Fair Use: A Fair(y) Use Tale (video)

This video uses clips of Disney movies to educated about copyrights, laws, and fair use. Copyrights first came about in Britain in the 1500s. This video claims that books, plays, motions, and music can be copyrighted. You cannot copyright ideas and concepts. The Fair Use Act basically says you can use what you want to teach as long as you are not profiting from it. The rule of thumb is if you don't profit from it, aren't preventing the original owner from profiting from it, and you are using it for educational purposes you are good to go!

Learning from Student Projects: Oceans Video

Student projects are great ways to demonstrate events and concepts which they may not have experience with otherwise. Projects get students actively involved with learning, especially if they have to present them or teach them to other. (Remember we learn 90% of what we teacher others.) Students may learn other valuable lessons apart from their original intent as well, for example, they may gain presenting skills or teaching concepts alone with the knowledge they gain creating their student projects. Most of all, projects tend to be fun and require a certain amount of creativity. This can be a great escape from the mundane tasks students may be involve with day-today.