23 Things #6

I was always told if it had a copyright do not use it. I was not aware of the fair use law. That does still bother me in a way because who is determining what is fair use. Everything is so vague and there is no cut and dry situation. When it comes to pictures online our tech instructors are always showing us ways to use photos from the web. I thought, as far as photos were concerned, if it was online it was fair game. Our District also has board approved movies that we may show in the classroom. My philosophy has always been if they allow it, I may do it, but if they do not, I don't. The School System rules are the last word for me. I will still continue to allow students to use photos from web sites, being very selective as to where we get them from, but what we do always stays in our classroom. We never publish anything outside of the school.