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Copyrights and the Internet =What are the important aspects for teachers to remember?= Use of internet files, video and sound clips may be used for educational purposes, but the material must be acquired legitimately and may not be reposted. Robin Lively Summers Ericka Marengo Shawn Rice

The web may be used to download resources, however, you can't put projects back up on the web without permission from the copyright holders. Also, if schools want to design a web page for families and faculties it's okay to post student work there because it is password protected. Teachers may use legitimately acquired material without permission but make sure these peer to peer resources are truly legitimate rather than pirated. Creative commons relates to education because students often use pictures, videos, and mp3 in their projects, and it's important as educators to let students know how to credit these works. Teachers should also encourage them to use the creative commons systems as a practical way of learning about copyrighting. Teachers can also go to http://wiki.creativecommons.org/ODEPO, sign up, and view a database full of potential class projects in which the students can collaborate with other classes around the world. In addition, we found the follwing website to be helpful: http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/copyrightlaw.html because it gives an easy breakdown of the Copyright Laws Do's & Don'ts and what is legal in the classroom. At the bottom of the page, it even includes a copyright scavenger for students. This scavenget hunt would have to be adapted for younger children.

Stacey Buchanan Jennifer O'Brien Robert Sadler August Meyer