Working closely with students, I have seen the need for them to understand and explore how to use media from the Internet giving the appropriate attribution when sharing or republishing online content.
Every day, I see students searching on Google, looking for the answers when they don’t know how to complete an assignment or don’t understand a topic. For some, copying and pasting is the best idea when trying to finish fast or when they don’t have time to research. However, as teachers and educators, we must discuss what is fair when using an image, video, or text without giving credit.
“We should choose to teach copyright not because it is easy, but because it is hard, because the goal of understanding copyright will serve to measure the best of student energies, skills, and citizenship.” (Tara W., 2017, para. 2 ).
When searching on Google, it is challenging to tell students to include the creator’s information since they are used to getting images online all the time without looking for more details. But encouraging them to do it is essential for their future. They as well, are creators or are going to be creators at some point. They produce, design, draw, write or perform during classes and show their accomplishments at school. Teaching students about giving attribution will help them understand the concept of ownership and protect their work.
Giving attribution
“Attribution (2022),” By Camila Mendez is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
Giving attribution is one way to share, reproduce, manage and protect our creations and other people’s work. As a teacher and writer, I wanted to explore a little bit more about this topic and create a video that summarizes my findings. For this video, I had to learn how to use Wevideo. I enjoyed the process since this software allowed me to edit and narrate in separate sections and use my own materials and other media simultaneously.
“Giving attribution (2022),” By Camila Mendez is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
*In this video I used images from my personal blog about poetry and my son Martin is the one playing the piano.
Sources
Tara W. (2017, July 21). The right stuff: Teaching kids about copyright. Common Sense Education. https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/the-right-stuff-teaching-kids-about-copyright
Creative Commons. (n.d.). How to give attribution. Creative Commons. https://creativecommons.org/use-remix/attribution/
Media Used
“Instagram Socialmedia” by Freestocks.org is marked with CC0 1.0.
“Art tools still life” by hannes.a.schwetz is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
“Music Note Bokeh” by all that improbable blue is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
“My Favourite Science & Knowledge Books” by DanieVDM is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
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