Using Media in Education

Fair Use and Creative Commons

Media

There is a broad range when it comes to Media videos, images, music, books, newspapers,

websites All of these examples are eligible to be used

in an educational context

Fair Use in terms of Education

A concept that allows the sharing and distribution of copyrighted materials in educational settings without requiring permission or payment to the owner of the work or copyright owner

Fair Use: Four Factors

Purpose and character of use Nature of copyrighted work Portion used Effect of the use on the potential market

Principles to Consider

Educator Perspective Copyrighted media can

be used in educational context

Curriculum materials may contain copyrighted media

Curriculum materials with copyrighted media can be shared

Student Perspective Copyrighted media can

be used in student work to create new content

Student work can be shared if new content has been created

Example of accepted Fair Use

Two murals by John Biggers Educator’s Potential Use

Include these in a curriculum that analyzes the impact of the civil rights movements on African-American art

Student’s Potential Use Analysis of the colors

and shapes used in the pictures and the relevance they hold

Tree House House of the Turtle

Creative Commons

A concept which allows creators to have a say in if and how they want their work to be shared or used

Allows for a collaborative and creative process where existing ideas and artifacts can be used as a base for new items

www.creativecommons.org

Creative Commons Licenses Available

Attribution Attribution Share Alike Attribution No Derivatives Attribution Non-Commercial Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives

Creative Commons Example

This picture is listed on Flickr

It has a creative commons license associated

Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives

This image was obtained from Flickr from miscpix’s photostream © 2006Under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives

Further Information

http://www.jogtheweb.com/run/fEVlVtkG5khu/Fair-Use-in-Education