STUDENTS/COPYRIGHTS/FAIR USE
We need to think of all of these when we allow our students to post their work on the internet.
There are two points that I believe are worth discussing. The first involves students having access to the internet while researching information. The assignment may also involve the use of technology-based devices in school such as computers as well as items like MP3 players and iphones, etc. The second involves students publishing their information over the internet.
There are several concerns that those of us in education should be cognizant of as we plan for instruction for our students form PreK-12. As we plan lessons that involve students accessing information over the internet, we need to be aware of the school district's technology policies on usage and permissions including copyright issues. Those of us in education are accustomed to "copying" materials. Even with several of the educational publishing companies granting permission for us to use the information for "teaching" purposes, teachers and students publishing their work over the internet poses new concerns.
As we work with students on conducting research and assigning them to write reports, we need to be aware of copyright issues. Problems may evolve when the information students use takes on another form as they re-create their written work. Then when it is published they may make the claim that it is their work without citing proper credits to the source.
What we need to teach our students is how to give credit in the proper form to the original author of the information as they incorporated it. Writing research papers has been a part of many Language Arts curriculums, however we need to be sure to incorporate the technology issues to assure that we as teachers are teaching our students about personal intelligence, copyrights and technology as well. This leads us to a discussion on copyrights and fair use issues.
There are two points that I believe are worth discussing. The first involves students having access to the internet while researching information. The assignment may also involve the use of technology-based devices in school such as computers as well as items like MP3 players and iphones, etc. The second involves students publishing their information over the internet.
There are several concerns that those of us in education should be cognizant of as we plan for instruction for our students form PreK-12. As we plan lessons that involve students accessing information over the internet, we need to be aware of the school district's technology policies on usage and permissions including copyright issues. Those of us in education are accustomed to "copying" materials. Even with several of the educational publishing companies granting permission for us to use the information for "teaching" purposes, teachers and students publishing their work over the internet poses new concerns.
As we work with students on conducting research and assigning them to write reports, we need to be aware of copyright issues. Problems may evolve when the information students use takes on another form as they re-create their written work. Then when it is published they may make the claim that it is their work without citing proper credits to the source.
What we need to teach our students is how to give credit in the proper form to the original author of the information as they incorporated it. Writing research papers has been a part of many Language Arts curriculums, however we need to be sure to incorporate the technology issues to assure that we as teachers are teaching our students about personal intelligence, copyrights and technology as well. This leads us to a discussion on copyrights and fair use issues.
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Intellectual Property and Copyright Issues
As educators, we need to know more about intellectual property, copyrights and technology. As we plan lesson for our students where they are required to conduct research over the internet for writing a paper on specified topics, we as teachers need to take the responsibility of also teaching our students more about intellectual property including what it is and how copyright laws play a part in the process of writing a research paper.
Intellectual property has to do with protecting authors, developers of inventions, and performers in the arts such as music and dance, etc. Copyrights specifically protect written works such as literary and artisitc materials. Authors do have legal rights to their work. Most copyright laws are written stating that the work may not be duplicated in any form without a prior written permission granted. Monetary rewards are part of the reason such laws were enacted. When an author receives money for their work in any form, it is because of the value of the property. Therefore, the unauthorized duplication or use in any form, by another party would pose an infringement on a person's (property) rights.
As teachers, we ask our students to conduct research on topics to write a report. An area we need to address is how the use of technology can affect our classroom instruction when writing a paper for a school assignment. Students need to learn what copyright laws are, why we have legal protection laws for authors and what we can and cannot do "legally" as the public gains access and uses the vast amount of information over the internet.
Intellectual property has to do with protecting authors, developers of inventions, and performers in the arts such as music and dance, etc. Copyrights specifically protect written works such as literary and artisitc materials. Authors do have legal rights to their work. Most copyright laws are written stating that the work may not be duplicated in any form without a prior written permission granted. Monetary rewards are part of the reason such laws were enacted. When an author receives money for their work in any form, it is because of the value of the property. Therefore, the unauthorized duplication or use in any form, by another party would pose an infringement on a person's (property) rights.
As teachers, we ask our students to conduct research on topics to write a report. An area we need to address is how the use of technology can affect our classroom instruction when writing a paper for a school assignment. Students need to learn what copyright laws are, why we have legal protection laws for authors and what we can and cannot do "legally" as the public gains access and uses the vast amount of information over the internet.
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