As a first grade teacher my students will be mostly doing reading, therefore they will be going through many books. Under the law of copyright I cannot go online and print multiple copies of a story that I find on line and keep them throughout the years. Also, if another teacher in the school has a book that I want for my classroom, I cannot just copy it and use it in my classroom. However, I can copy pages from my reading basil and the books in it to hand out to my students to read as long as it doesn't end up as a whole book that I am sending home with them.
As a teacher I also need to be teaching and modeling good copyright use and I need to abide by the laws. It would be out of line for me to burn a mix copy for every student of music we listened to throughout the year as a end of year gift.
I love how you put the title to your blog. It is scary to think of all the consequences that can come from using something improperly. It makes me realize that while in some instances you can copy material, for the most part it is better to simply purchase the material you will be using. This may be a lot more expensive, but at least you are being moral and doing things the right way.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I never really noticed what copyrighting covered and how it would affect me as a teacher. I think one of the best things to do is just purchase the things you want to use in your classroom.
ReplyDeleteI am in the same boat! I never realized all the rules that teachers would have to follow for copyrighting. I am also grateful that most sources realize that we are educators and simply trying to expose our students to all we can.
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