Curriculum Review Academy #2

1) Prior to tonight, I had a LOT of training on copyright from NCVPS, but I always value learning more about how the CC licenses can encourage collaboration. The game was new to me for the webinar. :)

2) Previously I shared my work openly and widely, but I never put a copyright or any licensing on my work so that educators knew the terms of use. 

3) Thinking about copyright tonight and talking with everyone on the webinar made me realize for the first time that the license on a work can actually encourage or discourage collaboration. I never really thought of the strong message that is sent through the presence or absence of a license. I really love the video and how it invites us to all collaborate together.

Where can I see the additional resources to review?

1-Before last night's webinar, I had a lot of training on copywright from various trainings (DPI as well as my own research).

2-I've always shared my creations openly for others to use however they wish.

3-I should probably put some kind of licensing on my work. I really don't like the idea of other teachers not sharing openly--I think we all need to support each other. However, with the rise of things like TpT, I really would not want someone making money off of something that I created with the intention to be used freely, so adding a license to note as such would be something I should begin doing. Side note, while I understand why people sell on TpT, I just hate the idea of teachers profiting off of other classroom teachers--we are all in this together. Besides, there is so much on TpT that is not of high quality, so I am excited that GoOpenNC will offer the quality resources that teachers can access for free.

I agree with your statement, I have not been a fan of teachers profitting off of other teachers. Like you said there is quite a bit of things on there that are not of high quality. They may look cute but don't necessarily align with standards. 

Is there a like button somewhere?  Because you hit the nail on the head.  It's bad that now, whenever I see a really 'cute' resource, I automatically assume it must not be high quality.  

I also enjoyed the information I really had not thought alot about copyrights other than certian materials within the school that cloud not be shared.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I knew basic copyright law, and have been careful not to do anything that openly violates it (though I have probably run afoul unintentionally).  I have started to see the Creative Commons license more frequently through sharing resources in Facebook groups and Google Drives they have established.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

To be honest, I don't create much of my own work.  My contributions have been charts to collect information, or the occasional primary source question set.  That work I have shared with others in my school or district, but haven't felt the need to submit something so basic to larger groups.  I have not considered that even those are my intellectual property and setting licensing on it.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

My mind has been opened more through the webinar, especially with the realization that anything created in my intellectual property.  With that in mind, I think it would be good practice to license it, if for no reason than to protect my creations in the future from someone trying to profit off of it in the future.

Mark, I can assure you that there are teachers that are not necessarily good with technology that would really appreciate forms that would be useful in education that they would not have to create, but could find here as a resource too.

Mark,

I agree with Lori that your collection charts are a valuable resource that would benefit other teachers.  I've found that having the right template for information gathering saves time and often frustration for me and others.  If this is one of your strength areas, it would be great to see your work.   

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

As an artist and an AP Art teacher, I have experience teaching, discussing and dealing with copyright issues and intellectual properties but mostly dealing with visual work.

2) How did you previously allow the use of your intellectual property? 

As far as lessons are concerned, I have always shared any information I have put together.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

Based on the webinar, I still feel that others can share more content but I do want to use the labeling system so others can be clear with my intent.

Hi Leo! I wanted to reply to your #3 comment here and get further clarification of what you are saying. Are you saying since you teach AP Art, you don't have as much content that could be shared? I can tell you there are plenty of other art teachers who would LOVE to collaborate with others to see how they approach the standards. I work in an arts magnet school and I often hear our teachers (especially in visual arts) talk about a lack of resources for this specialty area.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I have attended a few trainings regarding copyright issues.  It was my understanding that many times portions of entire works could be used, but not necessarily the entire work.  I also thought that teachers had a bit more leeway in terms of usage of materials that people in commercial sectors. 

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I never gave allowance of any of my personal creations as "intellectual property" a thought. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

There are definitely specific differences in terms of types of licenses. I think that it is fascinating that Creative Commons has expanded the variety of licenses (by, sa, nc, nd) so that the author of the work can legitimately allow usage of his/her intellectual property, as well as changes, if the author designates that through the specified license. 

I did not realize that there are a plethora of licenses beyond "all rights reserved."

I never thought of my creations as my 'intellectual property' either, although I've taught that same concept to children so many times!  

We have had several Technology Meetings at which copyright law was explained and discussed briefly but I was not familiar with the types from the webinar.  I have only shared things within my school system or at staff development sessions but have not copyrighted anything.  I love the idea that we as educators sholud collaborate and share resources in an open forum.  

1) Prior to joining this webinar, I had not realized there was so much licensing on items posted on an online format.I valued the information that was presented, greatly.

2) I had only shared my work with my fellow colleagues. They have kept my work samples, for other EC classes to use in the future. As a team, me and two other teachers made a type of tracking system for reading and math, and our admins., required everyone in the school to follow the same processes as ours. They actually made a copy of our work and disseminated it throughout the school one year (we were kind-of happy, kind-of not about this). 

3) I really think there is a "louder message" with something that is licensed. I thoroughly enjoyed the video and too, how we can all collaborate together, as professionals. 

Hey Ashley, I understand the "kind-of happy, kind-of not" feeling that you mentioned when your work was shared with others. On one hand, it shows that your admin admires the work that you did, but on the other hand it sounds like you may not have recieved the credit your team deserved for the work! 

I was not aware of how copyright laws worked on the web as they were explained in the webinar so this was eye opening to me.

1) Before tonight, I have never really had any experience with copyright and intellectual property other than using things on my own and with the help of our media specialists as a resource for staying legal.

2) I have always shared anything I have created with anyone it would possibly help. 

3) I had no idea there were so many different ways to own copyright of materials. I was shocked to know that anything I create is automatically covered under copyright laws. I looked at the NASA website and was not able to find any copyright info in a reasonable amount of time. I look forward to learning more about what is and is not considered an open resource for everyone to access and use freely.

1.  Before tonight, I had no experience at all in the area of copyright and intellectual property.

2.  I have previously allowed anything that I have created to be used freely and openly by my colleagues.  I would have never even thought about putting any type of copyright on it! 

3.  The webinar tonight really opened my eyes to the different types of copyrights that can be put on work.  Seeing all the different types and playing the game made me think back on the works that I have made and what type of "protection" that I might would put on them.  The message of sharing resources in the video that was shared was really one that all teachers need to hear...we should WANT to help one another to work smarter, not harder.

I feel the same as you--this is info all teachers need.

1. Before this, I had a little experience with copyright and intellectual property, in the sense that I knew that those laws existed and there were different kinds of copyright. I will admit to not thinking about it much, as long as I knew I could legally use a resource in my classroom. 

2. I shared what I created with teachers I knew and people who asked, but I didn't post anything publicly. That was largely because I thought that getting anything copyrighted would be complicated, so I didn't want to bother with it.

3. Now that I've viewed the webinar, I think I've misunderstood a few things about copyright. For example, I didn't realize that copying and pasting to another type of document would be considered making a derivative. I also realized that I was unsure of how the resources I've purchased from sites like Teachers Pay Teachers are copyrighted. (I've since checked out TpT's copyright FAQ, and it seems that everything is 'all rights reserved' unless otherwise specified. TpT doesn't issue copyrights, but that sort of seems like the 'default' setting for copyright law.) After reading more about the licenses on the Creative Commons website, I think I feel most comfortable with publishing my own work under CC BY-NC. (If you click around on the FAQ page on the Creative Commons site, there is a handy flowchart to help you decide which degree of copyright works best for your creations.) I like the idea of giving my work a specific designation. It turns out it's not as complicated as I thought. If it makes other teachers feel more comfortable about using my work, so much the better.

I felt the same way about my lack of understanding of TPT resource copyrights! I think it's great that you've already explored enough to know what kind of creative commons copyright you'd feel most comfortable attaching to your work. I'm going to have to check out that flow chart ASAP! 

1, Prior to the webinar, I had no real experience with copyright and intellectual property. I was familiar with the terminology and have been apart of workshops that mention it but not really going into as much detail as this webinar.

2. I have openly shared resources without even thinking about rights.

3. After being apart of the webinar and looking at the additional information, I am amazed at the different ways to share. I know will be able to evaluate and look at any material in a different light. In other words, I have a better understanding of the different rights/symbols.

Frederica, I learned a lot about copyright too. I had no idea until I saw it here! It's great to hear I am not alone!

1. Previously, I had taken a copyright course through our district. They started mandating that last year.

2. With most of my intellectual property, I allowed any use at all to those I shared it with. Some items that were entire units of study or that I knew would be used in schools across the district I would turn into a PDF. Ironically, I threatened to sue over Intellectual Property Laws way back in 1995 over some items a principal took out of my classroom and refused to give back. Interesting story, that...

3. The different levels of copyright ability were new to me. I was amazed by that, and encouraged. I decided to research lawsuits (and potential lawsuits) over teachers' intellectual property and read many articles about it. One interesting thing that came up is the fact that students aren't hired by a school or district and that anything they create/write is theirs and cannot be published or used in any capacity without their consent. I had never thought about that! 

Hey Kristina! I am curious about this copyright course. How was it set up? What were teachers expected to get out of it? Who provides the training?

Our district has an online provider that delivers PD, mainly related to being safe at school -- it's called Safe Schools. At the beginning of every month we have 1-4 modules to complete by the last day of the month. One last year was on copyright infringement. Most are about how to properly pick things up off the floor, how to reach things that are high up, what to do if a student has an allergic reaction, etc.

I think that is a great idea to have a copyright course through the district. I view that as a system that wants their staff to do the right thing and are willing to make sure that they receive the training/education needed to make it happen. 

I didn't know there were so many levels to copyright.  I just looked for the "school use" or "personal use" only.

I never really thought of things I made as being copyrighted by me once they were written down.  

I plan to begin really looking to see what I can share and how it can be shared a little closer.

Selena, I had never really thought about my creations being copyrighted either. It was an "aha" moment for me!

Selena, I have never before this webinar given a second thought to how resources are shared across the field of education. I have always had the mindset that teacher colloboration and sharing was just a part of the job.

1. Several years ago, our media specialist had done a workshop on copyright and intellectual property, but I had forgotten the details.

2. I allowed my coworkers to use all materials that I created. I had no idea that I should copyright my materials. And some of what I created, is still being used by my colleagues.

3. I will definitely be more cognizant in using materials that I find on the internet. I had no idea that there were so many ways to copyright and so many symbols available. I would like to learn more about open source and what educators can easily and freely access and use. 

1) Before tonight's webinar, I had no experience with copyright and intellectual property besides knowing that certain materials I use have copyrights and cannot be distributed certain ways.  I was not aware that there were verious different kinds of usage available for materials.

2)  I simply shared materials with colleagues and did not think much about it.  I did not always share on a larger scale.

3) I was unaware that intellectual materials were automatically copyrighted by the creator.  I also was able to put myself in the position of others when it comes to getting credit for materials... you wouldn't want to put a lot of hard work into something and someone completely changes the problems and purpose for your work.  

Kristin, that is a good point about now being able to put myself in the position of others about using/changing their materials.  I totally agree with you!

Previously, I knew there was a thing called intellectual property.  I never really paid attention to how things worked.  Often, I would use information found through articles or on the internet.  I never really thought about copyright laws and if something was posted in a form other than a PDF, I tweaked as necessary to fit my purpose.

As for sharing my intellectual property (or lack there of), I never gave thought to restricting the use of it.  I always viewed things assharing for the greater good and assumed that if something worked for us, it was in our best interest to share with others so we could continue to raise the level for students.  I imagined all teachers were rowing in the same direction and our job was to do our part.

Now, after the webinar and the way standards are addressed, I began thinking about how minor changes to things could totally change the correlations to the standards we are addressing.  It made me think of the game we played in elementary school with the gossip.  As each person puts his or her spin on things, the correlation to standards could change significantly.  After reviewing the Creative Commons website, I started to think about how we put our spin on things to address what we want to cover, but by allowing others to tweak things, our foundational pieces may change significantly.  I also don't want people making money off things I give away for free, so any of my work from here on out will be for non-commercial use.  If people are tweaking it, I don't know if I want my name linked with work that may not match my intended standards.  Therefore, I think I would like to license all of my work as CC BY-NC-ND.  

You make a great point about the downside of CC-BY. It's possible that someone could create a new version that contains conflicting or incorrect content. I wouldn't want my name attached to a misguided resource.

I like your analogy to the gossip game--resources do get distorted and can lose their validity. I also agree that I do not want others profitting off my work, especially since I am giving it away!

I previously thought you could use just about everything that didn't specifically say that "copying was strictly prohibited" for educational purposes.  I knew to reference anything I used.  

I would openly share any resource I created or found.  Collaboration is key to education.

I did not realize there were that many levels of copyright.  I would use anything that I found through other lesson plans from public forums, or my own research, unless it was obviously restricted.  I will now be more aware of how I am using materials. 

I agree with Danyel. Collaboration is key to education if we expect to improve and/or change the outcome for our students and teachers!

1) I had never had any formal education on copyright and intellectual property. I have spoken with my best friend who deals with copyright law daily in her job. 

