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Here are a few resources that may support your fabulous work. I am here for you and happy to help you locate items or other resources, so please don’t hesitate to ask!

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Copyright & Fair Use Resources

  • Copyright.gov

    This is the U.S. Copyright Office website. You can learn just about anything you want to know about the copyright law and its history. Be sure to check out the Education section.

  • Creative Commons

    Creative Commons is an American non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons licenses free of charge to the public.

Helpful Resources

  • Common Sense Media

    Free, K-12 digital citizenship curriculum. Creative Credit/Copyright is one of the eight topics the lessons focus on. These lessons are a great way to help students become positive, productive digital citizens.

  • Creative Commons

    Creative Commons is an American non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses known as Creative Commons licenses free of charge to the public.

  • iMedia Portal

    (Monroe #1 BOCES) – Video on Demand, Off-Air Recording, Media Manager (borrowing multi-media devices from BOCES), video production etc.

  • Lexile Framework for Reading

    Find “Just Right” books, look up the reading level of a book, analyze text etc.

  • PBS Learning

    WXXI and PBS have curated FREE, standards-aligned videos, interactives, lesson plans, and more just for New York teachers like you. Create your own FREE account or contact librarian, Beth Puckett, for support.

  • Safari Montage

    (Monroe #1 BOCES – direct link) – With over 60,000 videos, documents, web links, and more cataloged, this service allows educationally relevant content to be delivered right into the classroom via a network connection.

  • Soundzabound

    (Monroe #1 BOCES – direct link) – Offers a wide variety of music, audio themes and sound effects for grades K -12 that ensures your copyright safety. Perfect for podcasts, PowerPoint™, videos, news shows, video yearbooks, digital storytelling, presentations, TV broadcasts, web design and more!

  • Swank Videos on Demand

    (Monroe #1 BOCES – direct link) – Over 200 full length movies from older classics to recent hits. Teachers can share in the classroom or assign to students for watching at home.

  • TeachingBooks.net

    Facilitates the discussion and integration of books throughout the curriculum, lesson ideas, author interviews, author name pronunciations & more!

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