Teacher Resources - Copyright Issues
Copyright and Fair Use Center
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
This site, from the Stanford University libraries, offers a complete guide to copyright,
fair use, intellectual property, and other concepts important to any teacher, especially
one whose students create projects using downloaded material. Bookmark this site for
future reference.
Copyright Bay
http://www.stfrancis.edu/cid/copyrightbay/
A clever presentation of information about copyright and fair use laws as they apply to
educators. Learn what you can and cannot copy, how many copies of documents you can make
for your own use as a teacher and for your students to use. There is a quiz at the end to
reinforce learning of these laws and guidelines.
Copyright Society of the USA
http://www.csusa.org/
In the digital age, it is even more important that students and teachers understand how to
use electronic resources ethically. This site is designed to help promote and better
understanding of copyright and its application to intellectual property. Of special
interest for teachers is the "Copyright Kids" resource that provides useful
explanations and resources for using intellectual property in an appropriate manner.
Teachers will also want to visit the associated FACE site for more detailed explanations
and applications of copyright law.
Crash Course in Copyright
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/cprtindx.htm#top
The University of Texas strikes again with a information filled site on copyright.
Teachers can check out the online tutorial and test on copyright. Older students can look
under online Presentations/Students for information regarding student use of copyrighted
materials. This website is also a great resource if you or your students want to protect
media you have created.
Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/10/copyright.html
Scroll down and click on the link to take the 20 question quiz to see if you are aware of
copyright and fair use laws. Click on the link at the top of the quiz to see the answers.
Electronic Plagiarism Seminar
http://www.lemoyne.edu/library/plagiarism/index.htm
Writers and scholars are supposed to build upon, not steal from, the work of others and to
contribute some originality or new benefit added of their own. Many students today,
however, are quite content to pass off the work of others as their own, a problem that
some educators now consider acute. Copying articles written by others is easy thanks to
the huge treasure house of the Internet and prevalence of word processing software. How to
deal with this form of cheating is the subject of this Web site, developed for a seminar
on plagiarism held for Le Moyne College faculty. This is an important topic that all
senior students and educators should review, with practical advice and useful references
and links.
On Plagiarism
http://www.2learn.ca/nkh/default.html
Use the information and tools on this site to learn how plagiarism has changed with the
availability of the Internet. The site provides insights into how teachers can modify both
teaching and learning to minimize the likelihood of student plagiarism. It also offers a
tool that will help teachers identify specific instances of plagiarism in student writing.
Finally, a selection of sample Acceptable Use Policies and other resources give teachers
further help in curbing student plagiarism.
Plagiarism Workshop
http://mail.nvnet.org/~cooper_j/plagiarism/
This lesson on plagiarism is designed to give high school students an introduction to the
issue of plagiarism, an overview of copyright laws and fair-use provisions, and a
demonstration of the use of paraphrasing and quoting as methods of avoiding it. Accessing
a wide variety of the Internet sites on plagiarism and copyright, the focus of this
workshop is to encourage students to empathize with artists and authors whose work is
"stolen" when it is plagiarized. Designed by Janice Cooper
You Quote It, You Note It
http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism/
Doing your research ethically is a big deal. Learn these easy ways to avoid plagiarism and
simplify your searching life. This ten-minute, interactive tutorial is a great
introduction. While this tutorial is addressed to students at Acadia University, the
lessons it teaches are easily accessible and appropriate for middle and high school
students as well.
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