2) I have posted on TPT and just put a CC on my work. I never really thought too much about other codes. 

3) Yes! I loved learning the symbols of the copyright code.  I think it will make me more aware of how I post and also where I get my resources. 

Amber, will you change the way you post things on TPT or any other websites now? Just curious...Why or why not?

* I had some training regarding copyright and intellectual training, but nothing as detailed as what I was presented in the webinar until I participated in the last round and learned so much.

*I will share my documents often with others, but never gave much thought into how I should go about sharing my intellectual property.

Prior to tonight, I knew a bit about copyright from my time as a Media Specialist, but was unfamiliar with the specifics of the CC license.  

In the past, I've shared resources with other teachers, but never with a formal license.  But by doing so, sometimes they get passed along to places you didn't intend for them to go and become something you didn't intend for them to become!

I don't think I ever thought about how a CC license could protect both the creator AND the user.  I also didn't realize how difficult it was to find correct copyright info on some documents, or that anything produced by the federal gov't was for open use.  

Amanda, you made a good point about the CC license protecting "both the creator AND the user." That's a perspective I missed. And yes, there is still the issue of finding the copyright information so you know to whom the credit is due.

1)Prior to the seminar, I did not have much experience other than basic knowledge of not taking copyrighted materials. 

2) I have always shared my materials pretty openly with coworkers but have never publically posted or shared anything so I've never really thought about how I would share this material. 

3) My thought process changed a lot as I thought more about copyright laws. I think I always viewed it as a "restrictive" topic with people being stingy with their work but in learning more about the different types of copyright, it really helped me understand that everything is copyrighted, just on different levels. 

1. I have limited experience with copyright law, coming primarily from my time working in journalism.

2. As a journalist, we had shared material through the Associated Press and other services, but as a teacher I would mostly just free share my work.

3. I am interested in a different way of sharing my work, and as you mentioned, knowing it is being used verbatim, rather than having changes that can affect the impact or the way it lines up with standards.

1) Prior to tonight, I did not have any experience with different types of copyrights and intelletual property.

2) Previously, I would upload my work on Google Drive and share it with whoever wanted to use it without ever putting a copyright or licensing on it. 

3) I did not realize that there were so many different ways to copyright materials. I also didn't realize that the work that I create I should be putting licensing on it. I have been making vocabulary homework and slideshows for three years now and sharing them with colleagues, but never put any sort of copyright on them. I do think I need to be more careful when it comes to using images from Google and including them in my work. The game was very helpful to me in practicing what types of licensing to put on your work. I have also already printed out slide #10 to use as a reference when I create something. I feel like now I will look for these on work that I use from TPT or other sources now that I know what to look for. 

1.  I am a media coordinator, so we have learned about copyright, etc.  I also attended a DPI regional meeting where we learned abou creative commons.

2.  I always allow use of my intellectual property.

3.  After attending the webinar, I realize the importance of allowing open access to resource.  No reason to reinvent the wheel.  When I looked at http://goopennc.oercommons.org/courses/the-13-colonies-1700s/view I saw that they allow to remix.  We all need to do this to make others lives easier.  I'm sure we each would appreciate that if the tables were turned.

1) Before last night I had not had much information about copyright at all.  All I really knew was to pay attention to copyright of documents and not to remove the teachers name who created it.  I didnt know that all documents created by an individual are proprietary, I didnt know that licensing can be done by an individual, I previously thought that copyright was something you had to apply for or that was granted by a corporation or conglomerae.  

2) I have always shared resources in google classroom or in another cloud platform without claiming the information/resource as my own. I will be much more territorial of my intellectual property based on the information from last nights session.  

3) I will definitely be more cognizant about who I share with, where I share resources, and also where my resources go once they are shared.  I once found one of my resources that came around the bend so to speak when tutoring a student in the community.  I was proud and sad at the same time, wishing that I had given myself enough credit to think that someone else may want to use a resource that I created.  

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

Before last night, I did nto have much experience with copyright and intellectual property. I have had meetings during PLC planning in regards to using certain resources with copyright restrictions, but that has been about all of my experience with this topic before yesterday.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I am always happy to share my activities, and have peers change/ edit it to benefit their kids. All I have asked in the past is that if it is something that I have shared with them, that they give credit for it. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I have learned that I should probably put some type of copyright restrictions on my work after the seminar last night. Playing the game was really helpful and insightful to teach about the different types of copyright and how they apply to our work/resources. I would really like to keep sharing my work for others to edit, but I am realizing that there is a lot more to consider in regards to the copyright rules and restrictions before sharing future resources....

I did not have a lot of experience with copyright or intellectural property prior to the webinar.  I created intellectual property but only allowed its use within my school.  I added it to google drive but did so privately.  I like the idea of being able to use other resources and creations from other teachers.  I also like how you can modify certain material to best fit your individual classroom.  However, I do see where some teachers will be hesitant to share information and lessons for free that they worked hard to create and most likely used personal time to create as well. 

Most of my experience with copyrights come with performing songs and making sure that my program has the rights to perform certain songs. The wonderful thing about it is that because of my knowledge that I have gained from being a bass player in many heavy metal band I learned the hard way when covering popular songs. Believe it or not but cover bands really need to cover themselves about copyrighted material because it can end up that the lawsuit that we saw in the powerpoint last night. 

During the presentation I feel that my experience with copyrighted material in music has a direct carryover into what we were discussing last night. The music industry has done a lot of work to protect the musicians/composers artistic licensing through copyright. However, things are getting a little crazy with the notes and melodies because there is a current bit of law trying to get passed which a great deal of bands oppose because this would limit quickly the notes and melodic passages that they can write. However, it is nice that as educators we are also getting the chance to copyright our materials and have a say as to how our hard work is to be presented. The different commons licenses are great because if the school districts really grab these materials we can begin to standardized our practice and bring out some great minds that are working very hard in their classrooms. WHY NOT LOOK AT GREAT TEACHING AND BRING THAT TO OUR CLASSROOM. It only makes things stronger and if we make something we have a say as to how it should be done by others. 

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I haven't really had much experience with copyright and intellectual property before. I've always tried to abide by copyright of textbooks and other classroom materials.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I've always shared things I've created or used without much thought about personally copyrighting.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I am now aware of the several ways to copyright material I have created. I, like some other people, really like the idea of us as teachers being able to share openly and tell others how we want the material to be used.  I have always thought that teachers should share becuase we all should be working toward the benefit of students in our state! 

Prior to tonight, I never really thought about copyright and intellectual property rights. I knew what I was allowed to use, but when I make plans or ideas, I just share it. Now after the webinar, I have to really decide if I'm allowed to make changes to resources to fit my classroom and if not, whether that resource is really what I want to use. I now know that by not putting a license on my work, I may actually discourage people from using it.

1) Prior to the webinar, I have had not much experience with copyright and intellectual property. I know my district's technology team has sent us information about it via e-mail, especially when teachers are reported for posting such property via their teacher website.

2) Previously, I allowed the use of my intellectual property only with my co-teacher (there are two teachers who teach each subject area for each grade level). My co-teacher was allowed to copy and edit it.

3) My thought process has changed by I create a lot of my own resources, so I should really think about how I want other teachers to be able to use my resource. I take a lot of time and put a lot of dedication towards what I create for my students. Therefore, allowing other teachers to use my resources, but giving me credit at the same time, will show that. Also, I hope through this process other teachers, even those not participating in this experience, feel more comfortable sharing their resources to make North Carolina teachers collaborate more. 

1) I honestly did not know much about copyright and itellectual property.

2) I would share my intellectual property with anyone who asked, or with my partner teacher freely.

3) I understand the idea behind the process yet I worry that as we have to begin to copyright our ideas this will make others share less. I will still share my ideas yet as we watched in the video I have to begin to copyright my ideas and then still share them openly with others in hope that they will do the same for me. I am not really worried about the credit being given just that all students have the materials and the ideas to make them successful.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

Very little, I have researched it a little to know HOW to copyright something and keep things in my intellectual property. But I did not realize the fact that as soon as something is created, it is copywritten.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I keep all of my intellectual property to my classroom, I have entertained the idea of using TpT because it would be nice to supplement income, but have not posted anything mainly because I am not sure how USEFUL it would be

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I can read the symbols better now and understand how people would want others to use their material. I am interested to see this resource be developed for more open sharing of resources among teachers.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

1) I took a course in Grad School exploring Creative Commons Liscense and copyright laws. 

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

2) I would create a creative commons liscense for anything I published to the web. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

3) I did not realize that when a teacher automatically creates an educational resource, they have ownership over the rights even without creating a creative commons liscense. This was a powerful statement in the view. I also am very interested to see how this OER is going to change teacher persepctives on TPT or any other resource. Lastly, "I wonder" is how is the state going to separate ownership betweent the teacher, the school system, and the state. 

I am aslo interested in how ownership is going to be determined. Quite honestly, I think whatever we create for use with our kids in cour classes shoudl be ours and whatever we create for the district (when on a committee or task force or such) then that becomes the property of the district (or state if that is the level of the work). I have written curriculum for CMS in the past, and I do not consider that my intellectual property because they "paid" me to create it--is was a specific assignment, unlike a lesson plan or resource I might create above what is part of my regular job. Currently I am on a task force for CMS to create curriculu resources that are shared with all AFs and ELA teachers--that is also not "mine" since it is an "assignment".

I hadn't thought much about ownership between school district or even state. This makes me realize I don't even know my own county's regulations as far as creating content. Do they own it if I create it on work time? On a school issued computer? Just by being employed even if I create on my own time? I'm going to have to look into this more for sure!!

1) Prior to last night I have had little ot no experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar. I volunteered for a national non-profit at one point that went bankrupt, and even though our local organization re-formed and created a new name, we weren't able to re-label outreach/marketing materials as our own even though the mother company ceased to exist due to copyright law. I didn't quite understand how/why, but learning a bit last night has helped a bit, I hope to learn more in the next webinar also.

2) I have never copyrighted anything, and shared freely of my self-made materials with other teachers. 

3) I definitely think I will take a look closer at resources that I'm using to make sure I'm sharing/using them correctly.

1.  I knew about copyright laws and knew not to copy things that stated they couldn't be reproduced, but other than that my knowledge was very limited.

2.  Anything I made in the classroom, I would just post on Google Drive and share with colleagues.

3.  I want to continue learning more and sharing what I learn with the groups of teachers I help.  You only do the best you know, so I want to make sure I inform them of any new information about copyrights.

I will answer the questions posted after a little more reflection. Until then, I have a related question. As a music teacher, many of the lessons I write revolve around copyrighted material such as recorded music or books. 

I always credit the author of any book I use. I do not include the contents of the book, but may reference certain words of the book. For example, I might say to use an instrument to express when the chicken says "cluck cluck" on page 9. 

For recorded music, I credit the composer and performer. I rarely refer directly to a specific version of a work unless it is a timing item. For example, I might state that there is a key change at the 3:15 time marker. 

In these examples, am I properly respecting copyright?

Thanks!

1- I knew the basics of copyright.  I teacher in a districts that offers many resources so I have been lucky that products are often purchased for teacher use.

2- I share my resources with other educators in my building and occasionally other ESL teachers in my district but not very often.

3- I have a similar thought process since I had already read the article about the school district being sued but it has definitely brought this topic to the forefront of my mind.  

1) My previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar was very limited. I knew that many teachers including myself were breaking the rules with the way we copy and distribute resources in our building, but I didn't really know why that was important. I had the mindset that if we are using it for student learning in our classrooms, then who could really get mad at us? Know I know that is a very naive mindset!

2) Previously, I have not shared resources I have made outside of my school. I did now know how to properly share my intellectual property, so I did not do it. In PD's I tried to accurately give credit for all ideas and resources shared, but if I was unsure that I gave proper credit for any information or resource, I would make a note that the presentation was only to be used for reference with our school.

3) My thought process has already begun to change based on just the first webinar and a little bit of research. Firstly, I feel more encouraged to share resources that I have created with a larger community. I understand that I should respect the specific copyright code. I will pay much closer attention to resources that should not be remixed at all vs. resources that encourage collaboration and the growth of ideas and content. I did have to go back and look again at what all the symbols really mean! The one I had not really thought about before is the SA- do I have this right? If I encourage remixing of my resource but I want to make sure any derivative work is shared the same way my original was then I would want BY NC SA?

1.  I knew basic copyright law from graduate classes and different trainings, and have been careful not to do anything that openly violates it.  My first year of teaching we were told that a class in our district was fined by NBC.  

2.  That lessons and creations I have shared with others in my school or district, but recently I have placed two lessons on OER.  

3.  "Once you know, you can't unknow"  I think it would be good practice to license it, and keep it from someone trying to profit off of it in the future.  

To be honest, I previously never thought about copyright and intellectual property of educational resources, with the exception of printed materials, prior to the webinar.  As an educator (broke in time and money), I rarely purchase materials and only "create the wheel" when I am unable to find free quality resources.  I have always believed that I am in this career for the betterment of the students, so if I create something and it is something someone could use- they can have it, use it, change it and do whatever with it. 

