Judy Johnson, GCHS English Deptarment Head
We live in an age of wonders: at our fingertips, we have the
ability to create understanding of material in ways that meet the
needs of our students, and in such a way, that those students can
captivate audiences while sharing what they have done. With power
comes responsibility. We are able to access more information with
just a few clicks of a mouse, but we need to make sure that we are
crediting the sources for that information.
Below are listed some links for teachers and students to use when
creating presentations as well as some links that will aid us as a
school in making sure that we are giving credit where credit is
due.
Every item that is used, unless you created it yourself (in that
case, you want the recognition!), needs to be accredited to the
person or persons who created it. This means that
every project needs to have a bibliography because
even material from a free site needs to have documentation about
from where it was taken.
The two links below from the Landmark project are online
permission forms (one for teachers, one for students) to aid
individuals in asking permission to use materials that are not
free. Many free materials sites do make the stipulation that they
are given credit for the material, but even if it doesn’t state
that in the fine print on their page, their information needs to be
cited.
http://landmark-project.com/permission_student.php
This URL listed above is a student permission form. It provides a
fill-in-the-blank template that students can use in order to
contact the creator of the material that they wish to use. It
provides all the necessary contact information for the student and
the recipient. Teachers may wish to use the URL listed below
for similar purposes.
http://landmark-project.com/permission1.php
To create a bibliography, nothing can be simpler than navigating to
the following site: www.easybib.com. Easybib.com is a spot where a
person can create a bibliography on the fly. It even keeps track of
the sources used during a session. Just keep a window open while
accessing the Internet and copy and paste the information in it. If
the work is done simultaneously, the bibliography will be done
before the project is. Then to finish, all that one has to do is
copy and paste it into the project or save it as a separate file to
be handed in with the project.
Below is a chart that lists the fair usage for any type of material
that students or teachers may wish to include in a project. This
chart can be downloaded as a PDF file.
Classroom
Copyright Chart
Please notice that this chart indicates that re-posting to the
Internet requires permission; no how small the sample size is you
still have to give credit and receive permission for use.