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Copyright Issues/Internet

Safety: Collaborative Project


"Fair Use Harbor"
http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/fairuse.htm

While copyright issues are boring. . .they are necessary!

For this project, we are going to use Google


Documents to create a collaborative copyright
resource for educators. In this way, we are not
only learning about important issues surround
copyright issues in education, but you will learn
how to use web-based word processing programs
as a collaboration tool!

1. Sign in to your Google account (either Gmail or


Blogger). This will allow you to access Google
Documents (remember: until they
develop a better version for Safari, you must
use Firefox ).

Option 1: Fair Use Harbor


1. In groups of 6 or fewer, decide who is going to
start the document and then add the others as
collaborators.

2. You group will collaborate to complete the Fair


Use Harbor Activity. This will be accomplished by
taking the tutorials and quizzes that accompany each
section listed below for Fair Use Harbor.
-For each of the six areas, you will communicate
the essential information for each of the 6 areas
(ensure that each of the Six areas are easy to
distinguish by category heading and author!!).

3. “Communicating the essential information,” can


be completed by writing a summarizing paragraph or
using bullet points. In either case, ensure you define
the topic and give specific information relevant to
the topic. I expect that each section should be
approximately ½ page, typed. After the
summary, explain how this applies to you as
a future or current classroom teacher.
Note: This should be a separate paragraph with
the lead in: "Application for Teachers: " . . .This
can be accomplished in a very small paragraph that
follows the essential information.

4. The final document, which will be a collaboration


using Google Docs, should be saved as PDF, include
all group members’ names and which section(s) they
contributed, and submitted via webCT. Even
thought there is only one document, I want each
group member to submit a PDF of the
assignment (in GoogleDocs, you will export the
document as a PDF).

5. I expect the final document to be an outstanding


future resource for your group!

Background Beach to find out a little history


of copyright and fair use, and why they are important
to educators.
Multimedia Wharf to find out about your fair
use privileges in the creation of multimedia.
Single Copying Inlet to find out about your
fair use privileges in making copies of print materials
for scholastic purposes.
Cove of Multiple Copies to find out about
your fair use privileges in making copies for students.
Audio Visual Lagoon to find out the fair use
and performance of videos and other media in the
educational setting.
Dist-Ed Point (to include the Pears of
Wisdom video) to find out about copyright issues
and distance education (as opposed to face-to-face
teaching).

NOTE: This is going to be an artifact for NETS IV, so


you need to go into as much depth as possible in
your summarizing paragraphs as necessary to really
show you understand ALL ASPECTS of the issue.

Option 2: JCCS Internet Safety


This option will allow you to explore the issue of
Internet/cyber Safety. You will explore six areas of
cyber safety found on the JCCS Internet Safety Wiki
http://jccsinternetsafety.wetpaint.com

1. In groups of 6 or fewer, decide who is going to


start the document and then add the others as
collaborators.

2. You group will collaborate to explore the six topics


from the JCCS Internet Safety Wiki. This will be
accomplished by completing 1 student assignment
for each of the six areas on the wiki:
1. Internet Safety
2. Cyberbullying
3. Cyber Predators
4. Piracy and Plagiarism
5. Inappropriate Content
6. Social Networks

For each of the six areas, you will:


a. Define your topic (e.g. Cyber Predator, etc.)
b. List the week number of the student assignment
you will be completing (Cyber Predators, Week 1)
c. Complete the student assignment (please include
the questions along with your answers in the
GoogleDoc
d. Discuss why this is important to teach your
students
(ensure that each of the Six areas are easy to
distinguish by category, heading, and author!!)

3. The final document, which will be a collaboration


using Google Docs, should be saved as PDF, include
all group members’ names and which section(s) they
contributed, and submitted via webCT. Even
thought there is only one document, I want each
group member to submit a PDF of the
assignment (in GoogleDocs, you will export the
document as a PDF).

4. I expect the final document to be an outstanding


future resource for your group.

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