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The teacher gives you an introduction to intellectual property, copyright, and the importance of providing attribution. You will also learn how to use this Padlet board! Enjoy! -Miss Whitman

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How to Use Padlet on Copyright for Elementary Students

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What is Intellectual Property and Why Do I Care?

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What is Intellectual Property and Why Do I Care?

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What Is Intellectual Property & Why Do I Care?

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This website tells you all about plagiarizing and why it is so important to NEVER plagiarize.

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Chris just found some good stuff on the Web for his science report about sharks. He highlights a paragraph that explains that most sharks grow to be only 3 to 4 feet long and can't hurt people. Chris copies it and pastes it into his report. He quickly changes the font so it matches the rest of the report and continues his research.

Uh-oh. Chris just made a big mistake. Do you know what he did? He committed plagiarism (say: PLAY-juh-rih-zem). Plagiarism is when you use someone else's words or ideas and pass them off as your own. It's not allowed in school, college, or beyond, so it's a good idea to learn the proper way to use resources, such as websites, books, and magazines.

Plagiarism is a form of cheating, but it's a little complicated so a kid might do it without understanding that it's wrong. Chris should have given the author and the website credit for the information. Why? Because Chris didn't know this information before he came to the website. These aren't his thoughts or ideas.

Plagiarism Steals Ideas

The word plagiarism comes from a Latin word for kidnapping. You know that kidnapping is stealing a person. Well, plagiarism is stealing a person's ideas or writing. You wouldn't take someone's lunch money or bike, right? Well, someone's words and thoughts are personal property, too.

What should Chris have done? He should have written down the name of the website and the name of the person who wrote the article. Then he could have added it and given credit to the source.

Teachers have different rules on how you list sources. Sometimes, you provide a list at the end of a report. Other times, a teacher might want you to list the source immediately after the information you took from that source. Or you might just make it part of the sentence (for example: "According to the National Institutes of Health, breathing secondhand smoke can cause problems for kids with asthma.").

All this shouldn't make you nervous to use websites, books, and other sources. It's great that you can get information from experts on stuff you don't know much about. You just have to make sure to show where the information came from. If you do that, you're in the clear.

It's not always easy to tell what's plagiarism and what's not. Sometimes, it's accidental - you really intended to do your own work, but instead ended up with some sentences that sound just like something you've read. You might not be doing it intentionally, but if you don't identify the original source, you're risking a lot of trouble.

So even if you put the information into your own words, you still should list the source. Ask yourself, "Would I know this if I hadn't read it on that website or in that book?" If the answer is no, list the source.

Plagiarism Is Lazy

Though plagiarism can be accidental, it's sometimes done on purpose and that's just being lazy. By copying whole paragraphs from different places, a kid doesn't have to spend the time thinking about the subject, gathering his or her own thoughts about it, and then putting it into original words. Cut, paste, and you're done.

But this is a shortcut that will probably catch up with a kid, even if he or she doesn't get caught for plagiarism. It's important for kids to be able to research a subject, think about it, and then come up with something interesting to say. This skill is important in elementary school, middle school, high school, college, and beyond. A kid who just lifts an entire report won't get the practice needed to become good at this.

Ask yourself, "Am I using this to avoid doing my own work? Is it easier just to copy this?" If the answer is yes, beware. You just might be plagiarizing.

What Happens if I Plagiarize?

Most schools are pretty strict about plagiarism. If you're caught, you can wind up suspended or worse. At the very least, you're probably going to fail the assignment. When you're older and in college, some schools will expel students who plagiarize. To be expelled means to be kicked out. And when you're kicked out of one college, it can be hard to get into another.

Also, when you apply for a job someday you want to be able to say, "I graduated from Supersmart University in 2020." You don't want to have to explain how Supersmart University kicked you out!

Avoiding Plagiarism

To be on the safe side, always make it clear where the information comes from. Your teacher will tell you how to do this. Sometimes, teachers ask kids to write a bibliography (say: bih-blee-OG-ruh-fee). That's a list of the sources you used for a project or report. To do that, you'll need to know the author, the title, and the date it was published. For instance, if you did a report on giraffes, you could give credit to an author this way:

Smith, Hazel B. "All About Giraffes." 2005.

But your most important guide on sourcing is your teacher. Different teachers will have different rules. If you're confused, ask questions to make sure you understand what your teacher expects. And if you write something really great about sharks or any other topic, maybe someday someone will be quoting you in a report!

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Chris just found some good stuff on the Web for his science report about sharks. He highlights a paragraph that explains that most sharks grow to be only 3 to 4 feet long and can't hurt people. Chris copies it and pastes it into his report.

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A great, animated YouTube video about copyright and fair use.

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(OLD VERSION) Copyright and Fair Use Animation

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An overview of what digital citizenship is all about.