I also truly believe that we, as educators, are better together.  If this means that creating a resource and using copyright to give credit or limit use is necessary- then I am on board.  I also love the fact that copyright seems to protect the integrity of resources as well. 

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar?

I understood not to use other people's work without permission and/or giving credit. 

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property?

I just let people use it, I didn't know that I should give permissions officially! (CC BY) 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I learned a lot from this webinar about copyright, and as you said, I cannot unlearn it! The information from the Creative Commons was fantastic! I never thought about how open resources can really make an impact in every walk of life, not just education. I love the fact that the website encourages and helps you to share your work with others, down to giving you the badge to use.

Prior to the webinar, I had experience with copyright and intellectual property in district curriculum review teams.  Also, prior to teaching, a worked as a curriculum development specialist for a private company, so I had training through that experience.

I have previously allowed use of my intellectual property freely at the school and district level but did not specify how it could be used.

My thought process has changed because I really never thought about putting licensing on my personal work because it's in the nature of teachers to just share openly and freely because we are all trying to do what is best for kids.  That being said, now I am thinking about how a licensing actually clears up how items can and should be used.

I agree--most of use just want all kids to have good teaching. However, the world is changing and we need to adjust to these changes--I am still willing to share, but I need to make sure my materials are being used properly.

I haven't had much experiene at all with copyright and intellectural property prior to this academy. My knowledge was pretty much limited to a yearly mention by school librarians of not copying anything if you aren't sure it is allowed. 

I have always just allowed free access to lesson plans and materials I have created. I've actively shared them with teachers as a literacy coach and intervention teacher with the idea that there is no point in many people recreating the wheel. 

I didn't realize there were so many forms/categories of copyright restrictions - the 6 you showed last night. I will definitely need a cheat sheet and LOTS more practice determining which ones are being used!

Before this my exposure to copyright & intellectual property was through teaching a digital citizenship unit in a study skills class, and taking some online PD to support that.  I've always freely shared my creations, though have occasionally regretted that when my students have found other people using things I'd created.  I really like Common Sense Media's Digital Citizenship resources.

It will be interesting to see how people use the resources from this project, and if people use it for the greater good, I think it will truly be an amazing asset.

I have discussed this at length with other teachers and faculty and I believe that there is a distinct need for some sort of policy. I do have a question: If there is a copyright that indicates that it cannot be changed is there a policy or way to contact the author to request that a change might be made .... with an ammended piece on the original product?

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

Prior trainings through DPI and classes, studying about them. Mostly making sure I understood what was legal. 

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? Usually allowed anyone to use it

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at. I need to spend some more time studying intellectual property and copyright. I also did not realize once you create something, you own the copyright. I see OER as a valuable, trusted source for teachers. I need to spend some time reviewing websites again!

Hello everyone!

1.  As a high school librarian, I work with students and teachers almost daily regarding copyright and intellectual property.  Even though I share the basics on a regular basis, I feel like I always have something to learn.

2.  I have always been willing to share, and share openly. Seldom have I put any type of CC license on anything I share.  Occasionally I have purposely shared things in PDF format with my name on it so the resources couldn't be editted.

3.  After last night's webinar, my wheels started turning about how I share things regarding CC licenses, etc. The resource I found and saved in the folder is related to using Padlet as a discussion forum for groups during a novel study.  It is straight forward and has the By CC license.  I can image that many of the resources I design with and for teachers as a librarian I would share with that same license.  If I was researching and working on something that I wanted to publish, I may tend to be more limiting.  For me as an educator, collaborating with others to provide impactful learning experiences for our students is what it is all about.

1) Before the webnair I was not aware of copyright and intellectual property for teaching.  I teach my students about copyrights of books, but never applied that to my daily life as a teacher.  I along with my collegues create work based upon standards, but use resources like Engage NY or teachers pay teachers. 

2) I previously shared espically on google drive with all colleges.  My work never had sort of copy right on it. 

3) My thought process has changed a lot from this first webnair.  I never would fully use one resource for a lesson.  My district has become very strict (completely understandable) that all work that I give to my students is not just a sort of busy work, but it is created with fidelity.  That all work is standard aligned.  I have learned a lot from my instructional reading coach and last nights webnair to ensure that I am teaching my students to the best of my ability. 

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I have taught students about copyright and intellectual property regulations and have worked with teachers to help ensure that they followed correct protocols in their use of instructional materials.  

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

Most of my resources have been shared with anyone who can benefit from them and have most often been shared at the local level. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I think that being able to identify as the creator of materials and then to designate how these materials are used is very valuable in motivating teachers to share resources.  The webinar's presentation was very positive and generated a sense of community that I appreciate and that  I believe will foster collaboration. 

The additional resource I chose was for a Kindergarten Math lesson.  I was more interested in seeing how the lesson was structured than I was interested in the content.  I felt that its simple lesson plan design would be lend itself to replication with other subject matter and be useful as a model for resource creation.  I wonder how using the structure of a lesson, not the content, is addressed in crediting the author?   

1.) Prior to this webinar, I did not have much training with copyright and intellectual property. It was given to me to teach to students in such that they should not be copying each other's homework and projects, but never told to me in a professional manner.

2.) Previously, if I created something- I would share it with everyone and anyone who wanted it. They could recreate and edit or change whatever necessary. This is why I love the idea of the open resource for the entire state. I love to share and get feedback on what I am doing.

3.) I definitely want to make sure that those I am sharing my resources with are not saying it is their intellectual property and making sure that I am not doing the same as well. I want to learn more about copyright to make sure that I am following the laws and can help others to understand and have them not be breaking the law or have what happened to HISD happen to us.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

Prior to the webinar, I had attended copyright PD sessions with various Media Specialists throughout my district.  I have also learned from my own research and asking colleagues more knowledgable than myself when I had specific questions. 

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I have always been pretty open with my intellectual property within my school district.  Most of the resources shared in my district are available for those within our Google domain or have access to our intranet with a staff login.  

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

After learning about the different notations of Creative Commons copyright I will be more conscious of which permissions I put on my own materials and pay closer attention to how others have licensed their material.  

1) My pervious experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to this has been interesting because my brother is a Patent Lawyer. So, I knew that you could make artwork with a "CC" by hand and it would count as a copyright. But, I didn't realize that you could add other types of sharing within the copyright. 2) I would hand copyright cartoons that I have made. I haven't been concerned about sharing lesson plans with others. So, I never copyrighted them. 3) I can see how adding the exact types of sharing copyrights that you personally want can help teachers share more of their resources.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

Prior to attending the GoOpenNC face-to-face session on October 10th, I had no experience with copyright and intellectual property. 

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I had previously allowed use of my intellectual property by sharing my resources with my departmental colleagues on a daily basis and also writing curriculum for my previous county.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I was always nervous about sharing my resources with someone who could potentially post it on sites like TeachersPayTeachers and make a profit off of my work. I am glad that GoOpenNC gives teachers the opportunity to share and remix while still giving credit to the original author and also giving the original author access to the remixes. I believe that having this platform can only improve teaching and learning across the state of NC.

1. Before the webinar, I did not realize that there are so many ways to copyright information. I also had never really thought about my materials being my intellectual property.

2.  I am an instructional math coach and I make resources for the teachers in my building all the time. I have never thought about copyrighting it in any way. My goal was to get good, vetted math materials in everyone's hands without thinking about it being "mine".

3. I will now be more aware of copyrights. I see that there are good reasons to have materials marked a certain way, for reasons other than to make money. For companies that are for profit, it makes perfect sense to have strict copyright laws.

1.  Before last night's webinar, I taught on intellectual property and copyright laws in Principles of Business, Entrepreneurship, and Business Management for a number of years.

2.  I have always shared my lesson plans and anything else to educators.

3.  The video made me reflect on what the materials I should have licensed.  TpT is a good example of  the video, although I know TpT is a way for educators to make some money. I am looking forward to learning more on these topics.

1. Prior to the training during the first webinar, I knew copyright laws but did not realize there were so many different types of ways to copyright an activity. In addition, I used the academic coach in my school along with my AIG teacher to assist in keeping my use legal. 

2. Previously, I have always shared my resources openly with my colleagues within my district but never used any forms of licenses. Most of my resources are placed in the district curriculum for 6th grade ELA, so anyone could use, changed, or edit the resources. 

3. I like the idea of adding licenses to prevent others from making money off my resources, but I do not mind letting others use the resources I have created. I wish more teachers shared their resources because I truly believe it benefits the students as a whole. Different methods to engage students. The webinar truly gave me a deeper insight about the different types of licenses and ways to protect my intellectual properties. 

1) I teach Web Design and in that course, we spend a full week on Fair use and Creative Commons licensing.

2) I believe in sharing but I didn't use CC licences to share my work.

3) I would use the CC-BY-SA licence going forwards and be more mindful of the licence that I use from other websites.

1) I was aware of basic copyright law.  

2) I create the majority of my work.  Before I didn't think much about copyriting my intellectual property. 

3) I am now more mindful of my intellectual property.  I think that there are some things that I would like to copyright and others I'm not too concerned with.  

1) Prior to session 1, I have had very limited experience with copyright and intellectual property. My only experience has been the basics of what is.

2) Previously, I have always shared anything I have created with my colleagues, without any copyright or liscensing on it. I have also created a few items of TPT, in which I did not copyright. 

3) I never really realized the different variations of copyright laws. I put so much effort into creating different resources, that I really should put a copyright on them. That does not mean that others can not utilize my work, but it is good practice to copyright it.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I have had no real experience with copyright before this. I have attended a small 1 hour workshop at school about what we were allowed to do and not do when teaching lessons.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I readily share all of my lessons with my co-teacher and PLT. I never mind other teachers using my lessons.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I think as teachers we should be willing to share our lessons. It is hard enough to find good resources. We should be willing to share. The resource I looked up is for PE teachers about goal setting. This is something I have been working on with my students. It is nice that I can find lesson plans that I can adapt to my students and change them as I need to.

Prior to the webinar, I have had some exposure to copyright and intellectual property as a key role of mine is to curate resources for teachers to use.  
 

I have not personally posted any of my personal work for use, simply because I have not been in a role recently to do so.  I would post it with accrediation requirements only.

I certainly understand why teachers would restrict the use of their work but I am a firm believer that you don't get better alone and collaboration is the only way that we will build high quality resources to support our teachers, especially in light of the lack of funding for resources statewide.  I did find the explanation of the different levels of permission helpful.

1. What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

Before the webinar, I thought I was familiar with basic copyright laws.  I tried to be cautious not to violate any copyright laws. However, the webinar helped open my eyes to how I probably have altered or changed different materials that I was not supposed to alter or even duplicate.

2. How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

Honestly, I have not been creating much of my own work. As a new teacher, I have been using different materials and resources that my grade level shares with me. For the materials I have created, I have not necessarily shared them beyond my grade level team.  With that being said, I am not sure how they used it after I gave them the created material.

3. How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I believe my thought process has changed in terms of being more knowledgeable of the Creative Commons license and what exactly it means. The webinar also helped me to know the different types of license you can have on your materials and what they mean when you find them on other resources.  This will be helpful as I move forward and begin searching for resources as well as sharing more of my own materials with other educators.

1. As a music teacher, I have been fairly well versed in copyright, as it pertains to the school music program. 

2. I previously would contact the publisher of the MUSIC I wanted to use and/or have performed. Sometimes, the publishers would not allow school use without royalities, in which case I just did not use the pieces. But, I always asked permission if pieces were not in public domain or specifically created for reproduction by the school in which it was purchased.

3. My thoughts on this have not changed much. I am very careful and err on the sie of caution here. I always contact someone who can clarify fair use when I am in doubt, and I never use Disney, for example,.. in any of my shows.

(1) My previous experience with copyright and intellectual property was mostly limited to a reminder module regarding copyright laws provided by the district and information that I had learned about copyrighting regarding publishing research.

(2) Intellectual property was not really used because of it's trademark or copyright.  However, I have used items that have cc share alike - because it allows me to modify something to meet a specific need.. 

(3) After viewing the webinar and a few articles on the creative commons website, I feel like I have learned alot more and I'm looking forward to sharing what I learn with others.  I did not realize there were six different licenses and had not thought about how the copyright can encourage or discourage collaboration.  After researching some more, I discovered there is a creative commons global summit. (Sounds interesting!)  I think that the creative commons certificate is a valuable program.

Very minimal. I knew that if it had a copyright, that it could not be copied or printed in anyway. 

I have not given a second thought to the use of any of my work being intellectual property, I have always shared openingly. 

My thought now is that I am misusing material and had no idea. I am second guessing everything I do. :)

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

As a librarian, it has been my mission to help students understand that just because you have a computer does not mean everything you copy and paste is free.  Intellectual property rights and copyright were the cornerstones of my library masters program.  Furthermore, as a webmaster now in my current and 2 previous systems, making sure teachers are not posting copyrighted materials on their websites is paramount.  ADA compliance is also a big area of concern.  Teachers are constantly looking for resources to use - it is my job to send them to good, academic, scholarly sites and databases, not Google for searching!

