Creative Commons and Copyright

We all know that if we take information from a printed text either directly quoted or paraphrased we need to cite our source. However taking words, images or other works digitally can present a challenge for our students.   When we teach this skill we talk with all of them that although no bells or sirens go off if you copy and paste words or images into your work you have to hold yourself to acting with principle as in our learner profile. Just because you can do it does not make it right. 

Our students are taught to give credit or cite the source of the image or article they are using. However giving credit is not the same as having permission to use the image, sound or other work.  We encourage all our students to use Copyright Free databases or sources that ISZL provides.

Copyright is a licensed work that requires the author/artist to give permission before the work is used. 

Creative Commons is a set of licenses that an author/artist give to to their work to make sharing the work easy and accessible for all.  Check out Creative Commons

An important thing to remember when doing research is that citing a source is not the same as having permission to use the source. To navigate copyright and creative commons we have some great information posters.

Use the right site

Images:
Britannica Image Quest

http://quest.eb.com

DK Clip Art

http://www.clipart.dk.co.uk/

EduPic Graphical Resource

http://www.edupic.net/index.html

Free  Digital Photos

http://www.freedigitalphotos.net

Imagebase Free Photos

http://www.imagebase.net/

Morguefile

http://www.morguefile.com/

NASA Images

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/index.html

Pics4learning

www.pics4learning.com

Wikimedia Commons

http://commons.wikimedia.org

Compfight

http://compfight.com

Google advance search

Filter by Usage Rights: Free to use and share. This does not mean that all the results are copyright free –just that they are not labelled as copyrighted. You will still need to go to the original website and cite the photo properly from there as well as check for permission.

www.google.com/advanced_image_search

Music:

Create your own music in GarageBand

Freeplaymusic

http://freeplaymusic.com

Opsound

http://opsound.org

Use music/sounds that are embedded in a web 2 tool like Animoto or Wevideo.

Content:

The school pays for safe and free for use databases. Check the school database list for up to date password information. Some of the databases are:

• BrainPop

• Encyclopedia Britannica

• WorldBook Encyclopedia

• Science Power (an extra feature of World Book)

• Webpath Express (an extra feature of Destiny)

Always use at least 2 sources of information. Remember just because it is on the internet does not make it a FACT!!

Visit the ISZL library if you need more information

Cite your sources responsibly in MLA format

Use a citation maker to help you format your sources properly.

The school pays for Noodletools an online citation maker. Check the school database list for up to date password information.

The ISZL Homework diary has examples of MLA formatting

TIPS to creating a good citation:

•Check the source you use to see if it includes a citation within the article or image.  Copy the citation directly into the Works Cited page in your paper.

•Write down the information about your source as you are looking it. This will help you create your citation in an online citation maker later.

Visit the ISZL library if you need more information