Some web sites to help students learn about copyright
Grades 3-6
Cyberbee Copyright questions for kids www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf
Ø Pop-up students ask basic copyright questions. These 11 questions will raise many more questions that are not answered on this page. This site would be good for discussion starters on the issues when shown by a knowledgeable teacher.
Grades 6-up
Plagiarism:
Ø www.statelibrary.state.pa.us/libraries/lib/libraries/ePlagiarism_Brochure.pdf A brochure about plagiarism from the Pennsylvania state library. The focus shifts between teachers and students, but the information is excellent.
Ø http://library.acadiau.ca/tutorials/plagiarism This interactive web site from Acadia University (Nova Scotia, Canada) is aimed at college students, but could be used with much younger students. It explains what plagiarism is and how to avoid it.
Ø www.ncusd203.org/central/html/where/plagiarism_stoppers.html Plagiarism stoppers is a list of resources that address plagiarism. Unfortunately, this site is frozen as of June 1 2007.
Copyright:
Ø http://www.brainpop.com/technology/digitalcitizenship/ BrainPop's popular videos - here free ones on digital citizenship including copyright.
Ø Iowa Area Educators Association has posted online a student handbook and a student poster. www.aea11.k12.ia.us/tech/copyrightinfo.html The handbook contains excellent information and is arranged well. The poster only addresses using the copyright clearance center to find if an item is in the public domain.
Ø The Center for the study of the Public Domain at Duke University has a comic book on its web site that you can download and print www.law.duke.edu/cspd/comics/digital.php. This comic deals with copyright issues around documentary film making. It would be a great resource to use in a film making class. This site also has many student made films about copyright at www.law.duke.edu/cspd/contest/finalists
Ø The Copyright Society of the U.S., www.csusa.org, has created a comprehensive website with cartoons and videos that ask and answer most questions kids have about copyright at www.copyrightkids.org. One whole section covers issues with digital yearbooks, which is very helpful. www.csusa.org also has lesson plans for teachers to use and many other educational tools for copyright lessons.
Ø A webquest to use with 6th grade students, Written by Jennifer Darnell of Hazelwood School District in Missouri, is posted at www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~jdarnell/webq
Ø The most famous video about copyright is the one made using short clips of Disney films to get its points across. View it at www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo