In this week’s class, we learned all about copyright law and what the implications of it are for teachers.

This is great suff to know about. My initial thought was that things were a lot more prohibitive than they actually are.

Because of something called Fair Dealing teachers can use short excerpts of copyright protected law.

Teachers can copy an expert, meaning up to 10 per cent of a copyright-protected work, whether that be a book or album. This material can be distributed digitally or via a handout.

Teachers can also use an entire newspaper article or blog post. (This is especially helpful for me, as I plan on teaching social studies!)

There are some handy online guides on all this, including this one.