Copyright
In the Code of Best Practices I looked at principle number two. This principle is, "Employing copyrighted material in preparing curriculum materials.
Teachers are including clips from various websites, videos, and photographs to make their lessons more inviting for students. The fair use law allows teachers to include this type of material into their lesson as long it is linked to the curriculum that is being taught. The educator is responsible for showing only material that is necessary to teach the standard. For example, if the teacher is showing a video that deals with money and there is only 2 minutes of the video is relevant, then the teacher should stop the video at that time.
Teachers should clearly state in their lesson plans, the video they will be watching and what standard it is tied too. In our school a video request form must be completed with the aligned standard and student objective listed. After the form is filled out and turned into the media specialist then the administration must approve the video. It is a good idea to have your request in a week early if possible.
