I used the Google search engine to look up information regarding copyright laws for teachers. I stumbled upon an extremely useful website. It is called the "Educational CyberPlayground." I chose this website over other ones that even looked more professional because after reading through it, I felt like I gained a much better perspective of the copyright laws for teachers than after reading others. Instead of using professional language, it just told me exactly what I will or will not be able to use as a part of my future teaching instruction. This website offers copyright laws regarding multiple medias, such as:
- Audio/Music
- Lyrics
- Text (from books, workbooks, etc.)
- Motion Picture
- Illustrations/Photographs
- Numerical Data Sets
- Mulitmedia Projects
I also added the link to the Educational CyberPlayground website to my Delicious account so that I will always have easy access to it in the future. Therefore, if I ever have any copyright questions, I can easily refer to it via my Delicious account. You may view my account here.
Below is a picture of what the website looks like. Click here to visit the actual site.
One other thing I noticed by researching the copyright laws for teachers is that there are many administrators and/or teachers who are coming together with hopes of revising some of the present copyright laws for teachers. Their reasoning is that due to the recent developments and improvements of technology over the last decade, these laws should be revised in order to benefically adapt to the present teaching environment. As of right now, though, no real significant changes have occurred yet.
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