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= = **Copyright for CCPS Educators** Copyright law and guidelines are not just a School Library Media topic and issue. Carroll County Public Schools maintains high ethical standards and is committed to preparing our 21st century learners to be good digital citizens. In order to foster ethical digital citizenship, teachers serve as students' primary role model. This wiki is designed to provide teachers a professional development resource and online community to ensure compliance with copyright laws.

[|Copyright Professional Development Agenda] Modeling Ethical Use of Information


 * Key Points:**
 * All CCPS employees are accountable for upholding copyright laws and guidelines through best practices when using both digital and print media.
 * Copyright law provides very clear guidelines for acceptable use of content that belongs to others.
 * Fair Use guidelines allow teachers to use copyrighted materials for educational purposes under specific guidelines.
 * Creative Commons provides digital creators the ability to determine the usage rights for their original works.
 * Emerging technologies and 21st century learning environments require that all users act as ethical digital citizens.

Why should teachers worry about copyright?
 * Discussion Questions:**

Educational Fair Use bookmark (teacher resource)
 * Take Away Resource:**