Copyright ©

Do each step in order....

Step 1

Take the pre-test at quia.com

Step 2

In this activity, you'll read get some background information on copyright.

What is a copyright?

• Go to the Cyberbee's copyright activity. Roll your mouse over the students, click on their question, and get a brief answer.
  • CyberBees copyright questions
  • Brad Templeton's Brief Introduction to Copyright

Step 3

Watch the mash-up video (with Mrs. Sanchez -- don't watch individually)

• A Fair(y) Use Tale (view subtitles in English, Spanish or six other languages here at dotsub. Also a transcript in English. Here's Daniel's transcript translation in Spanish.

Chapter 1: Copyright Definition review activity (quia.com review quiz)

Chapter 2: What Things can be Copyrighted? (quia.com review quiz)

Chapter 3: Copyright Duration and the Public Domain (quia.com review quiz)

Chapter 4: Fair Use (quia.com review quiz)

Step 4

Here's a song to help you remember the purpose of copyright:

Be prepared to tell me the purpose of a copyright.....

Step 5 - More Information

We'll go to FA©E and learn more about various types of media and coypright.

We'll review FA©E's Education Materials for Kids

If you finish before the rest of the class, try these Extended Thinking activities:

• Read this about web links and copyright
• Review Brad Templeton's "Ten Myths About Copyright"
• Who owns what YOU write on myspace, blogs, facebook, etc.? You may need to do some research to find the answer to this question.

Step 6 - What's student to do?

View the video, then answer the questions...see it at dotsub with subtitles (English, Spanish and more....)

creativecommons.org

Read Wikipedia's page on creative commons licensing

What is copyleft? wikipedia's definition

Copyright-free images to use on your web pages and other school projects