Educators are faced with many challenges concerning intellectual property. Besides working within the legal guidelines of copyright law, an educator must also educate their students concerning the parameters of intellectual property.

Understanding how fair use works is important for all educators. Identifying the guidelines of fair use and copyright infringement are the first factors. There is an on-line workshop for educators concerning copyright located at www.cyberbee.com/copyrt.html. This workshop includes lesson plans, outline and quiz that can be used to train educators about copyright laws.

There are many places for educators to obtain information, graphics, clip art and lesson plans that are specifically set up for public use. Some of these sites are listed below. It is always best to double check any site that you are using material from. If the site states that you need permission you can e-mail the owner and see if they will grant permission. Some sites request that you simply acknowledge them or if it is a web site that you link to their home page.

A+ Art, http://www.aplusart.com/aplusart/clipart.htm

Clip-Art.Com, http://www.clip-art.com/

Free Images, http://www.freeimages.com

Educator's Guide to Computer Crime and Technology, http://www.uni.uiuc.edu/~dstone/educatorsguide.html, (April, 1999)

Copyright Workshop, http://www.cyberbee.com/copyrt.html, (April, 1999)

Guidelines for Educational Use, http://www.libraries.psu.edu/mtss/fairuse/default.htm

AskERIC Lesson Plans, http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons

Collaborative Lesson Archive, http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA

Encarta Schoolhouse, http://encarta.msn.com/schoolhouse/default.asp

The Lesson Plans Page, http://www.lessonplanspage.com

Education World - Lesson Planning, http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/

Education Resources, http://www.mcrel.org/resources/links/lesson.asp

TeachWeb - Free K-12 Lesson Plans, http://www.teachweb.net/Free_Lesson_Plans/

Lesson Plans -- the Discovery Channel School, http://discoveryschool.com/lessonplans/index.html

Free Materials for Teachers, (links to educational freebies) http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr110.shtml

Tom Snyder Productions (free software demos), http://www.teachtsp.com/downloads/demos.html

3,4000 Newspapers on the Net, http://www.webwombat.com.au/intercom/newsprs/index.htm

Classroom Connect: How to Cite Internet Resources, http://www.classroom.net/classroom/CitingNetResources.html

Electronic Sources: APA Style of Citation, http://www.uvm.edu/~ncrane/estyles/apa.html

Search Engines for Students

 

AOL NetFind Kids Only [http://www.aol.com/netfind/kids]

 

Ask Jeeves for Kids [http://www.ajkids.com]

 

Lycos Network [http://www.lycos.com/kids]

Yahooligans, [http://www.yahooligans.com]

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators, http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide

Blue Web'n , http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn

Apple Computer's Education Site, http://www.apple.com/education

Classroom Connect, http://www.classroomconnect.com

CNN, http://www.cnn.com

The Gobal School House, http://www.gsn.org

The Chalkboard, http://www.thechalkboard.com

Instructor Magazine, http://www.scholastic.com/instructor

Library of Congress, http://lcweb.loc.gov/

Globalearn, http://www.globalearn.com

Agnew, Palmer W., Kellerman, Anne S. and Meyer, Jeanine. (1996). Multimedia in the Classroom. Needham Heights, MS: Allyn & Bacon.

Cromwell, Sharon, "My First Book About the Internet", 1997

Dockterman, David A., Great Teaching in the One Computer Classroom, 1997

Gimotty, Susan L., Managing Technology in the 1* Computer Classroom,Teacher Created Materials, Inc., M.A. 1999

Goldstone, B. and Perley, A., Kids Guide to the Internet, 1996

Roblyer, M. D., Edwards, Jack and Havriluk, Mary Anne. (1997). Integrating Educational Technology Into Teaching. Upper Saddle River, JN:Prentice-Hall, Inc.

Wresch, William A. (1997). Teacher's Guide to the Information Highway. Upper Saddle River, JN: Prentice-Hall, Inc.