Fair Use

Hi. Here is breaking news that will be helpful for all of us.
The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education was released on Tuesday, November 11, at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. Now, thanks to a coordinated effort by the media literacy community, supported by experts at American University and Temple University, teachers and students have a guide that simplifies the legalities of using copyrighted materials in an academic setting

The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education, is available online at: http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/resources/fair_use_and_teaching/.
You can read more about this at Doug Johnson's blog:

http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2008/11/10/new-guidelines-for-fair-use.html


http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/blue-skunk-blog/2008/11/12/teasers-from-best-practices-in-fair-use.html

Safari Montage Workshop IU22 Nov.12, 1008

Chicago public schools create training documents and publish them for staff development.
Video such as the Obama acceptance speech was posted for the Chicago district by the Nov.5 for all students and staff to view.
Students can sign on.
Uploading content is still a discussable issue.
Curriculum coordinators could have a meeting each week at Safari Live every week at a certain time.
Safari Live information at Pam Newman's site at the IU


Baltimore county public schools portal
There is a lot of training information at the Baltimore site.
Kids will be producers and users.

http://www.Bcps.org/offices/lis/ilc/ppt
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/safari/index/html
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/destinyportal/index.htm