Can I Use This Amazing

Resource?
Presented by Rosemary Wagoner
ITRT, Waynesboro City Schools
Resources to Teach Students About Fair Use
Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything-
https://www.schrockguide.net/intellectual-property.html

Common Sense Media- Lesson for 7th Grade-

https://www.commonsense.org/education/digital-citizenship/lesson/the-four-factors-
of-fair-use

Copyright for younger students- http://www.copyrightkids.org/

4 Factors of Fair Use
Purpose- How are you using the work? Teaching is an area where you can use
some copyright materials, but it isn’t free reign.

Amount- How much of the work will you be using? Is it a small portion or most of
the work?

Nature - What is the nature of the original work?

Effect- How will use of the work effect the creator? Will it have a financial impact?
Sites to be Careful About

● Pinterest

● Teachers Pay Teachers

Website that have protected resources.

● Razkids These sites and others like them

● Education.com
● Newsela- only free through
the end of the 19-20 school
year.
are fine to use if you hold an
account. However the resources
you get should not be shared
with colleagues or open on the
web.
Images from Google Accounts
● Open one of the G-Suite tools.

● Click Insert, Image and Search the web.

● Enter keyword in the search box.

● Click the magnifying glass in the lower right-hand corner to see the licensing.

● Most will be licensed for commercial use so you can freely

use the image.
Free Places to get Images, Songs and Stories
Freeplaymusic.com GoopenVA.org

https://www.photosforclass.com/ Bensound.com

Creativecommons.org Archive.org

Pixabay.com ReadWorks.org

eMediaVa.org- Free for Virginia

Teachers
Textbooks

● Can be shared with your class.

● Should be shared through Clever, Google Classroom,

or a LMS (Learning Management System).
Contact Info
Rosemary Wagoner

http://ms-wagoners-corner.weebly.com/

rwagoner@waynesboro.k12.va.us