Copyright: what it is, why it's important, and how to avoid violating copyright laws.

At first, when I started going through the copyright guidelines I was even more confused since I've only ever considered copyright from a student perspective. However, after sifting through I was able to realize that most information is suitable for teachers to use as long as it's correctly cited. The Copyright Matters (Noel & Snel, 2012) information booklet is an especially good resource since it outlines the works cited procedure for any type of copyrighted work you could need. I think that would be a go-to resource whenever there's any question about how to handle a copyrighted material. I also learned more about the legalities of copyright (specifically, the fair dealing guidelines). Previously I'd only ever been taught the procedure for works cited.

I think it would be most important to teach students the why of copyright, rather than just the technical how to correctly cite work. That way they have an understanding that citing work is not simply an arbitrary procedure, but rather a way of giving other people credit for their hard work. You could turn it around on them and ask how they would feel if they spent hours on a  project and then someone else presented it to the class and said it was there's. Likely they would be frustrated, and that's why it's important to give credit to other people's work in the form of works cited.

Examples of Correctly Cited Images:
Ribero, Lucelia (2008, June 30). Children at School [Online Image]. Retreived from http://bit.ly/1NxDjxG
The above photo (retreived from Flickr) is copyrighted by 'attribution' and 'share alike'. Which means it can be shared freely, as long as appropriate credit is given (as it is above).

Bias, Gene (no date). Teacher and students collaborating on a computer project [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://bit.ly/1K74AkE 
This photo is a bit dated, but it was retrieved from a website called Pics for Learning. It is not clear what the copyright requirements are specifically, but the website's tagline is 'Free, copyright friendly images for education.'


References
Noel, Wanda & Snel, Jordan (2012). Copyright Matters (3rd ed.). Canada: Canadian Teachers'        Federation.

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