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A short reading providing more information on the topic of intellectual property.

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What patents, copyrights and trademarks - IP rights - achieve and for whom, is not always clear. The Center for Intellectual Understanding (CIPU) is an independent, non-profit organization devoted to increasing awareness of IP rights and their impact on peoples' lives.

CIPU addresses the needs of diverse audiences: consumers, lawmakers, educators, parents, business owners and IP holders. It believes that everyone benefits from a clearer understanding of the strengths and weakness of the IP system, and how patents and other IP rights impact peoples' lives.

IP awareness fosters understanding and respect for new ideas and creative expression, and facilitates jobs. The reliability and appropriate use of IP rights is everyone's business.

The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding is an independent information and education organization that conducts research, provides education and disseminates information about the benefits of IP rights, including patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets.

It helps audiences to understand how invention rights serve to facilitate innovation, support commerce and build a more just society. CIPU monitors IP awareness and attitudes, and replaces patent mis-perceptions with facts. It seeks to improve reputation and deter infringement.

Ideas are the primary value-driver for business today. Yet the rights that protect inventions, recorded music, books, branded goods and other creative works are regarded by many as obstacles.

We live in a 'free-information' society, where online content and inventions are as highly accessible, and people who would never dream of shoplifting believe it is perfectly appropriate to infringe the rights of others'.

With access little more than a tap away, products like music, books, novel designs, counterfeit goods, and inventions, appear to be there for the taking - or feel as if they should be. At the heart of the matter is mass confusion about what IP rights cover, their value and appropriate use.

"Free riders" - unauthorized users of IP-protected products - come in many shapes and sizes. They can be individuals or businesses. The result is annual losses in revenue, jobs and taxes that are estimated to exceed a trillion dollars.

Audiences need guidance to determine which IP behaviors are gray area, which are acceptable and which are not. They can be readily learned and reinforced by parents, educators and community leaders. The Center for Intellectual Property Understanding can help.

Leadership: CIPU organizing committee

*Marshall Phelps - Head of IP Strategy & Business, IBM and Microsoft; IP Hall of Fame member, visiting professor Cornell, Duke.

*Brian Hinman - Chief Intellectual Property Officer, Philips; previously Vice President IP, Verizon; Vice President IP and Licensing, IBM

*Harry Gwinnell - Chief IP Counsel Cargill, Eastman Chemical, United Technologies; President, IPO Education Foundation; USPTO examiner

*Keith Bergelt - CEO, Open Invention Network, former IP executive with Motorola and SRI International and Managing Partner of Paradox Capital

*Manny Schecter - Chief Patent Counsel, IBM; Director, IPO Association

*Bruce Berman - Author and editor responsible for five IP books; IP communications specialist; CEO Brody Berman Associates (27 years)

Irv Rappaport - Chief IP Counsel Apple, Medtronic, National Semiconductor; successful inventor with 20+ patents; USTPO examiner; US Army officer

Jonathan Taplin - Film producer ("Mean Streets," "The Last Waltz") and Director Emeritus of the Annenberg Innovation Lab at the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

James Pooley - Trade secrets trial lawyer, scholar and diplomat; Deputy General Director WIPO (ret)

Paul R. Michel (ret.) - Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (22 years)
* Board of Directors

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Sources of assistance or cooperation for CIPU include:

The Tusher Center for the Management of Intellectual Capital
(UC Berkeley-Haas)

Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology
(IP Management & Markets)

Philips

The Michelson 20MM Foundation

Ideas Matter

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What patents, copyrights and trademarks - IP rights - achieve and for whom, is not always clear. The Center for Intellectual Understanding (CIPU) is an independent, non-profit organization devoted to increasing awareness of IP rights and their impact on peoples' lives. CIPU addresses the needs of diverse audiences: consumers, lawmakers, educators, parents, business owners and IP holders.

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How to Prevent Today's Children from Cheating

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How to Prevent Today's Children from Cheating

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A short article detailing how parents can help to ensure that their child does not cheat. This is important to talk about in regards to digital citizenship because plagiarizing (i.e. not providing attribution) is considered cheating.

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Even good students can be tempted to cut corners from time to time. And the practice of cheating is almost as old as school itself, though its manifestations have changed over the years. Computers have brought advancements to the academic world that we never dreamed of while perusing the World Book. The Web makes it much easier for your child to do research - but also easier to cut and paste information from an Internet source and pass it off as his own work.

Internet-related cheating is rampant, but as opposed to crib notes or copying someone's paper during a test - practices kids know are wrong - many computer-savvy kids are unclear about what is and is not plagiarism. A rapidly expanding form of Internet plagiarism is the rise of so-called "paper mills": Web sites providing fully written term papers which students can download (usually for free) and submit as their own writing.

