My Updated Guide to Finding Media for Classroom Projects
Two Sundays ago my Practical Ed Tech Newsletter was all about finding pictures, videos, and sounds for classroom projects. As a part of that newsletter I included my updated guide to finding media for classroom projects. In my guide to finding media for classroom projects I provide overviews of my favorite places for students and […]
Three Lessons to Learn from the $9.2M Copyright Ruling Against Houston ISD
Thanks to an email from Jay Schwermer over the weekend I learned about a federal court’s ruling against Houston ISD for violating the copyright of a small company called DynaStudy that sells study guides. You can read a good summary of the ruling including the $9.2 million in damages awarded to DynaStudy in this Houston […]
How to File a Copyright Claim With Google
In my previous post I detailed the copyright debacle that has consumed way too much of my mental energy and way too much of time over the last week. As I mentioned in that post, I am trying to make something good out of it by creating and sharing resources about what to do if […]
An Extensive Guide to Copyright and Fair Use
On Sunday I published a guide to locating media for use in classroom projects. In that guide I provided basic summaries of the concepts of public domain, Creative Commons, and fair use. In the section on fair use I referenced Stanford University Libraries’ Copyright & Fair Use guide. That guide should be bookmarked by anyone […]
Two Detailed Presentations About Copyright for Educators
Earlier this evening I answered an email from a teacher who was looking for some resources about copyright that she could share with colleagues in her school. There were two resources that immediately came to mind when I read her question. The first resource is a presentation by Dr. Wes Fryer called Copyright for Educators. […]
Share This Letter With Students to Show Them the Cost of Copyright Infringement
Getting students, and some teachers, to understand the importance of honoring copyright restrictions can be a challenging task. You’ll often hear comments like, “it’s no big deal,” “no one is going to enforce it,” and “it’s for a school project so it’s okay.” The problems with all of those statements are that it is a […]
Publishing an Example of Copyright Infringement
Update: after filing a DMCA takedown notice, this copyright infringement issue was resolved. Thanks to a friendly reader, I was tipped-off to the latest case of an educational technology “expert” committing an egregious copyright violation. It has been a few months since a good example like this has come across my desk. In this latest […]
One of the Biggest Violators of YouTube’s TOS Changes Its Tune
As I shared in a post earlier this month, downloading videos from YouTube via a third party tool is a violation of YouTube’s terms of service (TOS). Despite that fact there are many teachers who do attempt to use third party tools to download YouTube videos. One of the most popular of those tools, KeepVid […]
Why I’ve Stopped Making My Public Google Docs Printable
In a word, theft. In the last couple of weeks I’ve published a handful of charts that compare the features of popular ed tech resources. The most recent of those is this chart of 12 alternatives to Google Image search. I publish the charts in a Box.com widget that includes a download link. I also […]
Copyright Lessons for Students and Teachers – Best of 2017
As I do during this week every year, I am taking some time off to relax and prepare for the new year. Every day this week I will be featuring the most popular blog posts of the year. This was one of the most popular posts in September. As many of you know, I spent […]
Next Week is Free Webinar Week!
Next week I am hosting three free professional development webinars. I hope that you can join me for one, two, or all three of them. Help Kids Discover New Information On Tuesday at 4pm ET I am hosting 7 Ways to Help Kids Discover and Analyze New Information. In the webinar you will learn how […]
Copyright Lessons for Students and Teachers
As many of you know, I spent much of my week dealing with a copyright infringement issue. As a result of that I have been doing more reading about DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) than ever before. One piece that I read was this article from attorney Sarah F. Hawkins. The article didn’t have much […]