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Copyright/Fair Use **Description of site**: This site was designed by **Blooms University** in their //Virtual Training Help Center//. The particular site describes Copyright Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia. The intended audience for this site is teachers and students that use multimedia in their classrooms to present lessons, research topics, and create discussions. The tutorial presented by Blooms University explains that under the Copyright Act of 1976 a “fair use” exemption is a feature of copyright law that permits using copyrighted material without the explicit permission of the owner under certain very limited conditions. This “fair use” exemption is primarily for educational purposes. The article on the web pulls out the “Fair Use” section of the original copyright document. Under the “fair use” exemption it permits scholars, educators and students legally use sections of copyrighted material; however, the material must be for academic purposes only. The used copyrighted material cannot be a substantial amount of the material. In fact, the website lists guidelines for educators and students seeking to use copyrighted material. Here are some of the guidelines: · There is a time limit of 2 years to use the material · Motion media cannot exceed 3 minutes · Text material cannot be over 1000 words · Poems cannot be over 250 words and no more than 3 poems per poet · No more than 30 seconds of music allowed · No more than 5 illustrations or photographs per artist · No more than 1 copy of printed material per student or teacher **Projects for the Classroom:** After exploring through discussion and research about copyrighted material, it would be my intention to create scenarios that encouraged students to think through the law about copyrighted material and get a response. A couple of possibilities are listed below: **1st scenario:** You are asked to help create  a video  for the Veteran’s Day . You want to include entire songs of popular music in the show . The show will be broadcast for the entire school and may be posted on the school’s website. How will you be able to create this video without breaking the law ? ** 2nd scenario: ** You have been asked to come up with a cool logo for your drama department. After searching on the internet you find the perfect picture from a theatre group. You want to include the picture on letterhead, business cards, T-shirts and posters.  How will go be able to use the picture ? Another activity I would want my students to learn is about acknowledging the work of others. I would have them research on the internet sites that include a credit to a source used in their website. We could make a list of different ways to acknowledge the work of others and use the appropriate ones in our works. ** Assessment ** : [] The above site has a wonderful quiz to give students about copyright laws. It gives immediate response to any incorrect answers. After completing the above mentioned assessments, the teacher will have a grasp on student learning or if more instruction is needed. It would be good if this is taught at the beginning of the year so students will learn how to acknowledge the work of others in their personal assignments.  <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">