Using YouTube and other videos to help us learn about copyright

When it came time to teach my grade 9 students about Copyright, Fair Use, Public Domain and Fair Use I wanted to keep it as interesting as possible since it's such a dry, dull topic. So I turned to Youtube and some other video resources I have come across in the past to help introduce this complicated topic.

These are the videos I shared with my student:

Creative Commons Kiwi

Wellcast - Safe Web Surfing: Top Tips for Kids and Teens Online
Stephen Colbert: Stop the Falsiness
Critical Commons A Fair(y) Use Tale

After watching these videos I then sent them onto YouTube to look for two more videos that they felt helped them to better understand Copyright, Fair Use, Public Domain and Fair Use.  They then had to share these on Twitter!  

Over the weekend they had to read and answer some questions on Copyrights and Wrongs "Mad Men and Assessment" from Common Sense Media.

The final piece of this mini-unit on Copyright, Fair Use, Public Domain and Fair Use students will be created a commercial using Powtoon geared towards grade 3,4, and 5 students.

Watching  a Fair(y) tale.

Watching a video mash-up of copyright violations.

Watching Stop the Falsiness

Searching Youtube for videos.

Sharing on Twitter our findings!

Here are links to some of the great videos my students found and shared on Twitter!

Found by Jack, "Check this video for Fair use" Copyright and Fair Use for Student Projects
Found by Penny, "Check out to know more about copyright." YouTube Copyright School
Found by Ping, "To understand Creative Commons, check this link out." Meet Creative Commons   Founf by Mandee, "copyrights in the past and in modern days,the Disney company, JK Rowling and Star Wars all in one" Copyright: Forever Less One Day 
Found by Leena, "Basics on copyright and more!" Copyright Basics
Found by Irene, "To understand more about fair use in the digital world, check this out." Understanding "Fair Use" in a Digital World 
Found by Jenny, " Find out and understand more about public domain!" Public Domain 101
Found by Jack, "Check this cartoon for Fair use and Copyright" Copyright and Fair Use for Education
Found by Ping, "A fun music video that educates all about copyrighted work." Copyright Education User Rights, Section 107 Music Video
Found by Irene, "If you haven't known about fair use..." What is Fair Use?
Found by Tin, "Learn more about fair use." What is Fair Use? VISO Flipside #23 
Found by Leena, "An animation explaining the use of Creative commons licensing." Creative Commons explained by Mayer & Bettle
Found by Joyce, "Check this video of copyright and fair use."  Copyright and Fair Use   
Found by Tin, How to Find Creative Commons Videos on YouTube   
Found by Irene, "Learn how copyright affect you through this video"  Copyright Law and You!
Found by Dex, "Learn more about creative common" Creative Commons: Copyright-friendly content and more   
Found by Joyce, "Check the second one"Copyright and Fair use
Found by Jenny, "Watch this short video that tells you everything about copyright!"