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I have always shared ideas, creations, and presentations, but never gave much thought about my ability to copyright.  The last 2 systems I have worked in considered that if you developed on company time, then your content was the property of that school system.  That included presentation materials as well.  I know of 2 folks dismissed or demoted for developing private materials that a system purchased on company time - a real conflict of interest.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.  The game was a great way to get the content of copyright through Creative Commons out to the group.  I doubt many teachers know about Creative Commons Licensing or ISTE standards.  Both of these resources can move folks to a higher standard of teaching and professional development.  Understanding items that live in the public domain and how they can be used is good way to help teachers understand the concept of remixing.  

1. Prior to this, I went through trainings for copyright and intellectual property when writing for NC Governor's Teacher Network and working on my NB.

2. Anything I have created has always been available to anyone who wanted to use it. I will say though that I created almost all of my own resources when in the music classroom and offered them to fellow music teachers I knew, but did not share them via the internet. 

3. I am not really a fan of TPT. I feel as if it is a glorified worksheet hub with very little rigor or high quality materials. That being said, I realize that now people can take work origianlly created by someone else and then make profit from it. I actually have seen this first hand in the school system where I work. Some teachers that had collaboratively created a unit with others, went and published the unit on TPT in order to make profit. However, they neglected to ask the others that had built the unit with them if that was okay. Furthermore, he/she did not give the others credit or offer any form of compensation. I persoanlly do not feel as if selling something to is not completely yours without the permission of the creator is unethical. Unfortunately, it happens quite a lot in education. 

As a media cooridnator with a  MLS in School Library, I always took time out of the BOY PD time to remind teachers of their responsibility with copyright and intellectual property.  It was my obligation to present them with the information.  It was then the Administration responsibility to address any misuse of copyright.

Any resources that I have created or been a part of were just shared within my school building, to my knowledge.  I had never thought about the emphasis on intellectual property on my own resources that were successfully used in learning activities.

After watching the webinar and looking at all the levels of coding your resouces I will definetly put more thought into use of resources that I create.  The codes of Attribution, No Derivative Works, Share Alike and Non-Commercial are so essential in assuring that your intention for that resource is being respected and used for the intention that it was created. 

1. I had one 45 minutes digital citizenship training on copyright laws. This first brought to my attention that "oh! I may be doing something illegal". I'm still a little confused from last night on which acronym means what, but it became clearer to me that I need to be paying attention to those funny little codes. I wonder how many more people don't know what I now know?

2. I have always been one to share everything and anything that I have, including my own creations. Since working for a few publishing companies, I've grown a little more fragile to just sharing anything I've created. Knowing about these codes makes me feel less reluctant to share my hard work and ideas.

3. Last night's webinar began a paradigm shift of my thoughts about sharing educational materials. To me, paying attention to the copyright codes is not only respectful but also increases my knowledge of what's legal and will allow me to be a better role model for students and other staff members. While looking for a resource, the codes weren't the first thing I looked for. However, I was way more aware of the end result, in which I would need to find the codes before I did anything else with the resource.

1.  I work at the District-level and there have been many times when I wanted to share an item or resources.  However, I have to remain very attendtive and mindful not to violate copoyright nor intellectual property.  We surely don't want what occured in Houston, TX to take place in North Carolina.  However, I didn't know the various levels of copyright until yesterday evening.  

2.  There are many documents, trainings, and etc. which I created for my District.  I was advised that all that I create, on behalf of the District, belongs to the District.  I also have created items at the State level, however, if I correctly recall, I signed waivers.  For an item that I contributed to, for the benfit of a community entity, I allowed anyone to use my "intellectual property".

3.  After last night's webinar, I started thinking about the number of teachers we have using BrainPop, PBS, and etc.  I think there may have been some copyright infringments.  It wasn't intentional to violate copyright rather, it was not knowing the levels of copyright infrengment. 

In searching the resources posted within GOOpen NC, although some were rather strong, I was hesistant in identifying them, even within this private forum since I couldn' immediately find copyright information.  In addition, another resource was affliated with a platform which was not truly an open education resource.

I had no previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar. 

I have always shared my resources with other teachers via Google Drive (view only and then if they choose to edit it to fit their own needs they must make a copy). 

I need to be much more careful about how I use resources that I find and how to share my own resources with others. 

1) I knew that copyright existed but I usually relied on my media specialist to help me distinguish what I could and could not use. I mainly thought about it when I made copies of excerpts or other literature pieces.

2) I have usually been open in sharing my intellectual property.  If a teacher or colleague asks me for a lesson or resource that created, I would always share it with them but have never really thought about sharing it before they asked me for it.

3) Through the different types of copyright/open licenses, teachers should reflect on how they want to share their materials as well as the materials they are using in the classroom.  I want to think that teachers will share materials freely, as long as they are credited with the original, in a way that we can make adjustments to meet the needs of our students.  I think Joanna made a point about how we change lessons from year to year/group to group so why wouldn't we want to allow others to do this too?  I also found through the additional research that it was difficult to find copyrights so we need to be explicit in labeling our work. 

1. Before tonight my previous experience with copyright and intellectual property dealt with strictly music, videos and "published books, journals, magazines, etc."

2. I never thought much about it, I always just let other teachers borrow my work.

3. I don't think my thought process about people using my work has changed, other than attributing it to me (basically getting credit for what I created).  I realized that I need to be very careful with how I use other people's work and making sure I use it the way I am supposed to.

Prior to the webinar, I was familiar with basic copyright laws.  I did not know that tutors could not use particular items because they are getting paid.  I always tended towards the thought process of a person actually selling the product for profit.  I have now been made of aware of restrictions that was not familiar with before.  I have always shared documents that I create with my colleagues, but I have put a copyright on power point presentations or digital instructional materials noting it for only in class use and in the county serve.  I feel I am getting paid by that county and I should honor that school system by limiting some creations to use only in that system.  

I am more aware now, as a result of the webinar of what limitations on sharing really mean.  I am excited about what OER means and what it could mean for saving time and aligning with standards for teachers.  This could be one of the best resources ever generated FOR teachers BY teachers!

1. Before the webinar I had only the experience I was taught in school - middle, high, college. I knew to cite sources when using them, but very little about intellectual property and the more correct way to give credit or rules for using resources.

2. As a teacher I openly shared and gave resource I created to other teachers. I was using resources from other teachers and gave mine out freely in return. 

3. Seeing the precision with which intellectual property can be catergorized was very helpful. In going forward I will be more careful to look for and find this information before using or sharing a resource. The resource I found was from Phet and only asked for BY accredidation.

1.  My experience with copyright and intellectual property in the educational setting has been limited except to use videos, training manuals, workshop materials and some online public information in the classroom instruction. 

2. I have shared my instructional/intelelctual materials in the past with mentees, BTs and student teachers and had others claim credit or share them on goolge drives without acknowledging the source, crediting, or even asking me.  

3. There is merit in the sharing of materials as resources and the right platform. Copyrighting protects an individual's intellectual property and offers a platform to hone the development of a lessons.  Copyrighting gives the author a chance to share lessons and ideas on their comfort level.  It can help teachers new and veteran, to connect beyond their building and district level allowing for collaboration in a shared area of interest and expertise! 

1) I have had little to zero education on copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar. So everything I had learned in the webinar had been a fantastic learning experience.

2) Previously I would share items with people via google drive. I had not realized that whatever I created was technically my own intellectual property with rights.

3) I never really thought through whether I was legally sharing or using material in my classroom. I just used it without thought. Now after last night's webinar, I have a better idea of what to look for, and now I know what the different terms mean, such as "no derivative" and "non commercial". Through my research, I have realized how I have been misusing materials. I always just through copyrighting was just in reference to printed materials, but I need to be careful with downloaded digital material as well.

To be honest, I have no previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar.  I don't have any intellectual property, but if I do in the future I will most likely allow it to be shared by all.  I was unaware of the acronyms and the different levels - I am hoping that the slide is somewhere we can revist it.  

1. I only had basic understanding of copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar from college courses. 

2. I have never formally shared intellectual property online or outside of the building or county where I was working. I have shared resources I created with partner teachers in the school and county, but never put licensing on the work. 

3. I have always found and adapted available resources online through the various sources discussed in the webinar, but never paid too much attention to specific licensing on those resources. I will pay more attention to them now and be sure to follow the licensing and copyright as it is intended.

1. I am aware of giving credit when I quote from a resource or refer to a lesson I read about in a professional resource. I did not realize there were different types of licenses until last night's webinar. Now, I know to look for that when using resources.  

2. Much of my work is on google docs. I share that work with teachers with whom I work so that they are able to teach using the lessons and scaffolds I've created. I typically only share my work with individuals I know will use it with fidelity. I know how hard I work on the curriculum I craft for the students of my school and how I work to build teacher clarity based on where the teachers I serve are currently. This work is essential to effective practice and high quality instruction. Can this really occur with this type of platform?

3. I'm not sure how I feel about this idea of open resources. Part of me is hesitant to jump on board.  I've seen how Teachers Pay Teachers have stolen and then "bastardized" the hard work of professionals, and then have the audacity to profit from it. I was surprised last night at the number of people participating who said they get most of their resources from Teachers Pay Teachers and am fearful that the quality of resources available on #GoOpenNC will be of that poor quality. It's dangerous to view our responsibility for creating quality, student-centered curriculum as a quick fix and just start pulling from "a few good-or worse yet, cute- ideas" they came across on a platform. Our curriculum needs to be connected and meet the needs of the students in front of us. I hope this platform will keep that in mind. I did struggle to find quality resources from what I looked at and I looked for much longer than the 20 minutes suggested. Most of the resources I found were very book centered and did not involve targeted, transferrable, JOYFUL thinking.  I plan on remaining open minded. There are many talented teachers in NC and I'm going to trust that we won't allow convenience to trump the needs of our students.

1. Prior to the webinar, I did not have a lot of experience with copyright outside of the basics. 

2. I have previously shared my work without any copyrights. 

3. Absolutely! Now that I have learned the difference in the licensing from the webinar I can move foraward with this knowledge. 

1.  I had no experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar.

2.  I share my work/resources freely with other educators.

3.  I was not aware of the different types of copyright/licensing until I saw webinar #1.  After reviewing the resource, I will pay close attention to licensing information.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I have copyright experience from NCVPS. Our online teaching assignments ensured that we properly cited sources. This was a major observation point for montly spot-checks. 

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

As a teacher, I am open and have not condered protecting intellectual property. In the future, this is something I will consider with the aspirations of managing a social media page geared to sharing historical resources. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

The webinar gave clear and consise examples of being mindful of copyright concerns. It amazed me to see how many educators use Teachers Pay Teachers. I realized the amount of educators using intellectual property at a mass level and understood the need to properly reference information.

1. Before the webinar on October 21, I had very little experience with copyright & intellectual property.  We had a short PD at my school last month and several lawsuits currently in other states were mentioned.  If I found a classroom activity or resource online, I would usually just print it and go with it.  I always figured if someone put it on a website, then it was up for grabs by anyone who did enough Googling to find it. I knew never to print a book in its entirity or reproduce a chart/graph or the like without permission.  

2. I freely share assignment or activities I create with my department.  I allow them to modify and make it suitable for their class and teaching style.  I've never shared anything on TPT or any site for money.  

3. I never knew there was so much "red tape" and layers to copyrighting.  I honestly never thought about teacher made resources having a need to be copyrighted-- I always figured mass produced and publishing companies works/resources, books were the only things to really worry about.  I think resources should be shared among same grade or same subject teachers, but the intent of the resource originator should be known-- whether make your own, keep the same or a combination of any of the copyright labels we learned about last night.

1. I had very little experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar. I think I may have had a 1 hour lecture ten years ago in college.

2. I have always shared copies of my handmade materials with anyone who saw and wanted to borrow. 

3. I think the webinar was a great resource which enlightened me regarding how to appropriately copyright and share my materials. I worry that someone will take advantage of this though and put materials on sites like teachers pay teachers. I could not find any copyright information on the NASA site I looked at as an extra resource.

1. What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? Prior to this webinar I have had some training in copyright law but not intellectual property. 

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property?  I  shared information via google documents with the teachers on my team. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at. My thought process has not changed because this is fairly new information for me. I do appreciate the plethora of resources available for educators through this platform. I am somewhat curiuos about the remix aspect of resources that are submitted by other educators. I shared a resource on 0-20 a number sense resource for elementary. 

1) My previous experience with copyright and intellectural property prior to the webinar is attending copyright staff development sessions given by our media coordinator. Our school went one-to-one many, many years ago, and she gave a presentation then.Currently, our media coordinator tries to give refreshers to the staff. It became very important when our school, teachers, and every student has instant access to technology. 

2) I never really thought about it. I just freely shared with teachers who asked. 

