So far I have learned a lot about copyright law and digital citizenship that I can take into my classroom. I have a new presentation about respecting the rights of copyright holders and gives examples of appropriate and illegal behavior. I am also going to make a new category in my video grading rubric that addresses respecting copyrights, abiding to the fair use guidelines for education, and giving credit to media from other sources.
I still need to find some more copyright-free music, pictures, and sound effects for my students to use in their productions. I have also considered purchasing a library of stock HD video footage, but I think it might be overused.
I also have set a goal of learning how to better teach my students to be creative in their videos. I have spoken with other video and film teachers in my district and we did decide to add a development stage prior to our pre-production stage of video production. Now students will have to brainstorm and decide on a basic idea just as they normally do, but the teacher will have to approve their concept and make suggestions before they begin to write their script instead of after the script is already written. I will also help boost their creativity by contributing more in the scriptwriting process instead of letting them write their scripts totally on their own.
Using a rubric for the digital citizenship/copyright aspect of your projects will provide students with a clear expectations.
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Have you used FruityLoops? This is a free download that allows you to create some free music loops of your own as well as some that have already been created. Also their is another site GarageBand which is for MACs, maybe this will help you some. I teach MultiMedia and sometimes I use Fruity Loops to assist me with some projects. I also use a program called Audacity to create some re-mixes. I hope these site will be helpful.
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