Fair+use+of+Technology

Statement:  Fair use of technology allows users to reproduce copyrighted works for certain purposes without getting permission, or paying a fee. It is non-profitable---they do not achieve personal benefits via selling the copyrighted work. Teachers and students can redeploy musical works, photographs, videos, and computer programs for public benefit. It includes teaching, news reporting, scholarly research, and reviews. Fair use of technology, therefore, should be driven by specific factors. These factors can be: the purpose and character of the use; the nature of the copyrighted work (fiction or non-fiction, audio-visual formats including sound recordings, software, dramatic or non-dramatic, published before or after 1976, pictures or unpublished); the amount and substantiality used (part or whole work, the number of copies of the reproduced work that will be distributed); the effect of the use upon the market value of the original copyrighted work. Districts and schools should supply all educators and students with guidelines and policies to be aware of the fact that there are existing copyright laws which are always in effect. And in turn, teachers have to teach and implement fair use strategies. __ Examples of how we can raise awareness and provide professional development at the school/classroom level: __

We can give students and colleagues sessions on the following issues such as [|copyright] and [|intellectual property] Fair use guidelines for Multimedia, Privacy [|Ethical-Lauden.]pp [|t] , [|pla][|giarism] and [|paraphrase], and providing them with links to study each term in full. One of the other ways to raise students' awareness is to upload a file on [|Fair use of technology] on the school site so as to enable colleagues and students to review the various terms. Making a brochure, or having a workshop us ing [|scenarios]  and hand-outs are other ways. It's definitely important to teach kids how to recognize different types of texts and teach them strategies for judging and checking the credibility of online information. We should teach deep, strategic computer insights that can't be learned from reading a manual. We or students may perform or display copyrighted works in face-to-face teaching activities in the classroom. We can provide students with a safe browse such as [|www.Trackstar.4teachers.org] to find different educational resources in it. Resources:

[] On this resource, students and teachers can find a lot of information on fair use, copy right, a comprehensive PDF on the topic, and scenarios for fair use.

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