Happily for teachers and parents, there exist counter-sites, such as Plagiarism.org and TurnItIn.com, which provide tools for detecting plagiarized papers. (Enterprising cheaters may soon come up with counter-counter-sites to block the detection tools, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.) Teachers should inform students that these Web sites exist and that the teachers are prepared to use them.

Keep Your Child Honest
So, what can teachers and parents do to encourage kids to behave ethically in a world where cheating runs rampant, not just among school peers but among business leaders, politicians, and other adult "role models"? Here are a few pointers:

Have a discussion with your child about cheating and plagiarism, and make sure she is clear about her school's (and your) expectations. If the school has a written ethics policy, review it together. If the school doesn't have such a policy, suggest they craft one.

Avoid becoming over-involved in homework. Homework is designed to show the teacher what the student knows - not what the parents know.

Lower the grade pressure! A pressure-cooker mentality to keep grades high and gain admission to elite schools may be implicitly condoning shortcuts.

Don't ignore reality. As tempting as it might be to deny that your child would cheat or plagiarize, or to attack his teacher or the school for wrongly accusing him, take a step back and consider whether it might be possible that he is in the wrong.

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How to Prevent Today's Children From Cheating

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Even good students can be tempted to cut corners from time to time. And the practice of cheating is almost as old as school itself, though its manifestations have changed over the years. Computers have brought advancements to the academic world that we never dreamed of while perusing the World Book.

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A brief article that explains how parents can be sure that their children are not infringing on any copyrights online.

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Every piece of original authorship is granted copyright ownership, affording exclusive rights to the owner for reproduction, distribution, derivative works, public performance or display. Though the requirements of original authorship may be contested, it is clear that students produce thousands of original creative works every school year- be they essays and art projects or tweets and Instagram photos. So, what should students and parents know about copyright?

It is important to understand to what extent you have control over your creative content, and to what extent you may wish to reign in or loosen that control- particularly in the digital world. Often, we are not aware of and may not care about these rights until they are taken advantage of. Instagram users protested against a clause in their 2012 terms of service claiming functional ownership to all posted photos and allowing their commercial sale, without consent or notification. Quite a few misled campaigns have swept Facebook, causing chains of users to frantically claim protection of their original content from infringement or breaches of privacy, regardless of the fact that your copyrights are granted automatically upon publishing and you may have signed over various ownership rights in the service's terms of use. watch full movie The Shack 2017 online

In light of these concerns, students and parents can take the following steps to avoid conflict through better understanding the digital content arena and their own creative rights:

1. Take time to scan social media sites' terms of use and privacy policies. Search for keywords like intellectual property/IP, share/ing, content, or copyright.

2. Note the differences in reblogging, repinning, or retweeting something (within the normal parameters of the social media platform) versus re-posting others' content without permission and attribution.

3. Pay attention to the ways in which people protect their copyrights but enable sharing via licenses (such as those by Creative Commons), and consider utilizing these tools. Many platforms, such as Flickr and Soundcloud, have integrated CC.

4. Understand that not all copying is infringement: fair use protects otherwise infringing uses for the purposes of criticism/parody, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Many creative uses of digital media are covered under fair use.

In order to foster a healthy, collaborative, and creative environment on social media and beyond, we must take steps to understand how to respectfully create and share content.
Image credit: opensource.com via Flikr creative commons.

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Every piece of original authorship is granted copyright ownership, affording exclusive rights to the owner for reproduction, distribution, derivative works, public performance or display. Though the requirements of original authorship may be contested, it is clear that students produce thousands of original creative works every school year- be they essays and art projects or tweets and ...

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What Do Parents Need to Know About Copyright?

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Today, children have access to music, TV shows and movies in ways their parents never imagined. It can be hard to figure out which sites offer authorized content, which sites offer content illegally and what "copyright" even means. It's important to talk about all of these issues with your kids and to help them use the right sources for content. The good news is there are many great ways to access music, TV shows and movies safely and legally online.

First, let's start with the basics. Below are two key terms and definitions that are central to having these conversations.

Copyright: It's important for kids to understand that copyright means that you "own" anything that you create. It counts for them too. When they create things like poems, stories, songs or videos, they automatically have copyrights on that material. The same goes for their favorite recording artists, movie and TV stars.

You can find out more information on what copyright is here.

Peer-to-Peer Networks: It is generally illegal to upload or download copyrighted files, or to share such files with others, without permission from the owner. For example, downloading or sharing copyrighted music on peer-to-peer networks like Ares, BitTorrent, Gnutella, LimeWire or FrostWire is often against the law. File-sharing services can be used legally but in practice, much of the content available on peer-to-peer networks is offered and shared illegally. For more information on how to find legal music, TV shows and movies, please see A Better Way to Find Movies, TV & Music.

