Copyright

Copyright and Education: How and Why they are Connected

Copyright is a crucial part of education. Whether we like it or not, almost everything we use in education, from resources online to our own work, needs to be cited due to copyright rules and regulations. Copyright is there to protect the individuals who created the work, with the help of creative commons, your work can be shared around the world. Copyright protects your creativity when you do not want something to be freely shared, but with creative commons you can create a copyright license that allows the world to see what you want to them to see. This is done through a copyright license that is geared towards what you have in mind for your work. I find this to be extremely helpful for educators to understand because students are constantly using resources and creating their own online identities. So for them to understand how to properly license, copyright, and source their work and the works they are using is extremely beneficial for their future development. therefore, I have found that the most important information about copyright for teaching students is for them to understand that they have rights over everything they create. It is important for students to understand their rights along with the rights of those whose work they are using. Thus, making sure students are well aware of how to cite work, license their own work, and know how to use creative commons to help them with these tasks.

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