Fair Use Resources

I am committed to the safe, legal, and ethical use of digital technologies and media. The consistent emergence of new technologies and expanded digital media necessitates the teaching of using these resources properly. These resources can provide invaluable information and experience, and so it is imperative that teachers and students remain actively informed on how to use these resources safely and ethically.

Throughout the year, my students and I will research emerging digital technologies and medias, as well as their safe, legal, and ethical use. For all assignments for which students may use such resources, proper credit or citation is required. As a model, I will credit all outside sources that I use during my teachings, including providing students information on how to access these resources.

Resources on Current Copyright Legislation and Guidelines:

Georgia Department of Education: Copyright Issues/ Citation of Sources
http://public.doe.k12.ga.us/sia_as_library.aspx?PageReq=SIAASCopyCitations

University of Maryland University College Information and Library Services: Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web
http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.shtml

Stanford University Libraries: Copyright & Fair Use
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyright_and_Fair_Use_Overview/chapter9/9-b.html

Code of Best Practicies for Fair Use in Media Literacy Education
http://mediaeducationlab.com/sites/mediaeducationlab.com/files/CodeofBestPracticesinFairUse.pdf

Fair Use Evaluator
http://librarycopyright.net/fairuse/