Comments on: Copyright: Clear or Muddy Waters?

By: Renee Hobbs

Renee Hobbs — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:37:16 +0000

Personally, I think these things are important in gaining copyright clarity:
1. Read the Code
2. Use the curriculum materials designed to teach about copyright and fair use with students or teaching– or both
3. Participate in discussion sessions (with students or other educators) where you reason through decision-making about whether a particular situation is a fair use or not

We have created three videos– one features the lovely Kristen Hokanson- with discussion questions to explore. These are great for considering what transformativeness means within educational practice

We have created 5 lesson plans– with readings, activities and hands-on production– that support this process. Try them out!

But it’s a process. Copyright clarity does take time. Let’s keep talking. As we exercise our rights to fair use, we get more confident and more clear about what to consider in making a fair use analysis.

By: TonyT

TonyT — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:50:12 +0000

Frank’s #2 reminds me of attempts I have made over the years to coax the state tech coordinators and media specialists out of email listservs and into a forum.

No need to list the pros of a forum vs. the cons of a listserv for readers of this blog (right?), but both serious attempts I made fizzled….

The first attempt was in 2002 I think? I got a domain name (scedtechforum.org), created a vBulletin forum with sections for tech coordinators and media specialists, and did what I could to promote it, but it fizzled…

Reckon it would take more buy-in up front in order to wean folks off their listserv habit…

By: Frank Baker

Frank Baker — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 19:53:09 +0000

I have just posted (on the Copyright/Fair Use Project’s blog) two recommendations:

1) create a national webinar and/or video teleconference which would be designed to answer the mostly common asked questions (FAQs) about K-12 school copyright issues

2) create a location (blog, wiki, etc) in which K-12 educators can both pose their copyright questions AND get expert answers/responses

Without either of these, confusion will continue to reign…
My two cents.

Without

By: Kristin Hokanson

Kristin Hokanson — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:57:00 +0000

Cathy-
I think what “muddys the water” is the fact that the statement does not telling folks what to do…(use 30 seconds of music) but asking them to think critically about their use based on a set of guidelines or scenarios. In a time where we are encouraging teachers to begin to shift their practice to so that kids are using this same type of critical eye as they do research, and consume information…why SHOULDN’T we be asking them to do the same as they produce content? just sayin’