Week+5+Group+4


 * Cheryl Dillard ||
 * Rachel Messer ||
 * Tracy Freudenthaler ||
 * Amy Madewell ||
 * Sabine Lewis ||


 * Week 5 has five activities.**


 * 1.** Copyright Quiz in D2L Quizzes (Due by 11:59 pm, Thursday )


 * 2.** Development of Copyright Resources (Due by 11: 59 pm, Thursday )
 * Post** **two links** providing information regarding copyright and fair use. These can be sites you think are helpful in understanding copyright law, training sites, news items, journal articles, videos, and so on. In addition, provide a brief description (<100 words) of the item. Be sure to sign your post “‐Yourfirstname Yourlastname.”

__Tech Tips__: To link a source to words (Google) rather than giving a URL (www.google.com):
 * Click **Edit**
 * Click **Link** in the pop-up tool bar
 * **External Link**
 * Copy and paste URL to **Address**
 * **Add Link**
 * **Save**


 * 3.** Review of Copyright Resources (Due by 11:59 pm, Sunday )
 * Review** **at least one link** provided by another wiki member. Post comments regarding the link, its value, and/or use. Please make sure to begin the review post with this text: REVIEW, and to end your post with “‐Yourfirstname Yourlastname."

Please go to the following survey links to ONLY review your group members’ participation, excluding yourself. You can use this rubric as a reference for evaluation. Peer Review (Only allows one attempt per computer).
 * 4.** Peer Evaluation of Wiki Contribution (Due by 11:59 pm, Sunday )


 * 5.** Wiki Sandbox (Bonus Project, 25 points). Please click on the Sandbox on the menu (Due by 11:59 pm, Sunday )