To help parents learn how to discuss copyright with their children, CCI is partnering with iKeepSafe, a widely respected non-profit organization working on issues surrounding digitally connected products and their effect on children.

Below you will find some basic guidelines to start the conversation. The videos and additional resources in development will help you ensure that everyone in your household understands the importance of creating, acquiring and sharing content responsibly, securely and ethically.

Pointers for Parents
via iKeepSafe.org

Here are a few tips to get you started helping kids learn to create, acquire and share legally and safely:

Ask your kids where they go to find content-songs, movie, guitar tabs, images, etc. Make sure those sites are legal and licensed.

Know where and how your kids are distributing their own creations:videos, pictures, stories, poems, etc. Is it safe? Is it legal?

If it's too good to be true, it probably isn't legal. The movie that opened last night at your neighborhood theater, is likely not legally online.

Model respect for ownership: let your kids see you search for authorized content for yourself and them.

How to Start the Conversation (For Parents/Households)
via iKeepSafe.org

Below we have outlined key concepts that surround copyright and sharing content. Each section is meant to provide a way to connect (what can sometimes feel like) abstract concepts to everyday life and the experiences of children and teenagers.

CREATE
Creativity is one of humanity's most valuable asset. Creating ourselves and seeing the creations of others can communicate feelings, opinions and more. The more we value our creative work, the more important it becomes to us to determine how people acquire, use and share it. It also means that when other people create content they may have different ideas about how their content is shared and distributed. Copyright, with both its rights and responsibilities, set the framework for how we make these decisions for our works and honor the decisions of others for theirs.

ACQUIRE/COLLABORATE
Acquiring files ethically and responsibly is a critical 21st century skill. We build trust as a collaborator when we respect the rights of others both in how we acquire and how we use their content. As the head of the household and primary account holder of an ISP connection, it is our responsibility to ensure that our internet connection is used legally and ethically, fully respecting the rights of others.

SHARE
Sharing is often the goal when creating new content. That's true whether you or someone in your home is the creator or whether it's a movie producer, recording artist or author. It is important to understand the rules and guidelines that define how we share, consume and use content. It is up to us, as consumers to ethically, responsibly and legally share creative content.

Need help getting the conversation started with some targeted questions? Download a discussion guide here.

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Today, children have access to music, TV shows and movies in ways their parents never imagined. It can be hard to figure out which sites offer authorized content, which sites offer content illegally and what "copyright" even means. It's important to talk about all of these issues with your kids and to help them use the right sources for content.

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An infographic about plagiarism and how to avoid it!

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An awesome YouTube video all about copyright!

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A fun game that will answer all your questions about copyright!

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Citations are cool! This is a really great video to learn all about citations!

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In this video, you will learn:
- what plagiarism is
- why we create citations
- the format and components of a citation

This video was made by EasyBib's In-house Librarian, Michele Kirschenbaum

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This website allows you to read all the facts about copyright!

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A fun video that uses clips from Disney movies to explain copyright and intellectual property. It is pretty long, so it is alright if you only watch the first 3-5 minutes.

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The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School is a leader in the study of the law and policy around the Internet and other emerging technologies.

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This infographic lets you know why and when to cite your information.

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Use Noodletools when you need to create a citation quickly and easily!

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Test your knowledge on copyright and learn more about it in the process!

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What is plagiarism, you ask? This short YouTube video on copyright and plagiarism will let you know

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This infographic tells you how to cite your information. This is a handy reminder for the future!

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Don't copy and paste without providing attribution and using quotation marks. Even better, put the information into your own words!

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A very interesting timeline of how copyright has changed over time. This is a little long, so you may want to review this with a parent!

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Files On Record - Taking the Mystery Out of Copyright | Teacher Resources - Library of Congress

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The files on record for U.S. Copyright Law are many. Here is a list of milestones throughout recent history.

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A catchy YouTube video all about intellectual property and copyright.

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Sing along to understand copyright and learn about your rights to fair use.

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An infographic to help you decide whether or not you need to cite your information. REMEMBER: We always cite pictures that are not ours!

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A BrainPOP fill-in-the-blank word game to help you better understand the meaning of copyright.

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The Meaning of Beep: Copyright - GameUp - BrainPOP.

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In this free BrainPOP context clue game, students use grammar and vocabulary skills to fill in the blank and help Moby, our favorite robot, speak again!

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Why Should We Care About Copyright Anyway?

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Why Should We Care About Copyright Anyway?

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An infographic review of all things related to copyright. This is a good place to look if you need a reminder about what copyright is!

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All good digital citizens do these things! Do you?

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A fun, silly YouTube rap about plagiarism created by a teacher and his class.

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Don't Plagiarizzle - a rap song about plagiarism