Mr. Gilbert, a 5th grade teacher, wants to use background music in a student photo movie that the students will recognize, but the available copyright-free music on the website does not fit. Mrs. Walker, a 4th grade teacher, found photos of the American Revolution on Google Images to include in a PowerPoint presentation. The document discusses digital rights and responsibilities when using online media and notes that teachers should cite sources for any media used, just as they expect students to do. It also recommends the Creative Commons website for finding images approved for educational use.

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2. Digital Rights
and Responsibilities
The privileges and freedoms extended to
all digital technology users and the
behavioral expectations that come with
them.
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3. Scenario 1- Digital R&R:
Mr. Gilbert, a 5th grade teacher, is compiling a
collection of student photos and converting them
to a movie using Animoto online software.
Although the Animoto site offers non-copyrighted
music, the teacher wants the background music
for the movie to be something the students will
recognize. The students will not recognize any of
the songs this site offers.
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4. Which is a common misconception about digital
media?
A. For educational purposes only, you
can do what you like with digital
media.
B. Altering media and claiming as your
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5. Scenario 2 -Digital R&R:
Mrs. Walker is a fourth-grade teacher who is
introducing a new unit on the American
Revolution to her students. She creates a
beautiful PowerPoint presentation in which she
has photos of famous people and places from
that time period. She obtained these photos by
doing a Google image search.
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6. Is she permitted to get images from Google
to use in your presentation ?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe
D. I don’t know
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7. Digital Change in Practice
Students will do the things their teachers model. If a
teacher expects that her students will cite sources, it is
imperative that she do the same thing with any and all
media (print, digital, audio) that she uses in her
classroom. Teachers need to be educated about search
engines and how to locate images that are intended for
educational use.
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8. Consider this:
• Using a site like Creative Commons can help students build
digitally appropriate projects.
• www.creativecommons.com
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9. Adapted
Hileman, Eric. “Digital Citizenship." Oklahoma State
Leadership Conference. 9 July 2009
<http://sde.state.ok.us>.
Searcy, Kati. "Upload & Share PowerPoint presentations
and documents ." Upload & Share PowerPoint
presentations and documents . 8 June 2009
<http://slideshare.net>.
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10. Adapted
Hileman, Eric. “Digital Citizenship." Oklahoma State
Leadership Conference. 9 July 2009
<http://sde.state.ok.us>.
Searcy, Kati. "Upload & Share PowerPoint presentations
and documents ." Upload & Share PowerPoint
presentations and documents . 8 June 2009
<http://slideshare.net>.
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