Fair Use

Here is a witty video on Fair Use and Copyright law told from the characters in Disney movies.

Flip Video from the K-9 CoP

Here is video shot on February 15 using the Flip Video camera. I think the video quality is pretty good for an inexpensive device.
Good tool for field trips. The clips came right up on my laptop, so I think the issue we had Friday was with the SV laptop. Let me know if you would like to borrow it.

Do you Twitter?

Twitter is a new social networking tool that many people around the globe are using to connect on one simple question "What are you doing?" It is a hot new tool that can connect you to friends all over the globe. Read a few blog posts about twitter and then sign up for an account.

1. Sign up for Twitter
2. Start following Molly on twitter: twitter name: molschroeder
3. Check out twittervision to see "tweets" from around the world

Twitter becomes more fun when you are connected to more people, so leave a comment with your twitter username and we'll start and edina twitterfest!

So, when asked "What are you doing?" I hope your answer is Twitter!

I Love Moby!

BrainPop is one of my favorite sites to use in the classroom! BrainPop has short animated videos about almost everything in the world (well maybe that is an exaggeration) but it is a great resource for your classroom! Kids love to hear from Tim and Moby. Check with your media specialist if you don't have your school's username and password!

One of my favorite Online Characters was at FETC! Visit Brainpop.com to learn about EVERYTHING from Tim and Moby.

Hey Concord, remember Sam Richardson? He and about 6 technology educators from Chaska were also at FETC...Sam loves Moby too!

Copyright

Copyright
Gary Becker
FETC January 24, 2008

24 bills have been submitted to Congress and their primary focus is enforcement of copyright.

Copyright Actions
Lawsuits continue against downloading music and video illegally…but now there are sites that you can do this legally

Youtube.com is using technology to detect copyrighted materials placed on their site. When they find copyrighted material they will take it off the site.

http://www.copyright.gov
Copyright Office website

Some Copyright Information:

Downloading/Streaming
· Downloading iTunes and videos from YouTube is conditionally permissible
· Read the Terms and Conditions: who does this? Most of us agree to it but most of them have restrictions that make you enter a contract…contract law supersedes copyright law.
· When an individual pays to download some music, what is permitted for that person, personal use only, is to use that mp3 up to 5 times
· However, educators, can take portions of that music and incorporate them into parts of their lessons….within the limited copyright portions, you can not use the music in its entirety
· When we want to start sharing this…it doesn’t come with that privilege…you can’t make copies and distribute it!
· Itunes University: all universities that are participating in this project, wide range of material that might apply…material that has already obtained copyright for educators…use this as a great resource!
· A work is deemed copyrighted once it is created and produced in a medium…under that persons copyright or your school’s copyright, or your districts copyright…but once you download to YouTube, you are saying that it can be shared and used by anyone else
· If you want to use a video off YouTube for professional development you should really write for permission to the site that is sourced as its home

Podcasting
Generally prior permission required

When you go beyond personal use, it does not give us that permission to share or distribute over and over again, only short time, one time use

You can use a small portion of the podcast

Use of Music: there are multiple copyrights: composition, recording and performance rights
Application of Trademark Law

Publicity Rights (Recording of images/voice of others)…when you interview elderly have you had the people sign off on copyright so that you can produce and distribute this interview globally

Transmission and Distribution of Podcast raises an issue because we don’t have that right as educators only in distance learning (only on a restricted access network) internet is NOT a restricted access network!

Creative Commons Licensing: a project to have people become a participant of this project where you put things on a Creative Commons Licensing page where you give credit to the source, act within the guidelines and use it!

Sources for Copyright Cleared Material
Creative Commons: creativecommons.org
Wiki/Content Curators: (part of creative commons) Aggregator sited for where copyrighted materials are located
Google has an advanced web search and you can search for things that are shared to use, etc.

Copyright Music Libraries: Market to Education and free to educators to use
GMP Music: sells to many organizations
Soundzabound: primarily education
Have to pay for access to these libraries for podcasts, movies, digital storytelling,

For Questions Contact:
1-888-333-2037
gbecker@earthlink.net
www.beckercopyright.com

Voki

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Web 2.o Applications for Educators

Highlighting some new Web 2.0 Applications: Here are a few new sites for you to check out when you have a free minute or two...find one for each category that you like...I haven't played with all of them so if you spend some time on a site, tell me what you think...leave a comment!

FETC Web 2.0 Applications for Educators Presentation by John Thompson

Photosharing Sites:
Picassa, Animoto, flickr, photobucket, picturetrail, bubbleshare, smilebox, shutterfly, snapfish

Video Sharing Sites: youtube, teachertube, schooltube, big think,

PowerPoint Sharing: google docs, slidelive, authorstream, zohoshow 2.0, thumbstacks, slideshare

Document Sharing: google docs, scribd, keepandshare, writeboard, thinkfree, box

Social Networks: teacherlingo, imbee, ning, clubpenguin, studycurve, linkedin, eduspaces,