A mini-lesson A mini-lesson onon

Fair Use and Fair Use and Creative Creative

CommonsCommonsEME 5207EME 5207S. ProsserS. Prosser

Formative AssessmentFormative Assessment

• Open the “Fair Use” .tns file on your TI-Open the “Fair Use” .tns file on your TI-Nspires and respond to the multiple choice Nspires and respond to the multiple choice questions.questions.– Before I use this photo from Flickr’s Creative Before I use this photo from Flickr’s Creative

Commons section, I need to:Commons section, I need to:a)a) Get the author’s permissionGet the author’s permission

b)b) Give the author creditGive the author credit

c)c) Do nothing – Creative Commons implies Do nothing – Creative Commons implies

free usefree use

d)d) Do nothing – I can use it as long as it’s for Do nothing – I can use it as long as it’s for

educational purposeseducational purposes

– When is it allowable to make photocopies of When is it allowable to make photocopies of workbook pages for your students?workbook pages for your students?

a)a) After I’ve been given permission from the After I’ve been given permission from the media specialist or an administratormedia specialist or an administrator

b)b) If it’s less than 10% of the total workbookIf it’s less than 10% of the total workbook

c)c) If I didn’t plan on needing to make extra If I didn’t plan on needing to make extra copiescopies

d)d) NeverNever

– It is considered “best practice” to:It is considered “best practice” to:

a)a) Use others’ work only if you mustUse others’ work only if you must

b)b) Use only your own (original) materialUse only your own (original) material

c)c) Use only materials that you have purchased Use only materials that you have purchased and/or received written permission to useand/or received written permission to use

d)d) Use others’ work only if you know you won’t Use others’ work only if you know you won’t get caughtget caught

– I should include this track in my presentation I should include this track in my presentation only if: only if:

a)a) I purchased itI purchased it

b)b) I verified a Creative Commons license existsI verified a Creative Commons license exists

c)c) I found it available, free, onlineI found it available, free, online

d)d) Choices a, b, or c are all correctChoices a, b, or c are all correct

(discuss student responses)(discuss student responses)

Watch this video and Watch this video and discuss how CC will affect discuss how CC will affect

your teaching.your teaching.

Homework, part 1:Homework, part 1:

Contact the media specialist at your current Contact the media specialist at your current (or past) placement and obtain the school’s (or past) placement and obtain the school’s Fair Use Policy.Fair Use Policy.

Homework, part 2:Homework, part 2:

Read sections I, VI, and VII of Read sections I, VI, and VII of The Law of The Law of Fair Use and the Illusion of Fair Use Fair Use and the Illusion of Fair Use Guidelines Guidelines (Crews, 2001).(Crews, 2001).

Homework, part 3Homework, part 3

Write – and defend – a forum post regarding Write – and defend – a forum post regarding the similarities and differences between the similarities and differences between what constitutes what constitutes fair usefair use from a legal from a legal standpoint and what constitutes standpoint and what constitutes fair use fair use at at the school level. the school level.

References and References and AttributionsAttributions

Bjorkevoll, L. (2011, July 8). Final space shuttle launch Bjorkevoll, L. (2011, July 8). Final space shuttle launch [photograph]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com[photograph]. Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com

Crews, K. D. (2001). The law of fair use and the illusion of Crews, K. D. (2001). The law of fair use and the illusion of fair-use guidelines. fair-use guidelines. Ohio State Law Journal, 62Ohio State Law Journal, 62, 602-700. , 602-700.

Giugno, J. (Editor). (2008, July 30). Giugno, J. (Editor). (2008, July 30). A Shared Culture A Shared Culture [video]. [video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/ Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/

Yona, Y. (2011). It’s not the heat (it’s the humidity). On Yona, Y. (2011). It’s not the heat (it’s the humidity). On Official Bootleg #3 Official Bootleg #3 [CD]. Retrieved from [CD]. Retrieved from http://freemusicarchive.org/http://freemusicarchive.org/