3) My thought process has changed because I realize that I should probably place a creative commons license on any material which I create. There are many different options to choose how I want to share that license - no deriverative,  charge or no charge, etc. 

1) I knew about copyright law and using it. I did not know about the proberty license.

2) I have always been open or helpful and have shared with collegues openly.

3) After learning about property license and the different ways to use or share, I will start having converstaion about in PLC's. I can't wait to learn more about OER and how to use creatvie copyright lisence. I have made some things and just shared them openly, not really know about all the license.

1) My experiences with copyright and intellectual property was very limited. I know recenlty at our school our Media coordinator sent us some tips and reminders of what we needed to do when facing copyright issues. I just assumed if something was free, it was available for me to use.  

2) {Previously I would share items openly without thinking about copyright laws. 

3) I have changed alot of how I view using resources. I actually went back to the email our media coordinator sent and read it more throrougly. I just assumed it did not apply to teachers but I see that is not the case. 

Prior to tonight, I did not have any formal training on copyright and did not know about CC licenses. 

Previously I shared my work with openly and widely, but I didn't put licensing on my work.

I am surprised that the information about CC and other types of licenses has not been more widely shared with educators.  I love to share my ideas and my work but I don't like the idea of someone else changing or taking credit for what I've done. I didn't know that I had the option to protect my work and myself from those types of events by specifiying what types of uses I want to allow or prohibit. 

1. We used to have a sign on the copier at my school reminding us of copyright laws.  I am not sure that I have ever understood to what extent I could use a resource; although, when I began using Teachers Pay Teachers, I became more aware of some rules. 

2. I have not shared my work with anyone other than my co-workers in my building.  When sharing with my co-workers, I allow them to change my work as needed without giving me credit. 

3. I thought it was very interesting that Creative Commons gives a copyright license to a work as soon as it is complete. Since I have been a teacher for 11 years,  I would find it difficult to determine if a work is 100% my work, or if I have borrowed an idea and tweaked it to my specifications. After reading and watching the additional video link, I want to share my works with others but I want others to give me credit for my work. 

1. Prior to the webinar, I  had extensive training on copyright and intellectual property required by my doctoral program.  

2.  I  have always shared my intellectual property widely, but have never put a copyright on anything.

3.  I was intrigued by some of the conversations in the chat regarding teacher unwillingness to share resources openly without compensation.  I  do think this is an  interesting viewpoint to consider.  

Amanda,

     I hear the word compensation all the time at school. My initial thought is financial needs but then I start to think about peoples definition of success. Some people view success as a singular achievement and thus look only to serve self. Thinking about this forum makes me believe that most of the people in yesterday's chat are team players. I believe most educators are willing to share and understand their want for certain restrictions. I respect that desire. That's why hearing all the copyright talk last night made me happy to have answered the email to join this team.

Respectfully,

Ray

Ray, 

Thank you so much for that perspective.  I  have always enjoyed sharing with my colleagues and am fortunate to work with folks who reciprocate that desire.  Hearing about the ways that intellectual property can be protected and shared simultaneously is valuable knowledge to share with those who may be reluctant to collaborate.  

Cheers, 

mandi

1.) I have experience with working with copyright issues at the district level when materials would be posted for all teachers to use. I know in the past I have made myself "conveniently" ignorant when I happened upon a good resource. 

2.) I have not thought about my own intellectual property and have always been willing to share with other teachers.

3.) Yes, I was not aware of the Creative Commons system. I have seen the term, but really didn't know what it meant. 

hi again!

So my previous expereinces with copyright and Intellectual proerty have come from my Masters Program at UNCC in School Leadership K-12 and Curriculum and Instruction K-12. Althought it has been many years since I have been at UNCC, I still recall the conversations around that topic. I also have had experience within my county where they remind teachers every year of the rules and laws regarding copyright. I have never put any restrictions on my materials and share them pretty freely..especially on my team and in my school. I am excited about the GO OPEN OER SITE and am curious what it will do to all of the TPT'ers...in the future.  

1. My experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar was mostly done back in my college courses. When discussing some resources at PDs, we were usually given reminders about copyrights! 

2. When it comes to my intellectual property- I always share things that I have created. I have created numerous worksheets, lessons and activities. Teaching first grade for many years... allowed me to build up a pretty good bank of my own resources. I have shared my things with teammates, instructional coaches and other members in my school! 

3. The different levels of copyrights changed my thought process. I knew that there were different levels but the way they were explained in the webinar made it so easy to understand and definitely more clear. It also surprised me that anything I created was actually already copyrighted! Watching the webinar and learning about this again did prompt a question... how does copyrighting work with picture icons as well?! 

Hello Everyone!

     I learned a lot from the webinar last night. Prior to it, I had a very limited amount of copyright knowledge. I was aware of the "fair use" terminology for educational resources, but it was only something I felt didn't apply to me because I didn't do much outside of my room. I have a whole new outlook now.

     The first thing that comes to mind is how easy it is for a new teacher to follow suit and blow right past the copyright laws for resources purchased by the school. For instance, I have workbooks distributed to me with the warning of not allowing my students to write in them. Instead, I have to make copies of the pages or spend the time typing the passages into a google doc. While searching the web for copyright content, my eyes were quickly opened to the fact that I have to stop that practice. Using these books beyond their intended life span is not ok. 

     As for my intellectual property, I always openly share anything I create. If someone wants to use my ideas, I hope it works for them. The end goal is always about the student. If I spend a lot of time working on a product, I want it to reach as many kids as possible. That's how it feels worth it.

1.  In our district one of our professiona development sessions a year or so ago addressed creative commons and licensing, but it did not do enough to really help us understand all of the options available.  At the time I did not really see how all of it would apply to me, but rather how it might become necessary when pulling resources for my classroom and my students.  The big concern was that we were using video and violating copyright in that way.

2.  I have never not shared my work freely.  Ever since I started teaching I was always part of a teacher team that worked with each other, shared with each other, and built on each others ideas to make our lessons better.  I do understand the need for TpT because so many of us are at the point where we are trying to do something to bring in a little more money.  I have thought about selling items on TpT myself but at the same time become conflicted because I want to help teachers.  While this does help them am I really going about it in the right way when I charge?  I also am concenred about whether the state will come back and say that since we are state employees what we do create is then theirs and not our own.  I think this is a strong concern that might cause teachers to not want to share on this platform.

3.  By looking at the resource I selected I can see how it can be utilized by my students as the creator says - in the beginning of the school year to introduce voice and what is important in the students' lives.  Since my students will do several presentations and write a personal narrative this piece can tie in.  What I do realize is that I don't yet fully grasp all of the pieces of copyright.  There are so many options available to place on our work, and I need to become more familiar with that to know how I can use other items and how I want to label my own.

) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I have attended a few trainings regarding copyright issues.  I never really gave much thought to it. I believed techers could use portions of materials in creating their own materials.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I never gave  "intellectual property" a thought. I always thought of it as material.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

There are specific differences in terms of types of licenses. I think allowing the author to legitimately allow usage of  intellectual property, as well as changes, if the author designates that through the specified license can make a difference. IAs teachers, we all need to support each other. However, with the rise of teaching resources such as TpT, it is important for teachers to claim their property. I would not want someone making money off of something created with the intention to be used freely. Adding a license would be important so that person would receive the credit they deserve.  I am excited that GoOpenNC will offer the quality resources that teachers can access for free.

Lisa, the thought never really occured to me that a resource I create and share openly could be used by someone else to profit, such as posting it on TPT. That's a scary thought and one that would be put at ease with adding even a creative commons license. Thank you for making me think! 

1. Prior to our first webinar, I have a very vague concept about copyright and intelectual property, meaning, I know the importance of citing the sources in MLA format but I did not apply much of it to my teaching resources. I kind of take it for granted for using the resources found online and make sure they are only used within classroom.

2. I shared the resources I found useful with my peers. However, I don't like those who just put their name on the "lesson plans" I made after hours of digestion of the materials. I also agree that teachers should collaborate with each other and do not mind sharing materials with some kind of acknowledgement. Everything created is an intellectual property.

3. I was surprised to learn that playing videos from TED talk may infridge their copy right. It also makes me think about what kind of license I will put on my works and be more concious when citing others' mateirals.

Before the webinar I don’t think I have had anything other than a basic overview of copyright and intellectual property.  Really any training I’ve ever had the most we really covered was- ‘don’t copy if it says don’t copy’.  It was interesting to see all the layers to copyright.  I’d never really thought about it before.

Everything that I create is open to the teachers I am directly surrounded by.  I create the math materials for my grade level, I openly share with any teachers who come to watch me teach, and I always send things I’ve made to former interns/student teachers when they have their own classrooms.  Outside of my immediate setting though, I’ve never really had opportunity to share things I’ve created. 

The webinar made me think about how people are copyrighting the things they’ve made.  I’ve never really thought about people profiting off of resources that have been shared by others.  I’ve also never really thought about how things that I’ve created could be utilized.  I think going forward I will be more aware of what the labels are on the material I am using that is created by other educators. 

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

Prior to our webinar, I had limited knowledge about copyrights for resources provided by online sources that we all pull from for instructional ideas. I learned to really look at copyrights on lessons, printables, ect. found online, especially before printing or sharing them with others.

2) How did you previously allow the use of your intellectual property? 

I have one manuscript with copyrights that is shared with those involved in the publishing process. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I'm learning more and more about the process, but I love the idea of remixing or "tweeking" resources and giving credit or mentioning the who originally created it. 
 

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar?

I have not had very much training or experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property?

 I have always freely shared my resources and materials.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at

My thought process has changed because I feel like I am now more aware of copyright and understand how it works better. The webinar was very informative. I liked the live chat and reading other teacher's thoughts as it was going on. The powerpoint on the webinar was a great way to review the material.In Second Grade we use EL curriculum. I am new to teaching fossils. I found a neat resouce that explains what a fossil is. I put in the folder. 

My previous experience with copyright and intellectual property comes from 2 experiences. I had the pleasure of working with a phenomenal media specialist that trained teachers yearly in these topics. She made sure we were supported and understood the importance of copyright. I also have helped write curriculum/resources for my district and have participated in a vetting process in order to make sure copyright/ intellectual property were handled appropriately.

I am a huge proponent of sharing. Anything I make, I share. If a resource can help the education of a student or support a teacher, then that is the best case scenario. Most of the time I've received credit back to my work, but it hasn't been something I've made sure happened. I couldn't follow any breadcrumbs of my resources though so I have no idea what happens to them once they are shared. Which has never bothered me, but this webinar made me consider. 

Most of the time I have paid attention to copyright/ intellectual property because it was important to someone else (my district/ my media specialist). I am starting to realize this is not enough - it needs to be something I do because it is important to me. Licensing does help consumers think about the resource and how it will be used, and any kind of reflection in this way, I view as a positive. 

1. I have researched and learned copyright information when using clips from songs and using images when creating with students in iMovie and doInk. Other than that, I have not had much experience with copyright and intellectual property in regards to lessons provided to teacher  such as Tools4NCTeachers resource.

2. I have always shared what I have created with my teammates/school.

3.I did not know that there were so many different copyright laws. I learned that I should probably put a copyright on some of the lessons and resources that I have created.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I had no previous experence with copyright before the webinar.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I have always allowed anyone who wanted to to use my resources and to edit them like they wanted to. I always share my drive with other teachers and I have all of my materials posted to my class website, so anyone can access and use what they want. I don't expect to be credited or paid for my work unless I am specifically creating resources for some purpose.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I did not know that there were so many symbols associated with copyrighting materials. To me, if it doesn't specifiy anything, then it is open access. I never put anything on my own work because I am fine with people using it however they want. I am not profiting off of someone elses materials by trying to sell them, and this is the only time that i think copyrighting materials for educational purposes is even needed. Why would you want to make it so that people couldn't edit your materials for their own needs?

1. Prior to the webinar last night I feel that I have had limited exposure to copyright and intellectual property laws despite having earned a Master's degree in education. 

2. I have previously always openly shared any resources that I have created. I consider it an honor for another teacher to like my work or ideas enough to want to implement them in their instruction.

3. I feel like I have a new plethora of resources to sort through and an unlimited amount of peers with which to collaborate which excites me. I realize that I have not been as through as I could have been in implementation of resources obtained on the internet or through educational applications and that I need to be more mindful of copyright laws as well as laws regarding intellectual property. 

Little to no experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar.  

Mostly just used anything I created within my classroom.

Not sure I would share.  It takes a lot more time and effort to make sure things are "perfect" before sharing to the world. When you create something you use yourself -- you don't have to take the time to write out everything you say or do in order to use it properly. 

Before the webnair, I had minimum experience with copyright and intellectual property. I have created classroom resources and had plans to sell them on teachers pay teachers. I only used them in my classroom for myself. I never took the next steps to get a copyright license. My process has changed. The Go Open NC seem more beneficial and align better with NC standards. Go Open NC will definitely be a new avenue of sure resources that teachers will appreciate better. I love the idea of protecting the resources that I created with a license.

