Copyright can be a huge issue for science teachers when wanting to use resources such as a cool YouTube video on exploding gummy worms or the spreading of diseases. So what are the rules of copyright? They vary on intensity, which adds more to our work as we must find out each source's rules on copyright. In general, though, copyright says that the author has exclusive rights to use or change the art or literature to any degree. For teachers, we have a slightly different rule of thumb: Fair Use.
Fair use lets educators use copyrighted materials as long as it meets some standards. Siting sources is still of course important, but the hoops to go through to use these materials are still lengthy and time consuming for the busy teacher. What to do? The answer seems to be Creative Commons...
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