Copyright and Intellectual Property Issues 

It is common to find a teacher in font of a copy machine.  It is also common for teachers to take advantage of the "Fair Use" statute, the copying of materials by students or teachers for educational purposes.  The question then arises, how much is too much?

The online guide COPYRIGHT: WHAT EDUCATORS NEED TO KNOW provides a nice summary for students and teachers.  Find out what is really legal to copy.

Students need to also be taught about copyright issues.  In the technology age, it is just too easy to use the copy and paste functions.  Students should be encouraged to put things into their own words and not to plagiarize.  They should also be taught to cite all of their resources.

Additional Copyright resources.

Educator's Guide to Intellectual Property, Copyright and Plagiarism This site was created by a group of U of I grad students and contains information on Copyright Law and Implications for Educators.	COPYRIGHT WORKSHOP CyberBee Linda C. Joseph provides her workshop with the lesson plan and activities.
The Copyright Website A very thorough site giving examples of copyright infringement.  It also discusses copyright and web publishing.	World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO is an organization under the United Nations whose purpose is to encourage world wide protection of intellectual property.

Use the following links to learn how to cite the Internet.

CyberBee's Guide to Citing Electronic Resources Two easy to understand examples of web page citation.	Nueva School MLA Style Interactive Forms This site provides advice for students writing research papers and examples of the MLA citation style.
NoodleTools Quick Cite Students are able to cut and paste or type in their citiation information.  With a click of a button, it will be placed in the correct form!

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