Thursday, April 2, 2009

IBO and the fair use policy

Response to the Code of best practices and Fair Use for Media Literacy Education article

My use of Google images and video in class presentations is significant. I used to take the time to place a URL on each slide for each image I used. This article left me feeling I should be doing that, but that it is not necessary.

1) To what extent should every PPT slide have a citation?
2) Whose responsibility is it to shut down BKK trade in copyrighted materials?
3) How do I go about getting permission to use a Gary Larson cartoon?

IBO strongly restricts the use of its materials if they are not individually purchased.
4) Are rules different in UK?
5) Are teachers breaking the law when they photocopy IB exams and pass them out to students:
i) to understand what the exam is like?
ii) to be tested in a mock exam setting?
iii) to practice in preparation for the exam?
iv) to compare their answers with the markschemes to help them learn the material better?

1 comment:

  1. Hi Harvey! I've been wondering about the same things. We get the kids' old exams back, but what are we allowed to do with them? I think it's understood that teachers will use them to help prepare future test takers, but it that allowed only because it's not controllable? How does the situation change when the copies are digital and posted (even on a closed network)?

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