Copyright

• Beaverton School District: Copyright EGAA-AR
• "CDs, iPODs and Audiobooks"
  A "Carrie on Copyright" column from School Library Journal.
  
• The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
  "This document is a code of best practices that helps educators using media literacy concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use."
• Copyright Action Data Results
  Chart of copyright infringement cases and their resolutions.
  
• Copyright Advisory Network
• Copyright Applies to Everyone
  Lengthy document created by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
  
• Copyright: an Interactive Journey for Kids
  Copyright is explained in story form, along with a copyright quiz on this Richmond School District site (VA).
  
• Copyright Clearance Center
• Copyright Confusion Wiki
  Wiki for sharing resources to reduce copyright confusion.
  
• Copyright for Students
  From the Iowa education agency
• Copyright Free and Public Domain Media Sources
• Copyright Genie
  Answer a series of questions to help calculate if a specific work is covered by U.S. copyright and its terms of protection.
  
• Copyright: George Pilling
  Resources and handouts compiled by an educator who presents copyright workshops for schools and libraries.
  
• Copyright Guidelines: Jefferson County Public Schools
  
• Copyright Guidelines: Visalia Unified School District
  
• Copyright Issues for Schools: Surf Report
  Extensive collection of links from the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board.
• Copyright Kids
  Information provided by the Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
  
• Copyright, Kids & Technology: Strategies for Helping Students Understand Copyright
  Presentation at NCCE 2007 by Tony Jongejan from Western Washington University.
  
• Copyright Management Center: Indiana University
  
• Copyright Resources: Hall Davidson
  Copyright chart originally published in Teaching and Learning. Scroll down for the other Copyright Resources.
• Copyright with Cyberbee
  Tutorial for students
• Copyrights and Copying Wrongs: Education World
• Creative Commons: Comic Category
  A series of comic strips illustrating the spectrum of rights and how to apply creative commons licenses to one's own work.
  
• Digital Copyright Slider
  Find out if works are copyrighted based on the date of publication.
  
• Edublogger: Copyright and Using Images in Blog Posts
  Another useful post is "Finding and Adding Creative Commons Images to Your Blog Posts."
• Fair Use Checklist
  
• Fair Use Evaluator
  A tool created by the ALA Office of Information Technology Policy to help users determine if the use of copyrighted materials may be acceptable under fair use guidelines.
  
• Fair Use: U.S. Copyright Office
• Fair Use Copyright Guidelines Sheet
  Prepared by District Library Media Specialist for Visalia Unified School District in CA
• Fair Use in the K-12 Digital Classroom
  Los Angeles County Office of Education
  
• HCPS Copyright
  This online copyright course was developed by the Henrico County Public School Library Media Specialists' Ethics Committee and presents copyright in a clear and fun manner.
• Join the © Team
  Activities for students and resources for educators and parents about respect for intellectual property.
  
• Kitzu: Digital Kits
  Free, copyright-friendly digital kits of images, video, and audio that can be downloaded for students to use in creating projects on various common topics.
  
• Know Your Copy Rights:Using Copyrighted Works in Academic Settings
  While this information from the Association of Research Libraries is tailored to the university level, it's still useful for K-12 and presented in a readable format.
• Media Education Lab: Temple University
  One of the co-authors of the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education founded the Media Education Lab. Resources include lesson plans and PowerPoint slides for teaching about copyright and fair use.
  
• Movie Licensing USA
  Vendor that sells movie public performance licenses for schools.
• Movie Picture Licensing Corporation
  Vendor that sells movie public performance licenses.
• Music resources
• http://www.jamendo.com/en/
• https://sites.google.com/a/pvlearners.net/nchsmediacenterweb/copyright-stuff
• http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/
• http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=13228
  
• Piecing Together the Copyright Puzzle: NCTE Blog
  
• Soundzabound: Royalty-free music for schools
  
• Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Center
• Surf Report: Copyright Issues for Schools
  
• Teach Digital: Curriculum by Wes Fryer
  "Copyright, Fair Use, Intellectual Property & for Educators" including his presentations and copyright resources.
• U.S. Copyright Office
  

Last updated: June 21, 2012