critically important institutional allies and colleagues, such as librarians and school administrators. // // Educators need to be leaders, not followers, in establishing best practices in fair use. //
 * // CONCLUSION //**

Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright.
Task:
 * Visit: http://creativecommons.org/about/
 * Watch the 3 minute video on the home page
 * Familiarize yourself with the value of Creative Commons for teachers and students

Return to the Moodle site and post in the forum.

 * // Were you able to successfully perform all of the tasks? //**
 * // Which task(s) did you find particularly relevant to your current classes? //**