A Matter of Ethics: A Lesson Plan on Copying and Fair Use
Sonja Brooks
CEP 812 - Summer 2010
Target Learners:
Elementary School Students
Educational Objectives:
Students will understand that there are laws about fair use and copyrights.
Students will understand that they must have permission to use media.
Students will collaboratively write a report using fair use guidelines.
Standards:
The following are the Michigan Standards that will be touched upon through this lesson.
Michigan Educational Technology Standards
PK-2.CC.1. work together when using digital tools (e.g., word processor, drawing, presentation software) to convey ideas or illustrate simple concepts relating to a specified project
PK-2.RI.1. interact with Internet based resources
PK-2.RI.2. use digital resources (e.g., dictionaries, encyclopedias, graphs, graphical organizers) to locate and interpret information relating to a specific curricular topic, with assistance from teachers, school library media specialists, parents, or student partners
PK-2.DC.1. describe appropriate and inappropriate uses of technology (e.g., computers, Internet, e-mail, cell phones) and describe consequences of inappropriate uses
Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations - ELA
Informational Text
R.IT.01.03 explain how authors use text features including headings, titles, labeled photographs, and illustrations to enhance the understanding of key and supporting ideas.
R.IT.01.04 respond to individual and multiple texts by finding evidence, discussing, illustrating, and/or writing to reflect, make connections, take a position, and/or show understanding.
Writing Genre
W.GN.01.03 write an informational piece that addresses a focus question (e.g., What is a family?) using descriptive, enumerative, or sequence patterns that may include headings, titles, labels, photographs, or illustrations to enhance the understanding of central ideas.
Writing process
W.PR.01.01 with teacher support, set a purpose, consider audience, and incorporate literary language when writing a narrative or informational piece; begin to use specific strategies including graphic organizers when planning.
Writing Attitude
W.AT.01.01 be enthusiastic about writing and learning to write.
Time:
This lesson would take two 30 minute class periods to complete.
Steps 1-4 of the learning activity will be completed in the first class period.
Steps 4-8 will be completed in the second class period.
Resources:
Cyberbee Interactive Tool
Smithsonian Website
Interactive Whiteboard or Projector to display your computer screen
Teacher Pre-Screened Websites on Topic List
Informational Book on each topic for the chosen list
PowerPoint
Printed Copies of the Quiz
Teaching Strategies:
To introduce Copyright and Fair Use to our youngest students, I propose doing it in a Whole Group manner. This lesson is Teacher Directed but includes a lot of Interactive Learning through websites and building a PowerPoint slideshow together.
Learning Activities:
Whole Group - Write a report in the form of a PowerPoint Presentation
-Slide One - Title
-Slide Two, Three, Four - Information
-Slide Five - Credits
1. Have the class choose from teacher selected topics that can be researched at the Smithsonian Website. (Teacher, search websites ahead of time that are kid friendly to be used for research also gather a book on each topic.)
Examples: Elephants, Volcanoes, Cheetahs...
2. Explain that you will be writing information about your class topic together. You will be researching to gather information, but before research can begin they need to understand what information they are allowed to use and how they are allowed to use it. Most of the information they will find is copyrighted which means it is someone else's idea and we must have permission to use it. There is something called Fair Use that allows us to fairly use content for educational purposes in school.
3. Visit the site Cyberbee Interactive Tool
4. Invite the children up to the Interactive Whiteboard or Computer to answer the questions about Copyright and Fair Use.
5. Visit pre-screened websites and gather a book on each topic to find information.
6. Start building your PowerPoint report by:
-Creating a Title Slide... What Are ____________?
-Helping the children put the content in their own words for the three informational slides in the report.
-Use the pre-screened website and the informational book.
-Show them how to credit the sources of the information.
7. Ask the children where they might get pictures for their slides. Talk about how to get permission to use pictures and how to site the sources. Settle on using pictures from the Smithsonian Website reminding them that the Smithsonian Website grants students permission to use their photographs for school reports and projects.
