Listen to the attached podcast covering the topic of Ethics in education. After listening to the podcast, spend some time researching the role of copyright issues in the classroom.
Your blog entry should answer this question: How will I deal with copyright issues in my classroom? Consider the use of music, images, video, and other media in student projects and teacher work.
Dealing with copyright issues can be difficult for teachers because often they don't realize that their infringing upon copyright laws when they use music, film and images from the internet in a classroom. After having listened to this podcast, I now know that it's illegal to use full length films in a class so instead of showing an entire movie, I would only show 15 minutes of it. In doing this, not only would I be respecting fair use laws, I would also ensuring that the film is being used for education purposes only- not as a baby-sitting technique. If for some reason I needed to show the full length film for my lesson, I would either get permisson for the copy right holder or give the students extra credit for renting or buying the movie themselves.
From this podcast, I also learned that it's illegal to use more than one chapter in a book in the classroom. In order to stay within Fair Use laws, I would encourage my students to buy the book for extra credit, or to get the book from the library.
The penalties for breaking Fair Use laws are severe. The copyright holder has the right to file a suit against the school, and the school can be fined up to 150,00$ therefore, I will be sure to follow the laws once I am a teacher.
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