1) My only experience with copyright is the PD given to us by the media specialist.  However, information is different from each media specialist.

2. I have always shared my creations without a thought of ownership.  I love to take others ideas and change it up and feel like my creations can always be improved or modified.

3.  As I looked at the resources, I realized that it is important to protect your work. The resource I pulled has no information as to the author or any copyright information. 

Teachers have always been a "beg, borrow, steal" kind of crew and I don't believe that has changed.  I would always allow others to alter my items if I was to share them because I appreciate all of those that share with me. Once TpT began, the sharing decreased and competition increased. I hope that the OER commons will take us back to helping each other.  From our webinar, I learned about open license with a CC (and acronym). 

1) Before last night's webinar I had zero experience with copyright and intellectual property so all the information we learned was eye-opening to me. 

2) I always shared my intellectual property freely. As a teacher I strongly feel that we are all in this together so everything I create I like to share with my teammates. This platform though would allow me to share resources I create on a larger scale.

3) I will definitely look more closely at the copyright for different resources I use now since the webinar. I also see so much value in having a platform that not just is a place to share resources alligned to different subjects and grades but to specific standards so I can ensure that the resources I am using in my classroom (like the resource I found on spelling that I added to our folder) is an efficient use of my time because it is covering our necessary standards. 

1) Before last night's webinar I had zero experience with copyright and intellectual property so all the information we learned was eye-opening to me. 

2) I always shared my intellectual property freely. As a teacher I strongly feel that we are all in this together so everything I create I like to share with my teammates. This platform though would allow me to share resources I create on a larger scale.

3) I will definitely look more closely at the copyright for different resources I use now since the webinar. I also see so much value in having a platform that not just is a place to share resources alligned to different subjects and grades but to specific standards so I can ensure that the resources I am using in my classroom (like the resource I found on spelling that I added to our folder) is an efficient use of my time because it is covering our necessary standards. 

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

My previous experience with copyright and intellectual property was mostly around print materials such as textbooks, workbooks, etc.  

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

Anything I created for my classes I was willing to share with anyone who wanted to use it, such as PLC members.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I am intrigued that, "Educational resources are automatically copyrighted when you create them." (YouTube video from Webinar 1.)  I would like to know more about the murkiness of who has the right to put the Creative Commons license on intellectual property that was created under contract with a school district.  Do the rights belong to the district or the individual?

As for the extra resource, I found https://creativecommons.org/licenses/ to be quite interesting.  Their "Creative Commons License Chooser" will even create a tag to be placed electronically on your website, should you choose to do so.  This would allow your license to be "machine readable."  -- Nice!

I have very little experience with copyright and related issues as I've tried to stay away from anything I thought might cross that line to avoid issues.  I've not had the opportunity to really dig deeper and learn more about it. I have not shared any of my personal resources. I realize there are options for sharing and that marking it appropriately and knowing what each category means keeps all on the right track.

1) I have not had much experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to this webinar. The most I have had is some mention of it using our 'Commons' section on our Canvas platform. 

2) Previously, on mastery connect and canvas, I have just made my resources private to my district/school in order to avoid any copyright laws. I am excited to now know more about copyright and open license to allow my resources to be used widely across the state for the courses that I teach. 

3) After tonight, I am more open to making my resources open availably, but taking the extra time to add licensing to my work and resources that I will share. After watching the webinar, I learned more about how the copyright licensing works and the consequences of using resources for profit, or not providing proper credit. I was curious when in the webinar, we discussed how whether or not the extra resources are property of the state or property of the individual, since we are employees of the state. 

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

Training - lots of yearly, mandated training about how to use materials we find and want to use in our classrooms. I also have purchased through TPT and follow those sellers' guidelines about how to use their materials. I purchase extra licenses if my  teammates want to use the same materials as I before I give them access to the file.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property?  I have only created things for my classroom and/or for my teammates use.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at. I've definitely been toying with the idea of generating additional income through TPT - if I go that route I will put a license on my products to be certain that my ideas aren't misused.

1. I was aware from being an ITF for the previous few years. However, I liked the game and the refresher on the information. 

2. As most teachers, giving my stuff away has always been one of those things that come with some relunctance. With teacher's pay teachers around so prevelently, teachers are using/buying stuff to supplement their content. This would help and hurt that for the teacher. Especially the creative one that is creating content with the purpose of sharing and getting paid. 

3. The idea is robust and I like the ability to find what I need. The fact that the resource is vetted and allows for teachers to make sure that they are getting something worth their time is HUGE! I have wasted lot's of time trying to find something for a teacher and coming up enpty because what I found was not what I needed. Looking forward to diving in! 

My previous experience with copyright includes a few staff development sessions on copyright. I take intellectual property very seriously and always strive to follow rules to use it with respect. I have even been reprimanded by administrators for refusing to make copies of music instead of purchasing sufficient copies. 

I have previously allowed unrestricted use of my intellectual property.

My thought process has evolved considerably. Seeing the types of license on the webinar led to further research in the resources provided. I have been considering how to best license my work in the future. Some viewpoints to consider include whether or not to allow derivatives - customization for differentiation vs protection of curriculum alignment, whether to allow any part to be used commercially, and from this point forward, to ensure that I am credited for my work.

1. The only formal training I've had on the topic was when I was a student at NCSU more years ago than I care to say!

2. I am a sharer. I've simply given away my intellectual property!

3. I will be more careful in using articles from newspaper and magazines that I have freely copied and shared in the past. Prior to the seminar, I assumed that resources shared on teacher sites were free game and could be remixed and reworked to fir my specific needs.

I assumed that things on teacher sites were safe also. This webinar showed that I need to be more careful! 

1.  Previously, I had been a part of a few discussions about copyright with our media specialist, but it wasn't on my every day radar as something I needed to check out.

2.  At the first school where I taught, (a charter school), anything we created became property of the school.  I was not allowed to use it after I left.  At my current school, I share things that I make or create with teammates through One Drive.  I have never had anything with a copyright on it.

3.  After seeing the webinar, it was very true that I couldn't "Un-Know."  Things that we were using the very next day, I wondered if we were allowed to use them in the way we were using them.  I'm certainly going to be much more aware of copyright and will assist my teammates to do the same.  The video really brought to the forefront that we are all in this together!

1.  I had some training in my county about copyright prior to the webinar.

2.  I have shared my work often, but I've never but a copyright on it. 

3.  The webinar made me think about how I've shared my work and about how I've used the work of others, and it made me realize how little teachers consider these things when they use or change the work of others.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

In the past, I have spent a small amount of time researching copyright and Creative Commons. Several years ago, I put together a short PD resource on "Copyright in the Digital Age"; the main purpose was to share some places teachers could quickly go to find copyright free materials to use in the classroom. Here is the link, but it hasn't been updated since 2014 :0) https://sites.google.com/a/pitt.k12.nc.us/digital-learning-design/tech-2-go/copyright-in-the-digital-age

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

Since I've started using Google Docs, I share on Twitter and with my colleagues I have connected with through NCDLCN. I haven't put a CC license on anything until I went to the GoOpenNC session last May. I haven't done a great job of making it part of my workflow yet, though. #Goals

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I have always had a problem with TPT...not necessarily that teachers are selling their stuff rather than sharing, but most of the materials I was seeing teachers use that they had purchased from there are really cute and really well put together, but the rigor wasn't there and oftentimes the materials weren't even aligned to the standards. After attending the two GoOpen sessions and Monday's webinar, I think my "problem" with TPT is growing. Why can't teachers share their materials freely??? I get that we all need to make extra $$, but if we weren't purchasing materials there we'd have more to spend :0) Creative Commons makes things soo easy to license and understand materials that have been licensed. I feel that simply started with CC will help teachers and students understand one facet of being a good digital citizen. *Sorry, that was kind of rambling...

Thanks for sharing your site. That is probably something that I should create for the teachers in my district as we continue to work to implement the NC DLC's!

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I remember listening to a presentation about copyrighted sources from our media specialist. It was just a surface presentation to lead us into what we could and could not use and access in the classroom. I remember a lot of it being about what movies could be and could not be shown. 

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I honestly didn't think much about it but if I used something from another source I usually sited it or paid for it. I don't have any restrictions on what is used for me. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

The webinar taught me about the different aspects of how intellectual property can be shared or used.  I loved at a site called Intellectual Property for Dummies here: https://www.upcounsel.com/intellectual-property-for-dummies

I don't think I ever really understood what intellectual property was. I found out that it is governed by not only copyright laws but also patents but also trademark law as well. 

Your experience with copyright is similar to mine. After reading your post, I realized that so much of what we hear is what you can't do. This webinar was the first time that the WHY and HOW was explained really well and that was really helpful in my understanding! 

I have been teaching Digital citizenship "sort of" for the past 18 years. I have not gone into copyrights and intellectual property too closely. I used programs like Digital Passport and the Cyber Safety Game. 

As a Digital Learning Coach, I find lots of resources and I share these with all my teachers and other digital learning coaches. I definitely need to go through the folders and delete older items but that is the problem with sharing a database. You always have to keep it updated. Very difficult to do as one person.

I just need to add the license data to my stuff now. I have never been one to hold my information secret. I realize as a teacher that it is difficult to find resources to use in a classroom. That is my primary function, to find digital tools and then show teachers the possibilities of use within the classroom. Now with this OER I just found a great resource for my French teacher. We have loads of resources for Spanish and English but almost nothing for French. I just found a resource that gives her some reading possibilities..mostly idioms but they are sometimes the most difficult to translate.

Prior to this webinar, the only copyright experience I had was with print material.  In the past, I have always opening shared my "intellectual property" with co-workers and allowed them to edit as needed.  I still feel that open sharing is a great option in education.  We are all here to provide the best resources to our students and what better way to do that than to be able to reach out to other educators and see what has worked for them.  I like Tools4NCteachers as well as material on the OER Commons site.  I found a few lessons that would work well in an inclusion setting.

1)  Other than being aware of copyright laws, not much, quite honestly.  I had not thought as much about intellectual property as I probably should have! 

2) I openly share with my coworkers anything that I create.

3) I wonder about TPT - will teachers who profit from TPT be willing to move to OER and will those who use Tpt profit from items that we all are willingly going to share?   I have many questions and have more to read about ! 

Holly,

My first thought is that teachers would/could post on both! Teachers who are not employed in NC will not have access to our OER platform, so for NC content creators it could benefit them to post on the platform and on TPT. Just a thought! 

That seems like a good compromise, as there are still going to be folks who want to sell on TPT to earn some extra money. 

Prior to this webinar process, I have had little to no previous experience wiht copyright and intellectual property. 

I have never allowed use of my intellectual property in a sense that I was aware of because I am the only 6th and 7th grade ELA teacher at my school so all of my created materials remain wihtin my use. 

My thought processes have changed as I am looking for other resources and want to share my materials as well as adapt others into my classroom lessons and activities. 

1 - Prior to the Webinar I mainly have been helping teachers with awareness regarding copyright.  I have been to trainings and have given brief trainings to teachers so they are aware of expections and restrictions and I would also help them learn proper methods and channels for finding resources they were allowed to use.  

2 - I have always shared my resrouces, training presentations, etc for all to use and adjust as they needed. 

3 - I am also a firm believer that teachers should share amongst each other.  I always try to help teachers believe in thier creations and have confidence to share.  Since watching the webinar I am now much more interested in putting a license on my work, even it if is as simple as the BY (like some of the resoures i have been exploring on the platform) or Share Alike license.  I excited about doing that even if it is just in an effort to help others be more aware of the different licensing options. 

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

Although I've taught about plagiarism and done plagiarism contracts with students for years, I haven't dug deeply into how different copyright criteria differ.  This webinar gave me some very important information!

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I have never hesitated to share my own intellectual property with friends and colleagues, but in general, I've sold it very cheaply on TPT.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I have a lot to learn about how to legally use resources and how to determine what I can legally use in the  classroom.  I feel I should use the creative commons copyright acronyms to allow my work to be shared and used by any teacher.  

1) I have had zero previous experience with copyright and intellectual property.

2) I would share openly of my intellectual property.

3) My thoughts have changed in a way due to understanding the different copyrights, etc.  I think the Creative Commons license is a great way to continue to share and not "worry" about the expense of the legality.  Teachers share all the time, we want to share, we need to share (collaboration is key to survival) but giving credit where/when credit is due is important.  I felt this personally when I wrote a children's book in 2002, improved upon the book in 2005 and then saw a very similar children's book at my school's sponsored book fair in 2009 (it just got me thinking and honestly kicking myself for not trying to copyright/publish mine).  I'm all about sharing but would like to protect my intellectual property and receive credit where credit is due.

1) I have a good deal of experience with copyright law and I have taught PDs about it at various schools. 

2) I share things with other teachers constantly, without a thought to copyright, so this was an eye opener. 

