Copyright and Fair Use

For my research on Copyright and Fair Use, I read some information and took a quiz (which can be found here) on what is allowed and not allowed in the classroom under the Copyright and Fair Use law. I was extremely surprised by some of the things I discovered when taking the quiz and discovered that I don't know as much as Copyright and Fair Use as I thought that I did. There were some questions that I had a much stronger reaction to than I originally thought I would.

5. "A geography teacher..." This one surprised me because I would have thought, because there was no selling of the CD ROM and it was only going to be used by students in the classroom that it would be allowed. But I guess, it more has to do with the fact that the school doesn't own all the copies that are being made, as they aren't the original copies.

7. "A elementary school..." I thought this one was strange, as it was saying that the website and school were allowed to post things without copyright permission, as long as people from outside the school weren't looking at the website. Even thought the website would be password protected, I was still surprised.

10. "A teacher gets clip art..." This one more shocked me because of what was said in number seven. I guess because this one wouldn't be password protected, I was still surprised that this wouldn't be allowed and what happened in number seven would be.

13. "A history class...." I'm not surprised that this one would be allowed, but I found it a little strange, that another school would be able to use something put online by a different school. Like I said, it didn't shock me, but I thought it was a little strange that it would be allowed.

16. "A local electronics store...." I was just downright confused and shocked by this one. I guess I didn't really understand what this one was saying, how teachers can use not owned material and make it legal for their students to use it. This one just confused me.

19. "A high school video class..." I wasn't necessarily shocked that much by this one, but I've definitely had first hand experience in videos like this one and now know the Copyright and Fair Use laws surrounding it.

This was a very interesting read and I'll definitely remember all of this once I become a teacher. I found it particularly interesting the amount of things that teachers are allowed to do, and things that allowed for teachers under Copyright and Fair Use, that aren't allowed for students. I think, as a teacher it's important to know the Copyright and Fair Use laws, so you make smart decisions in your classroom and don't get in trouble with the law.