Students in Grade 6 learned a lot about copyright and fair use during this term. They have created collaborative videos in which they advertise a local fundraising event. In this video, they have to research facts about their fundraising cause from a reliable website, cite their sources properly, and use images and video clips that they have permission to use through the Creative Commons website (found at search.creativecommons.org). Our students should be proud of their hard work on this project! You may view a sample fundraiser commercial video below.
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As we wind down the 2017-2018 school year, Grade 7 students are creating videos that are designed to teach fellow young teens how to deal with cyberbullying issues. Students research how to block and/or report cyberbullying in apps and/or websites that they themselves use so that their videos are relevant to them. They annotate their videos with callouts and use formatting so that it is engaging for their fellow classmates to watch. While we ultimately hope that our 7th grade students never have to utilize these strategies, they are prepared with the skills that they need to combat cyberbullying. You may view a sample video below. Congratulations to our 7th graders for working hard on these projects!
As we wind down the 2017-2018 school year, 8th grade Digital Literacy students are finalizing their Copyright Fair Use projects. In this project, students find digital content created by other artists, such as videos, music, and images. They create a mashup video with the content in a way that meets copyright fair use guidelines. When using copyrighted content, students are limited to using the following:
This project meets several standards of the Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science Curriculum Frameworks (see pages 33-34 for relevant standards). See below for a sample project. Good luck to our 8th graders as they transition to high school! |
AuthorMy name is Erin Foley, and I have a passion for reading, technology and helping students learn! In addition to operating the HMS Library/Media Center, I also teach Grades 5-8 Digital Literacy. Archives
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