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Cyber Citizenship Resources
Linda Lindroth, Technology Editor
Become a lawful cyber citizen with these resources on copyright, citation, and fair use
Prepare your students to be good cyber citizens.
Here are more copyright and citation lessons, web resources, and fair use guidelines to help you and your students be good cyber citizens. To see the article How To...Become a Lawful Cyber Citizen and download a student reproducible of an organizational chart for web citations click here
Copyright, Citation and Fair Use Resources
Copyright Licensing and Compliance Solutions
http://www.copyright.com/
Use this website to guide your search for licensing/copyrighting author works. It is also a rich resource for getting permission to use content for education purposes. Click Academic Use on the home page and download a 2-page PDF file on The TEACH Act. Request permission to use materials for professional development, classroom use, etc. with the pay-per-use feature for education. There is even a free Copyright Permissions Building Block file for Blackboard. You won't want to miss the Copyright Glossary
The Copyright Website is a comprehensive collection of resources for all things with a copyright. Topics include wizards, visual copyright, audio copyrights, digital copyrights and general information about copyrights.
- Copyright Forms - http://www.benedict.com/Info/Law/Forms/Forms.aspx Forms are downloadable PDF files for registering the copyright for works in different media.
- Copyright Info - http://www.benedict.com/Info/Info.aspx Learn more about Fair Use, Public Domain, the History of copyright and Duration for a copyright. There is also an indepth look at the what, why and how of copyright.
Industry Information: Questions & Answers on Copyright
www.nacs.org/public/copyright/
Concise, well-organized resource from the National Association of College Stores that details copyright and fair use for education classrooms. The web links on ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) requirements is particularly good.
Stanford University - Copyright and Fair Use
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/
Links to primary documents (US Constitution, US Code, US Legislation) as well as Copyright and Fair Use guides and extensive overviews of all three topics.
Creating and Using Citations
Copyright Lessons and Activities
Copyright Webquest for 6th grade students
http://www.hazelwood.k12.mo.us/~jdarnell/webq/
Students take on the role of Copyright police to find violations of copyright in student multimedia presentations. This is a good lesson on using citations for good cyber citizenship.
KnightCite Bibliography Creator
http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite/index.php
Use this online tool to create citations for student research in MLA, APA or Chicago format. Very specific format for a variety of research resources from book, to anthology, to periodical, and multimedia.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Ready Reference and Copyright Sources
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/referenc.html#copyright
Discover Education is a wonderful resource for citations and copyright lessons and activities. This website even has an Elementary and Secondary Citation Maker which uses the MLA format.
To see the article How To...Become a Lawful Cyber Citizen and download a student reproducible of an organizational chart for web citations click here
