Double Entry Journal #5

When dealing with copyrighted material there is no limitation on amount of the material used, as long as it is properly cited, and sourced.  You must give credit to the copyright owner. When using the material in a school related multimedia project you do not need to contact the owner of the material for permission as long as you again, cite, and source the material. When using material for an education purpose, educators should only use the parts of the material needed. When students are using copyrighted material they must use it in a way that it is not substituting their own work for someones else's, but are using it to add to, or to support their own ideas. In all of these situations, all copyrighted material must be cited and sourced. In the case of students the educators need to teach, monitor and evaluate how to properly cite and source copyrighted material. In some cases the educators can give students a list of proper or selected sources for use to insure that the educator can fully monitor and check for proper citation. I always thought that "if I'm not making money on the it, I can still use it". I never gave any thought to the use of movies in a classroom or school for entertainment purpose was seen as copyright infringement. Every teacher I had in especially the primary education level has shown movies for entertainment or reward. Granted when I was in elementary school the laws may have been more lenient since that was a very long time ago. Though many teacher still do this, it is obviously not strictly enforced in some school and districts.I am already looking forward to using multimedia projects in my future classrooms, and now I am armed with the knowledge and a better understanding of how to properly use copyrighted material.