Media+Resources+and+Copyright+Tools

Media for Instruction

 * http://mswitten.wikispaces.com/Resources-Media

EBSCO Databases

 * For Everyone: Students (grades 4-12), Faculty, and Staff
 * Internal Administration

Google Image Search - How to Find, Use, and Cite Copyright Friendly Images
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Sample Image Citation (place next to or below the image): **//Image courtesy of ARTIST'S NAME as found at WEB ADDRESS.//**

Copyright Friendly Media for Use in Projects

 * http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/Home: A Great Place to Start - Copyright-Friendly and Copyleft (Mostly!) Images and Sound for Use in Media Projects and Web Pages, Blogs, Wikis, etc. - A TON OF RESOURCES!!! :)
 * Photo Pin is a new website offering images that can be re-used for blog entries, video productions, slideshows, and print media. Photo Pin uses a combination of Flickr's API for Creative Commons search and Fotolia's image library to serve-up royalty-free images. The search results page on Photo Pin clearly delineates between images that are free to use and images that you have to purchase.
 * Creative Commons: Search for media to use and reuse
 * Google Advanced Search: Select "usage rights" on the bottom and set the filter for the type of project you need the media for
 * Mac Lab Student Stock - Imagery for Your Projects
 * [|7 Places & Ways to Find Copyright-friendly Images]
 * Flickr Creative Commons Licensed Media
 * Pics4Learning: copyright free Images for your presentations: @http://www.pics4learning.com/
 * Nine places students can find Creative Commons and Public Domain images

Fair Use of Copyrighted Materials

 * Atomic Learning's 3 minute video that explains "Fair Use": @http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/movie/76357/play_window?type=Workshop&sid=2230
 * A great website for teaching about copyright and fair use: @http://www.teachingcopyright.org/
 * Chart: Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers [[file:TeacherCopyright_chart.pdf]]
 * 4 Factors of "Fair Use' when using copyrighted material

Copyright Issues and Tools
> @http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/copyrightlaw.html > @http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf > @http://www.copyrightkids.org/cbasicsframes.htm > @http://www.ncpublicschools.org/copyright1.html > @http://www.splc.org/knowyourrights/legalresearch.asp?id=32 > @http://www.atomiclearning.com/k12/movie/74162/play_window?type=Workshop&sid=2180
 * The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education: This guide identifies five principles that represent the media literacy education community’s current consensus about acceptable practices for the fair use of copyrighted materials, wherever and however it occurs: in K–12 education, in higher education, in nonprofit organizations that offer programs for children and youth, and in adult education.
 * Creative Commons::Learn about the creative commons license and search for media
 * Best Practices in Fair Use for 21st-Century Educators
 * The Copyright Site
 * Tools to evaluate fair use
 * Copyright for Teachers - Copyright in the Classroom - Resources for You and Your Students
 * Copyright answers for students
 * Copyright in an Electronic Environment
 * Student Media Guide to Copyright Law
 * How to Use Creative Commons to copyright YOUR creative work and share it with the world