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!
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By Grade 8, students are fairly well-versed in searching the internet and giving credit to their sources, but they often want to know how to prove that sources aren't fake, and how the skills they learn in school translate into real-life skills.
In this project, students identify multiple reliable website and database resources to convince Hanover School administrators to add or change an existing program to our schools. Students find and evaluate website resources for credibility to support their arguments. They are then able to take the information that they researched in order to advocate for themselves and their classmates about issues that directly affect them. Students are given the opportunity to present their project to a member of the Hanover School Committee or a Hanover school administrator to simulate the actual experience of proposing ideas to an administrator or employer. This helps to prepare them for real-life situations in which they must persuade others. You may view a sample presentation by two Grade 8 students below:
By Grade 8, students are fairly well-versed in searching the internet and giving credit to their sources, but they often want to know how skills they learn in school translate into real-life skills.
In this project, students identify multiple reliable website and database resources to convince the Hanover School Committee to add or change an existing program to our schools. Students find and evaluate website resources for credibility to support their arguments. They are then able to take the information that they researched in order to advocate for themselves and their classmates about issues that directly affect them. Students also learn to create an account on Easybib.com in order to cite their sources per Modern Language Association (MLA) guidelines, and to save those resources for future use. Students are also given the opportunity to present their project to a member of the Hanover School Committee to closely simulate the actual experience of proposing ideas to an administrator or employer. This helps to prepare them for real-life situations in which they must persuade others. You may view a sample presentation by two Grade 8 students below: |
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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