Copyrighted or not copyrighted... What am I allowed to use?!
Copyrighted or not copyrighted... What am I allowed to use?!
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The bottom line is this: If you are using copyrighted material for education, you can use almost anything (as long as you are citing the information!) Here are examples of using information for educational purposes:
Showing a film in part or full, aligned with standards and for classroom use only
Reading books, poetry, (or anything!) aligned with standards and for classroom use only
Using pictures, movie clips, and music for presentations or lesson examples (make sure you cite this information!)
If you are using copyrighted materials for criticism, review, or parody, that is also allowed under Fair Use Laws. Examples of this type of use would be:
Using clips of a song or book to review it
Using a song riff to make your own parody
Using an art idea to make into your own parody (like turing Van Gough scenes into Star Wars scenes!)
Check out these websites to help answer more of your copyrighted material questions.
Check out these websites to help answer more of your copyrighted material questions.
Copyright.gov
Copyright Alliance
How do I cite that?!
How do I cite that?!
Copyrighted or not, material that is not your own needs to be cited. Ask your teacher whether they prefer MLA or APA formatting.
Basic picture citations: When you use pictures in presentations, you should cite where they come from. You have to be more specific than "Google Images." When you search in Google Images, you have the option to click to see where the picture comes from. Do that, then put the website name and URL under the picture. See the examples below.
As always, check with your teacher to see if they prefer that you cite pictures in a different way.
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