3) I will use (and just added one to a test I created) the Creative Commons licensing terms. Looking at my recently purchased items from History_Gal on TPT, I started looking closely at her licensing info showed a great deal of forthought and procted her whiel allowing use. (https://www.dropbox.com/s/7hkovch4yrbftpv/History%20Gal_Not%20My%20President.pdf?dl=0)

My prior exprience with copyrights and intellectual property was very limited. I am thankful for the information that was provided.

I allow anyone to use it however to their benefit.This includes teachers I am acquainted with from my school and county

I am thinking maybe I should use a copyright just so that no one will be making money off of something that is not theri creation. Before the webinar I did not think about anyone taking my material to sell it.

1. I had some background knowledge about copyright and intellectual property because my mom was a media specialist and I work closely with the media specialist at my school. I had heard some of the terms that were shared but had not applied them in context before. 

2. I have shared my own work with colleagues but had never considered any copyright or licensing with it. 

3. I definitely have some mixed feelings after the webinar. I am 100% for sharing and collaborating but I can see why others may feel that it is problematic. I think it is an important mind-shift change... we need to share and collaborate because it's what's best for all kids and will help us grow as educators. With technology, teachers can collaborate like never before, but with that copyright and licensing becomes very important because there does need to be some semblance of order. I think that this order is provided by the different licsensing types discussed in our meeting. 

Morgan,

Open resources is certainly a mind shift for me too.  I was pleased to see the many levels and types of copywright licenses. 

I've had extensive previous experience with intellectual property and copyrights in my past career. I was the executive director of a research consortium at NCSU specializing in sharing scientific discovery across the public, private, government, and non-profit sectors. A large part of my job was working with IP lawyers to negotiate agreements between our partners.

I typically share my teaching materials (and science research) openly and freely. The most common creative commons license I use is "BY."

I had a bias toward #open before joining this group. I had never considered that contributing resources to this collaborative database would be perceived as "extra work" or "an imposition" on already overburdened teaching professionals until someone mentioned it in the chat on Monday night. I never thought much about "Fair Use" and education/classroom use...

Hey Paula, I never percieved contributing as extra work or an imposition either. I guess I just figured since it was voluntary, those who want to share can share and those who don't won't. Seems pretty simple to me. 

I have had little to no experience with copyright and intellectual property. I just gave copies or files out to my teaching peers. I'm more aware of looking for copyright/intellectual property information. I did find it at the bottom of the resource. I was also looking for yearbook images and spent a lot of time looking for images that were acceptable for yearbook use. I really wouldn't have paid much attention before this.

What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I have attended a session a few weeks ago dealing with the ideas presented in this first webinar.  I am no expert in Copyright- but I do feel that I am somewhat knowledgeable.  I have attended some mini-workshops on this subject as well.

How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

Being an Instructional coach, I share multiple resources with not only my staff but educators across our school system. I have never thought, personally, about placing copyright information on my intellectual property, but after this webinar and exploring the site (GOOPENNC), I am seeing the ease of doing so in the future.

How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I agree with many posts before mine that I should be more cognizant of putting some kind os licensing on my work.  I can also see what people were chatting about when they were having the conversation about TPT making money off posted resources.  I too worry that people will take from this site and “market the resources as their own! I am excited about having a place to go to find “vetted” resources for any subject area.  I feel that my elective teachers have been always neglected when it comes to resources- and with GoOpenNC-  it places these teachers in the same pool to gain some really great ideas.  I can’t wait to dig deep into this site so I can share what it has to offer with my staff and fellow coaches in the NRMS school district.

I also love that these resources will be vetted in some way.  Even if we don't all agree on the alignment exactly, it will be a nice place to start.

I am also excited about the possibiltiy of finding resources for non-core teachers!

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I usually use things that are public domain.  It furstrates me that my students do not understand copyright.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I want to help everyone out, so I am perfectly fine with people using things that I create free of charge.  I am not here to try to get someone to reinvent the wheel.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I like the resource and am excited to be able to use it since it is out there for public use.  I can also see my teammates and I taking this resource and using it and tailoring it to the needs of our students.  I appreciate teachers helping other teachers and not trying to profit off of others.  If you want to sell your stuff, go into educational publishing.

1) Prior to tonight, I had limited knowledge of copyright and intellectual property. Each school year, my district reviews rules and laws about copyright, but webinar made me think about it in a different way. 

2) Previously, I have shared any resources that I have openly with others. The webinar taught me that teacher created resources can still be credited to the creator through attribution, but still shared and reused to meet student learning needs.

3) I thought it was interesting that we have to think about who teacher created items actually belong to. The creator can receive credit for their effort and hard work, but we have to consider that resources are made for our students and their learning so sharing is best practice. It is nice that creators can choose how they copyright their resources to allow for this.

1. I have had a lot of self-training and ask-the-experts training on copyright and intellectual property. When I was an ITF, I especially got a lot of questions from teachers about fair use, which is such a grey area for teachers or anyone really who isn't a copyright lawyer.

2. I allowed other teachers to use my work. I've never actually licensed my work, but some of it was also public on the web in a Google Site.

3. I better understand the importance of adding a license to my own work. I would want credit for my work, and I wouldn't want anyone to make money off of it. As far as this platform goes, I really like the idea of getting notified when someone uses my work and remixes it. With some of my colleagues, when I've given them my work, they tend to improve it, and will then share it back in the better form. Sometimes though, I never get to see the better form of it. 

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I had very limited experience with copyright but I was aware due to my work with WSFCS and Pearson. 

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

Anything that was created during school hours and were submitted to our district office for review or to share became property of the district but you could claim BY if you labeled it yourself. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I know now that I have the ability to limit how my personal intellectual property is used. I initially felt that my work being shared was great but when I saw how other teacher attribted my work to themselves in school and even saw my intellectual property on TPT. (Grrr) I see now how using a OER can help create quality resources. 

1.) Prior to tonight I had experience working with copyright through my dissertation work as well as a (very) brief presentation to my school.

2.) My dissertation is the only thing that I have that is intellectual property and I paid to have it copyrighted since it was an extensive project. I have never used items in Teachers pay teachers.

3.) This webinar has shown me new areas in which I can discover useable materials and be sure to give credit to those who created it to begin with. 

1. What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I have had limited experience with copyright and intellectual property in the educational field. I knew that teachers had gotten in trouble for using items that had copyrights on them. I did not know much about intellectual property before the presentation.

1. How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

Previously I have only used other people’s intellectual property that has been posted in public forums or shared with me personally.

1. How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

Through the discussion tonight my view on intellectual property. I have always considered collaboration a positive thing and have openly shared my ideas and lessons with others. I had never really thought about putting license on things to prevent others for benefitting financial from something I create but after our discussion I feel like I should if only to keep it free for others to use.

1.  I have very little experience with copyrights and intellectual properties.

2.  I have never allowed used (or been specific with material that I have created).

3.  I loved the matching game and learning about the intellectual property.  I will definitely look at it differently from this point on and would love to teach students more about the topic.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

My previous experiences were more of a casual nature. I am aware of the idea of copyright and intellectual property from my brief time in law school, but I never thought about the full scope as far as sharing material amongst colleagues and/or students.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I created a course for Grand Canyon University along with another adjunct. I created additional content specifically for the course, and I understood even then that I have no claims of intellectual property for it because it was created through the course of my employment.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

My thoughts have changed as far as how I share information and the need to explore resources a little deeper. Even things that I have purchased on sites like Teachers Pay Teachers will need to be evaluated to make sure that I am not violating any laws. The resource that I looked at was awesome and I can see it being something that would make math more engaging. It is something that I would love to share, but I would definitely make sure that I was able to do so.

1. I played fast and loose with copyright unless it was with textbooks. I even got one of those nice letters that said "HEY! TAKE OUR STUFF OF YOUR SITE!!" After that, I pulled it down and just assumed that if my canvas or google classroom were private that the stuff on there was private and moved on. 

2. I always just give everything away. I feel like if I make people get credit, then I have to follow through if they don't, so I don't make any rules. I don't have the bandwidth to worry about something like that. 

3. While I have learned the new classifications for copyright and how to use materials I find, it doesn't change the way I "copyright" my intellectual property. I did, however, make sure that my coworker's name stayed on an activity that she developed and I tweaked. So, there is a win!

Prior this webinar, my knowledge was limited and to be honest I had never really given it much thought. However, it clearly makes a lot of sense after listening to the webinar. As educators, many of our resources are created by ourselves and shared. Many resources are modified or as we mentioned the other evening; repurposed. I remember one of my college professors saying (this was before TPT), Educators are great modifiers - don't reinvent the wheel. I know need to remember to be more conscientious about how I modify and do I have the rights to modify. I personally have not given it much though when I create resources but I am definitely going to give more thought to the use of resources. 

I have heard the same thing about not reinventing the wheel as an educator, but you're right, it is definitely something we need to give a lot of thought to and make sure we are modeling the correct behaviors for our students. 

1) I had a general understanding of copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar.

2) In the past, I would just share my materials with anyone with no expections on how they used the materials.

3) I am much more informed about the types of copyrighted materilas and how they are labled.  

1. I had a general understanding of copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar.  

2. I shared my materials with others.  Sometimes I gave no restrictions; sometimes I asked them to use my name. 

3. I can use the symbols we saw, so that others will know exactly what my wishes are re my intellectual propery.  

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

Before the webinar I had little experience with copyright and intellectual property.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I have always shared my work with my colleagues to use as they see fit.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

After thinking about the copyright laws, it makes me a little wary of using others' work. I enjoy finding new resources but I do find it a tedious process to determine whether ot not it aligns with the standards. I am looing forward to the new platform to help alleviate this issue. I also appreciate how the platform goes beyond just including a standard and provides more information to make the resource more user friendly.

I agree standards alignment can be tough and it is so subjective! The rubrics we have been given with specific "look fors" has been really helpful so far because it helps me narrow my focus. 

I have had some experice dealing with copyright and intellectual property rights prior to this webinar. 

I teach my students some coding using Code.org. A couple of the lessons go over using the Creative Commons, so we cover what each license means and how to use items from the Creative Commons. I also cover material related to Digital Literacy and review the Creative Commons licenses for a few lessons. 

My thought process has not changed much, except that these license were explained in such as way as to be easily understood. I will defenitely use these explanations when covering the material with my students again. 

1) I have taught this to 7-8 graders in regard to adding photos to their websites.

2) I allow remixing, sharing, and any other use of the material.

3) My thought process is the same so far because it is one small step in increasing equity in education.  However, I did realize that need to look more closely at other's copyright and be more intentional about how I use material.

1) My previous experience with copyright and intellectual property is fairly limited. I recall a class from my graduate studies that addressed it and introduced me to Creative Commons. I am conscious of graphics I use and frequently search through Creative Commons to find images. 

2) I willingly share my intellectual propertry, but have never addressed copyright or licensing.

3) I am beginning to see the value in putting a license on works so that others knows how it can be used. I also recognize the importance of looking for copyright so that I am not in violation and give others credit where it is due. I went back to play the mathcing game and feel more confident in identifying the licenses for various situations. I also checked out creativecommons.org, which makes it easy to find graphics that can be modified or adapted, and allows you to copy the HTML needed to embed the icons for attribution!

1) I have been teaching copyright, intellectual property, and documentation for my whole career as a Library Media Specialist.  But I confess that some of my materials I have not passed around even in my building.  Everything on in the lessons are well documented by I was concerned about use:  Did I use too much of a poem?  Was that picture usable in the presentation, etc.

2) When I am confident that I have used materials appropriately, I share them personally.  I have never shared them online.

3) After the webinar, I want to reteach all the staff about copyright.  For the last three years we have been teaching about Creative Commons licensing to the students but the teachers are not applying it equally to themselves.  The information about the law suit against the Houston Schools was an eye opener.  I have heard of such suits over Disney characters but the Houston Facts are sobering for me and would be for our teachers. 

When I looked are resources on the site, I wanted FIRST to know what the licence is. And I couldn't find it. easily.

To best address this question, I think it important to mention my evolution in copyright and intellectual property.  I started as a high school teacher.  As such, I was a copyright violator left and right.  What's worse is I was the speech and debate coach so I was copying entire books to distribute to kids because I didn't want to give them my copy.  My intentions were good but I was doing things all wrong.  I would purchase expensive materials online and share out to my team.  In my head, I was just helping others in my circle.

Then, I went to school for library and became a media coordinator.  My experience with copyright and intellectual property was pretty extensive after that as we are often meant to be the copyright experts in our buildings.  

I did not really allow use of my own intellectual property, in part because when I was a teacher half of what I did was not my ideas and works to begin with.  

I would like to make more of an effort to have my own items freely shared.  It will require some work if I go through my old classroom materials as I am unsure if what I have there is mine or taken from somewhere.  However, I value the idea of OER so want to make the choice moving forward to share out.  

Several years ago I had attended a presentation about Creative Commons at a librarians conference.  I liked the idea and had certainly sent some teachers to their site looking for images.  I was so happy to have gone back to see just how much they've grown in the past 5-6 years.  It's an exciting time in education.

