Copyright+Discussion

Let's post all of our links to the copyright sites we found.

Copyright foundation Copyright For Teachers and School

One thing I notice is that teachers frequently copy consumables. Administrators don't seem to discourage this practice.

Also, I know we need to get permission to show videos, etc. for our Friday Fun nights, and even in the classroom. I just spoke to my principal the other day, informing him that we are out of compliance. I can't remember where to get the info for permission, and I know there is a cost. I can look it up, but If anyone knows where to find this info let me know,

http://www.copyright.com/ AK

Sometimes, I think teachers are the worst when it comes to copyright violation; especially when it comes to printing workbook pages, etc. without asking for permission. My thought is if we expect our students to follow what is expected, then we need to be better role models when it comes to following copyright guidelines. Val N

That's my thought too -- The first time I taught reference for this certification program, I had 6 people, who were all teachers, copy and paste book evals from Amazon and submit them as their own work even though the assignment specifically said to write the evals in your own words. 2 immediately apologized and 4 were indignant.AK

Agreed-I also have seen many teachers copy whole picture books to use for groups or to send home. That is a big no-no. When addressed, one teacher stated it was cheaper than buying new books for this purpose. lh

I used the same two websites that Julie did, and I see she has already posted them above. They are both excellent. PM

AK, I can't believe that teachers copied and pasted book evals from Amazon and submitted them as their own work! And 4 were indignant?! Good grief. I have seen teachers purchase the small, soft-backed level 1-4 or so books for their kinders and first graders and then make ten or 15 copies of each to use in groups and/or to send home. I've also seen a lot of photocopying of each homework page of a math consumable book, rather than ripping 25 pages of the same page out of 25 books. It was faster for teachers to just photocopy (this is mostly for primary grades where kids haven't mastered tearing a page out of a workbook yet, or writing in a workbook that, when open, isn't flat so is awkward for students). Besides being horrifically wasteful of paper (....all those basically unused workbooks that didn't have their pages torn out, yet were purchased by the district, trees cut to make the paper, petroleum used to get the books to Alaska, etc....), was there a copyright violation here? I'm guessing not but am asking to be sure. PM

I have posted on the original page, too. PM