This week I had the opportunity to explore media use within the classroom. There is a plethora of information found online and it is definitely a murky area to understand what information teachers and learners can use. According to the Masters of Arts in Educational Technology (2020), “Hobbs (2010) said, oftentimes teachers’ fears or worries about copyright infringement get in the way of creation…” I thought about this statement a great deal and concluded that I do not fully agree with it. In the age of copy and paste, screenshots, and right-click “Save As”, teachers are utilizing the many resources they find available online to enhance and create lessons, but may not necessarily share their creations due to fear of copyright infringement. It was a nice reminder to see what can be used under the fair use laws and by meeting the transformativeness standard.
This week, I focused on giving attribution when using someone else’s work. I know that this is something that I need to be more conscientious of with my work. However, as Woodall (2017) points out in the article The Right Stuff, Teaching Kids about Copyright, “It can be even harder to break them [students] of doing a Google image search and grabbing the first relevant and powerful image they see.” This idea stuck with me because I watch students do this all of the time! Even after teaching them about Creative Commons and the public domain. They are able to find the images they desire more quickly and efficiently with a simple Google search. In addition, they never give attribution for the images they use. It is important to start making this a habit for students so they continue to do it in the future. Check out the remix video I created the topic:
This video could be used as an introduction to attribution or it could be used when a teacher notices too many students falling back into the rut of copy and paste, screenshot, right-click "Save As", repeat, as a reminder to students on the importance of giving proper attribution.
References:
Bridges, M. (2020, July 11). Attribution: What it means for you and me. [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/fcNCYPh4Cg8
Master of Arts in Educational Technology (2020, Summer). Course content from Unit 3: Remix culture and media use. Michigan State University, CEP 811: Adapting innovative technologies in education. https://d2l.msu.edu.
Question Copyright. (2011, June 27). Credit is due (the attribution song). [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPtH2KPuQbs licensed by Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)
Step 5: Copyright, Creative Commons and images. (2020, January 9). Student Blogging Challenge. https://studentchallenge.edublogs.org/step-5-copyright-creative-commons-and-images/
Suriyawongkul, A. (2005, March 9). Cut copy paste. [Image]. Flickr. https://flic.kr/p/xyP5
Tissot, B. Inspire. [Music]. Bensound.com. https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music/track/inspire licensed with attribution by Royalty Free Music from Bensound
Woodall, T. (2017, July 21). The right stuff: Teaching kids about copyright. Common Sense Education. https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/the-right-stuff-teaching-kids-about-copyright
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