As a library media specialist I have heard of copyright and Fair Use but I didn’t have any formal training. These articles have opened my eyes to the misconceptions of these topics and the confusion that teachers have had and still have. “The confusion for practitioners is due to a combination of ignorance about the law and confusion about the nature of creativity(Aufderheide, 2012, pg 15). I have purchased the Copyright Clarity book and plan to have it as a resource when I have questions or when others that I work with have questions.
Aufderheide (2012), wrote in her article that filmmakers were suspicious when they heard that they could use copyright materials to create a transformative piece without jeopardizing their future. This is an important to know because students can use what has already been copyrighted to create a new piece of work. Students will be able to develop their critical thinking skills and communication skills. Renee Hobbs (2010), reminds teachers why it is important to teach about Copyright and Fair Use. Students need to know how to become responsible authors and creators that know how to use and analyze media. As a library media specialist, I need to teach my students how to share and use copyright materials in a responsible and respectful way. Students need to learn how to create new material from the copyright material by remixing and mashing material together to create something new. I also need to teach my staff and students how to respect the rights of the owner while creating new material from the old material. When adults and students don’t know the copyright and fair use policies their creativity can be stifled because they are worried about breaking the law and what might happen to them if they are caught(Aufderheide, 2012). It’s my job as the teacher to show them how they can use the material while following the laws and respecting the author’s rights as well as their own rights. I believe that the ideas that I read in these articles and your book Copyright Clarity will help me support my students, staff, and teachers when they have questions about Copyright and Fair Use. As a library media specialist, I believe that it is my job to inform the people that I work with about copyright, Fair Use, and help clarify some miscommunications that they may have. With this new information I am hoping to be able create new projects for my students, while also teaching them about copyright and fair use. I am hoping to teach them how to evaluate and think about the rights of the owners as they are using this copyrighted information. It’s important to teach the students and adults to think about why they are using the copyrighted information, the nature of the material, how much of the information they are using, and how their use of the material will impact the market. I believe that if students are forced to think about these questions, they will think twice before taking and copying too much information for their own project. Sources: Hobbs, R. (2011) Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning.Thousand Oaks: Corwin/Sage. OR Media Education Lab (2008). Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education. Aufderheide, P. (2012). Creativity_Copyright_and_Authorship. In D. Gerstner & C. Chirs (Eds). Media Authorship. New York:Routledge.
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