**Development and Review of Copyright Resources**
This site includes the latest information regarding //copyright// laws and regulations. I found it useful by reading the article [|Do you need to send a copy of your online works to the Copyright Office for Deposit] The answer to the question is that the Copyright Office gives “a qualified exemption to a mandatory copyright deposit requirement for online works published in the United States. The exemption does not apply to online works that are also published in physical form.” 2. "Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright" -- Sabine Lewis Copyright is a pretty involved subject, and I was looking for something short and visual. This link is going to 4 short animation clips on the Library of Congress website about the basics of copyright. They are intended for students and teachers and explain copyright by giving some real-world examples. 3. [|"Fair Use" Overview by U. S. Copyright Office] -- Sabine Lewis This gives a one-page overview of the "fair use" exemption to copyright laws. It makes clear that there are no narrowly-defined rules for fair use, just general guidelines mostly derived from court decisions. REVIEW: I liked this resource. It was really to-the-point, which I think students and instructors (and anyone else) can really appreciate. I appreciated that this document retained court decision information while integrating ordinary speech. --Rachel Messer 4. [|Quick Facts List] -- Amy Madewell. The Quick Facts List includes a list of 12 Dos and Don'ts when posting material online. The Quick Facts list is a good tool to use as a quick reference for those who are uneducated on copyright laws and regulations. It is also a good link to post on your online course to inform students. REVIEW: I found this list very useful because it was short, concise, and to the point. It listed all the major issues as far as I could tell and is a good first reference when you get in a situation where you need some answers quickly. I will keep this list as a ready reference - no copyright infringements because it lists facts :-) . //Sabine Lewis// 5. [|Copyrights vs Creativity] --Amy Madewell. This link goes to a youtube posting from FORATV titled, 'Do Copyright Laws Stifle Creativity?' The video does bring up an interesting point, which could result in a class discussion on the dos and donts of copyright infringement. Where do you draw the line between copyright infringement and promotion? REVIEW-Very interesting video, and even moreso is the thought provoking nature of the topic. Amy, I agree this would be a great topic for discussion amongst us for this course. This brings around the question again of, where do you draw the line? Video shows a speaker at the New York Library discussing copyright laws and the mutilmedia format, specifically online videos, and brings to question do copyright laws prevent not only creativing, but innocent sharing of life amongst us as human beings. Copyright laws are needed for protections from the bad guys, but what about the mother wanting to share an innocent video of her child dancing? Thank you for sharing this and for adding another area for us to keep our minds open to the reality of some of the work that is posted on the web. -Cheryl Dillard 6. [|Copyright resources for teachers, students, and parents] This link provides free music resources, photos for use, and YouTube videos of "Copyright School." I think this would be a great resource to give students and parents, especially. It is presented in a way that offers alternatives for use of materials instead of just listing everything that is not allowed by copyright. --Rachel Messer REVIEW: The YouTube video would be good to show to students for a general introduction to copyright, specifically where YouTube videos are concerned. I also think the list of links to copyright-free resources is useful. //Sabine Lewis// 7. [|Fair Use Question of the Month] This link goes to the website for the Center for Social Media. It is a collection of monthly questions submitted by people in real-life situations who need answers about fair use and copyright. I think this is a great resource because it provides answers to common questions regarding the use of media, submitted by real people in situations that anyone could experience. --Rachel Messer REVIEW: This website offers hisotrical and legal perspectives over fair use. Subtopics incude purposes of online video, media literacy, and documentary filmaking. The site offers opportunity to contribute to discussions via twitter and blogs. Scenarios, videos, and vignettes present dilemmas and commentary to defend one's fair use, and/or where digital copyrights have been encroached upon. The value for myself stems from use of videos in my instruction, which I habitually rely on. I'll need to stay abreast of the changes with copyright to protect the integirty of my classroom's fair use. --Tracy Freudenthaler REVIEW- Rachel, I am glad that you shared this link with us. I find that the question of the month is nice to help explain some of the "hot topics" in a manner that is not overwhelming. As we go through material about copyright laws and proper internet usage, it can be extremely cumbersome. I think this is a nice site to give you a major topic and good insight to matters that could be relevant to us in the collegiate setting. The site showcased about five topics that were mainly centered around sharing information with students in a public setting, and then a topic for a someone helping a teacher with the media in the library, and a topic for sharing responses to a library restructuring. I think this is a nice site to help give us something a little more pinpointed, and a month is good timing to prevent oversatuation of topic. -Cheryl Dillard 8. [|Internet Society]-Cheryl Dillard The Internet Society works on Internet-related intellectual property issues and aims to add its expertise to discussions such as the use of technical measures and the role of Internet intermediaries. They also work in the area of access to digital content, including access to content in local languages through local language interfaces, and access for persons with disabilities. 9.[|Social Media Examiner]-Cheryl Dillard Social Media Examiner, the world’s largest online social media magazine, is designed to help businesses discover how to best use social media tools like Facebook, Google+, Twitter and LinkedIn to connect with customers, generate more brand awareness and increase sales. Offering a unique single source of knowledge, the site contains comprehensive articles and videos on how to use the best social media tools, along with original case studies, reviews of the latest industry research and advice direct from the world’s leading experts. I find this helpful because you can type anything into the search section and it will pull up information to help with informaiton related to the internet. This is useful for myself being part of thestudent world and the business world.
 * 1.** Stanford Copyright & Fair Use Center -- Hong Lin

10. [|How Public is PBS?]Tracy Freudenthaler I love to show educational videos to my children. Yet, when offered on PBS, I don’t always send in a check; I have been tempted to record my own copy, or see if the DVD comes up on EBay. This site provides teachers (K-12) needed insight into copyright and fair use laws applied to their classrooms. I appreciate the distinction made: just because it is //Public TV// does not mean the public has free access or right to redistribute the materials. The 'rainbow' of FAQs were nice, but you don't have to take my word for it.

REVIEW: Tracy it is important to value public tv and know how copyright laws have changed over the years. When it came to legal specificity, the PBS link offered many links to the Library of Congress and other official legal sites Plus, the site offered legal definitions of educational media and I have pasted an example definition as a link: [|"Educational Multimedia"] means those projects that combine educators' or students' original material (such as course notes or commentary) with copyrighted media in any format (such as video, music, text, graphics, illustrations, photographs, or software) into an integrated presentation as part of a systematic learning activity of a nonprofit educational institution. --Amy Madewell.

11. [|Barriers to education because of copyright laws]Tracy Freudenthaler I want to see the Eiffel Tower and travel around the world. The digital age has revolutionized the classroom. We could join together in a virtual trip to Paris. Digital learning is uplifted, supported, and argued in this article to be the next best way to give our students ‘the world’. Problem is, copyright laws are being continually redefined, at times limiting access to educators. If we choose to travel the digital information road, we must now acquire the stamp of fair usage and copyright considerations in our passport.