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“…there is a climate of increased fear and confusion about copyright, which detracts from the quality of teaching. Lack of clarity reduces learning and limits the ability to use digital tools. Some educators close their classroom doors and hide what they fear is infringement; others hyper-comply with imagined rules that are far stricter than the law requires, limiting the effectiveness of their teaching and their students’ learning.”

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“Media literacy is the capacity to access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate messages in a wide variety of forms .” (pg. 2)

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•“Educators use television, news, ads, movies, still images, newspaper & magazine articles, web sites, video games, etc. to build critical thinking and communication skills.” (pg. 10)

•teachers should select only what is necessary to the topic being discussed

•give credit to original author and use proper citation models

•use only what is necessary and give credit

•all copyrighted “materials being used should meet professional standards for curriculum development, with clearly stated educational objectives, a description of instructional practices, assignments, and assessment criteria.” (pg. 11)

•copyrighted materials get shared at “conferences or professional development programs as well as by electronic means.” (pg. 11)

•choose material carefully; only what’s necessary to meet the objectives of the lesson

•obtaining permissions for promotional purposes is encouraged

•students create their own messages using a variety of media and will include copyrighted material with their creative works

•learning media literacy at a practical level

•“Students should be able to understand and demonstrate, in a manner appropriate to their developmental level, how their use of a copyrighted work repurposes or transforms the original.” (pg. 13)

•students are expected to reach others beyond the classroom walls with their work

•“If student work that incorporates, modifies, and re-presents existing media content meets the transformativeness standard, it can be distributed to wide audiences under the doctrine of fair use.” (pg. 13)

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