8. View your final report as a slideshow.
Assessment:
True or False Quiz
Elementary School Students
Educational Objectives:
Students will understand that there are laws about fair use and copyrights.
Students will understand that they must have permission to use media.
Students will collaboratively write a report using fair use guidelines.
Standards:
The following are the Michigan Standards that will be touched upon through this lesson.
Michigan Educational Technology Standards
PK-2.CC.1. work together when using digital tools (e.g., word processor, drawing, presentation software) to convey ideas or illustrate simple concepts relating to a specified project
PK-2.RI.1. interact with Internet based resources
PK-2.RI.2. use digital resources (e.g., dictionaries, encyclopedias, graphs, graphical organizers) to locate and interpret information relating to a specific curricular topic, with assistance from teachers, school library media specialists, parents, or student partners
PK-2.DC.1. describe appropriate and inappropriate uses of technology (e.g., computers, Internet, e-mail, cell phones) and describe consequences of inappropriate uses
Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations - ELA
Informational Text
R.IT.01.03 explain how authors use text features including headings, titles, labeled photographs, and illustrations to enhance the understanding of key and supporting ideas.
R.IT.01.04 respond to individual and multiple texts by finding evidence, discussing, illustrating, and/or writing to reflect, make connections, take a position, and/or show understanding.
Writing Genre
W.GN.01.03 write an informational piece that addresses a focus question (e.g., What is a family?) using descriptive, enumerative, or sequence patterns that may include headings, titles, labels, photographs, or illustrations to enhance the understanding of central ideas.
Writing process
W.PR.01.01 with teacher support, set a purpose, consider audience, and incorporate literary language when writing a narrative or informational piece; begin to use specific strategies including graphic organizers when planning.
Writing Attitude
W.AT.01.01 be enthusiastic about writing and learning to write.
Time:
This lesson would take two 30 minute class periods to complete.
Steps 1-4 of the learning activity will be completed in the first class period.
Steps 4-8 will be completed in the second class period.
Resources:
Cyberbee Interactive Tool
Smithsonian Website
Interactive Whiteboard or Projector to display your computer screen
Teacher Pre-Screened Websites on Topic List
Informational Book on each topic for the chosen list
PowerPoint
Printed Copies of the Quiz
Teaching Strategies:
To introduce Copyright and Fair Use to our youngest students, I propose doing it in a Whole Group manner. This lesson is Teacher Directed but includes a lot of Interactive Learning through websites and building a PowerPoint slideshow together.
Learning Activities:
Whole Group - Write a report in the form of a PowerPoint Presentation
-Slide One - Title
-Slide Two, Three, Four - Information
-Slide Five - Credits
1. Have the class choose from teacher selected topics that can be researched at the Smithsonian Website. (Teacher, search websites ahead of time that are kid friendly to be used for research also gather a book on each topic.)
Examples: Elephants, Volcanoes, Cheetahs...
2. Explain that you will be writing information about your class topic together. You will be researching to gather information, but before research can begin they need to understand what information they are allowed to use and how they are allowed to use it. Most of the information they will find is copyrighted which means it is someone else's idea and we must have permission to use it. There is something called Fair Use that allows us to fairly use content for educational purposes in school.
3. Visit the site Cyberbee Interactive Tool
4. Invite the children up to the Interactive Whiteboard or Computer to answer the questions about Copyright and Fair Use.
5. Visit pre-screened websites and gather a book on each topic to find information.
6. Start building your PowerPoint report by:
-Creating a Title Slide... What Are ____________?
-Helping the children put the content in their own words for the three informational slides in the report.
-Use the pre-screened website and the informational book.
-Show them how to credit the sources of the information.
7. Ask the children where they might get pictures for their slides. Talk about how to get permission to use pictures and how to site the sources. Settle on using pictures from the Smithsonian Website reminding them that the Smithsonian Website grants students permission to use their photographs for school reports and projects.
8. View your final report as a slideshow.
Assessment:
True or False Quiz
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