1. I took a PD at the beginning of the month that talked about copyright law.  We learned the histroy and how Disney is a huge part of this discussion.  I also saw about the Texas school district that made waves with the illegal copying.  

2. If I created something, I was always open to sharing it freely with my teammates because I could see if it was user friendly, was effective, etc. 

3. I have been more mindful of what I copy and purchase since not only this seminar, but the PD I took.  I would probably be most open to the most lenient copyright allowed on OER (which I am blanking on right now).  I would also allow others to change it as long as the original is credited to me.  Just like when I am looking through teacherspayteachers, I will be cognizant of the quality being shared.  The resource I found doesn't have a copyright label because the author is unknown.  It makes me hesitant to use it because I do not know how to use it correctly.

Before the webinar, I had little to no training on copyright and intellectual property. Most of the resources I have created in the past have been specifically for my district (in a different state) and they have all the rights to these things. I don't think I realized how important my intellectual property and the creation of my resources was. I love the idea of sharing all the things but I now see a greater importance of giving credit and having a system that allows people to freely understand what is expected as far as copyright laws. I also didn't realize you could dial down copyrights as much as you can. I am looking forward to continuing to learn more about this entire process. 

1) In regards to copyright, my focus on copyright would waiver with the expectations of the county I worked for (or principal). In Wake County, they emphasized the need to photocopy appropriately and posted formal warnings everywhere. Earlier, in another nearyby county where I started my career years ago, I wasn't the least concerned. More recently, with the advent of TPT and the increased use of digital content it is ever present as I search for resources. 

2) I've always been a sharer and gave away things frequently. With the use of google drive/shared drives it was super easy and never thought to copyright anything...even now. I do love it when more tech savvy teachers "beautify" my work with bitmojis and such. 

3) I'm much more aware of copyright though I still have no desire to do so with my own original work. I am intregued with the ease at which it can be done now that I've had the training. 

Stephanie,

I've also been a sharer of everything I've created over the years.  When I've used other's published works, I've always cited my sources. 

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I've dealt some with intellectual property when dealing with a non-profit.   In the world of education, my experience is mainly being aware of it and following it.   In my experience, educators are not good at following those rules.   I also have found it to be a pain when dealing with programs.   My school was a Leader in Me school.   They went all out and painted murals everywhere.   It looked nice, but when the funds ran out to "belong" to the Leader in Me organization, we had to paint over all those lovely murals that were mostly made by students.   They were crushed.   It made me so disappointed that the company was so protective of their words that kids artwork had to be destroyed.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? If I make it, I share it.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.   I realize that people have bills to pay.   I am guilty of purchasing of TPT.   I also realize that the material out there is not always aligned with the curriculum, but I am often desperate to find modified materials.

Renee, that's heartbreaking that that happened to your kids. I had a related experience: I advised a chapter of Future Teachers of America at my school. FTA was overtaken by an organization called Educators Rising that is VERY protective of their name, materials, logos, everything. We couldn't even get club T-shirts printed that said the phrase "educators rising" on them anywhere (but the ones from the organization were prohibitively expensive). I think, in public education, there needs to be a line between protecting intellectual property and doing what's in the best interest of the kids. 

1. Prior to Monday nights training, I had no training on copyright and intellectual propoerty. It was very eye opening.

2. I previously have just shared materials with collegues at school that I have created. I've never copyrighted anything.

3. My thought process has changed a lot and I will be checking for copyright. I liked the break down explanation of the different kinds of copyright. The game in the webinar was an excellent way to apply the information covered. I looked at a resurce called Sharing Prize Money, dealing with rational numbers for 7th grade math and saw that the copyright was BY and after the webinar I know that I can use it or share it or change it as long as I credit the author.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I have had limited training with copyright and intellectual property priot to the webinar.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

Typically, I have have only considered intellectual property with regards to working as a consultant. I haven't considered my own work or how to share it prior to the webinar.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I have pondered the copyright and intellectual property process with some concern for the potential of others profiting from my work. Another participant pointed this out during the webinar via chat. This sparked my thinking within the parameters of how to use resources within my classroom. Currently, our school system is working with Open Up Resources.

I am extremely interested in gaining new insight into the OER process and using this platform to network with other progressive educators.

1. I have had no previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar outside of the disclaimer that TPT products have on the bottom of their resources which state something about " you have purchased a single license, etc."

2. I shared openly any resources I owned or had received. I did not personally create many resources.

3. I see how clearly labeling resources and/or making them an open resource removes the opportunity for innaporpriate copyright laws being broken. It also encourages the use of sharing resources which is what teachers love to do anyways!

1.  I have had training on copyright, but it has been several years ago.  I was also treasurer at my church for 10 years.  I was in charge of our Christian Copyright license.  

2.  Previously I have made my material available to any teacher who wanted to use it.

3.  After watching the webinar, I will now be more mindful of how resources are labeled and will start labeling my own.  The Creative Commons website had great explanations of the different types of copyright we discussed last night.  

I agree the creative commons site gave great explanations.  Now I am more cognizant of looking for those labels.  However, I guess a lot of people are like me and don't label them because I often see materials without any labeling.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

In Business and Information Technology classes, teaching copyright laws is part of our curriculum.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

Creative Commons usage and licensing is an entire unit in the Computer Discoveries course. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I thought process has changed on how teachers can create and market their own creative works (in some instances). I like that we are sharing resources throughout the state as this process allows me to benefit from the innovative ideas / activities of others to make class more engaging. https://creativecommons.org; https://search.creativecommons.org

It was interesting to see the number of teachers who were not knowledgeable about creative commons. I believe that all teachers should be required to learn about Creative Commons because students use images and videos in their presentations often.

1- what the librarian always tells us each year, giving credit to creators on TpT, and what I hear in the news about people getting in trouble 

2-I haven’t been good at tracking or claiming my creations

3-I’m looking forward to sharing and exchanging materials

Hello!

My previous experience with copyright comes from some local PD in which we learned how much we are theifs. So I've begun the process of finding more appropiately copyrighted information. 

Previously I have shared anything I have created privately with co workers and friends. I have not bothered with copyright. 

Thanks to the webinar and exploring GoOpenNC I'm excited to learn how to correctly share what I've done. I like how easy and relative this seems like it will be. 

Thanks!

The closest experience that I have had with copyright is giving credit when writing papers; citing resources, that's about it. Therefore, I haven't had any with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar. I know that it is important to give credit to sources that we use as educators because we often use resources that we did not create and I personally, do not want to unknowingly be in jeopardy of being sued for using resources improperly.  

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I have had a little experience through publishing lesson materials through a University outreach seeting. 

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I have only used a simple copyright symbol on documents. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

Definately!  I like the clarity of levels of use that we reviewed in the webinar and what that means in terms how I view my resources and who I wan to have access to them.

1) I am familiar with transformative works and fair use laws, and I knew it was important to use things with a "creative commons" license, but I did not know the ins and outs of the different licenses you can put on your work. 2) Previously, I did not label my intellectual property, but I am also a young teacher and am used to file-sharing and google docs being my primary method of sharing my work. I do not use TPT or put anything online. 3) I can see how it would benefit the profession to share resources online and I like that OER gives a way to share that seems organized and allows for copyright to still be maintained according to the creator's wishes. I looked up a resource that gave a list of 200 things to argue about, and it's perfect for my persuasion unit. It will be nice not to have to "reinvent the wheel" when I'm thinking of debate topics.     

1.  I have heard of copyright but was not sure about intellectual property prior to the webinar. 

2. I share my materials with others not even thinking about I created it.  I just allow other to use it as if it was theirs. 

3. I think if i share anything I need to make sure that I am getting credit for it before it is passed along and shared with everyone. I have a better understanding of the copyright process. 

My previous experience with copyright and intellectual property was information I learned from GTN. I self published a book and learned at that time that a "copyright" is automatic when you create something.

I have previously shared ideas through magazine publications, GTN, TPT and Facebook groups.

I learned about new symbols and specifics through the webinar.

1. I had some training on copyright from a fellowship I did with Stanford University and many of my courses when I was a history major, but a lot of the information about seeking these types of resources was new to me. 

2. I share the things I create freely with whoever wants them, but never thought about putting copyright information or licensing on my work prior to this webinar! 

3. After exploring some extra resources and thinking about the webinar, it makes me think that copyright isn't just about who's earning money or getting credit - it's really about the intent of the work and how the creator meant it to be used. 

1) As a math teacher, I haven't had a lot of experience with copyright.  I have always checked before using anything, but I also write a lot of my own tasks so it hasn't been an issue.  2) I've always shared freely.  I remember being a beginning teacher and the overwhelming exhaustion of trying to keep up with everything.  I'll do anything I can to help us all work smarter instead of harder. 3) I'm more open to using resources I can freely alter.  Teaching advanced math and an inclusion class means I need to have flexibility and adjust to meet my students where they are mathematically.  I enjoyed the seminar, though I haven't seen the copyright symbols used very frequently.  That may be due to the resources I typically use: OpenUp and the Math Assessment Project, but I hope to learn of other sources and continue to expand my horizons.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

     I had lots of experience with copyright when working on my Master's degree, but not in the classroom setting. I definitely understand now the importance of Copyright and intellectual property. I now know that not all copy rights are created equally.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

   I openly share anything and everything I have created or developed. But to be honest, I definitely have gotten upset when people use my lessons and not give me credit or get recognition for something that I developed. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

    I now know how to read the differences between the copyrights. I didn't realize that there were different types of licenses that can be assigned to material, but now that I do, I think it will be spending more time assigning the type of label to allow my colleague the opportunity to collaborate and reorganize, reuse, (insert multiple other re words that were mentioned Monday night) the material I have created but still allowing me to gain credit for the concept. I know as a teacher we need to share our thoughts and materials, but I believe that this profession has become very competitive and often teachers become very possessive over their intellectual material. I am glad that we will have a place to “shop” for vetted and aligned materials, along with a safe place to share our material and lessons too.

1.I always tried to make sure I was complying with the copyright.  After the webinar I see that I may not have always followed it.  My county tried to insist that I post my homework (the actual document) online - I called copyright on them and let them know that my students can get that material directly from me.

2. I have always shared with my team and my groups.  I have not ever noted that the material was mine.

3. After hearing the vision for how the site should work I am pumped to spread the word.  If counties/states are not going to buy materials for us - why should we pay.  For years I have trolled the internet and tweaked and made changes to best meet my students needs.  I can't wait to have a place to share my materials and find great stuff that others have created.  It took minutes for me to find an engaging solar system lesson that I can use and maybe make some changes or add to the lesson to make it even better.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I knew about basic copyright laws and don't knowling violate copyright laws.  I didn't have much knowledge about intellectial property.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I always share my intellectual property freely with others. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

Wow there was a lot of new information in that webinar.  I will still openly share my intellectual property.  My job is to support my teachers and work hard to make it easier for them.  It never occured to me to license my own things.  I need to have some time to process that concept.  I had no idea that someone is automatically covered under copyright law.  I thought  one would have to go through more of a legal process. 

1. What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I have had very little experience with copyright and intellectual property laws, however, I am aware of copyright laws exist and that even as an educator, giving the proper credit to the creator of the resource is an important step to take to ensure that you are not setting yourself up for a lawsuit similar to the multi-million dollar copyright lawsuit facing the Texas school district reference in our first webinar.

1. How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I share anything I create with anyone that wants to use it without giving any thoughts to copywriting my original creations and/or resources.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I still would share anything I create with any other educator that would fine it useful.  I wouldn’t put any restrictions and personally would not take offense to others using my resources without giving me the credit. 

1) It was my understanding before this that someone else's work can be used if they are given credit for it based on the copyrights. Some works can be used as a resource but not shared unless it was paid for.

2) I have mostly kept my intellectual property to myself.

3) I learned that there were several more ways to own copyright materials than i had originally thought. I also did not know my materials were protected by copyright laws. 

As a department we make sure to copyright our resources that are created within the department. 

My previous expereince with copyright and intellectual property prior ro the webinar was such common knowledge and reading the license or copyright information on resources that I downloaded. 

I allowed my collegues to use materials and resources I created for the good of the team. 

It has changed as now I look more closely at the laws and better know what it I can and cannot do. Also when creating my resources I know which copyright I would like in order for people not to profit off my work. But when I know a resources would be good and teacher would need to change it to meet their needs give them the priviliges to do this.  

1) I really had no previous experience working with copyright and intellectual property other than what I learned in college.  

2) I have always shared or given people anything that might help them. 

3) It made me think about TPT and I started looking at copyrights.  I also had no idea that I could copyright my creations that could limit how it would be used.  However, I am not sure how this is controlled.  

1. My previous experience with copyright and intellectual property was very limited. I was mainly only aware of commercial/non-commercial licenses. 

2. I have previously shared pretty much anything I've created without limiting it with any creative common copyrights! 

3. Through the first webinar, I have learned that creative common copyrights can help protect my work while allowing teachers to tweak it to fit their needs! I did not see anything specifically copyrighting the resource I looked at, which means I am not looking in the right place or it is vulnerable to people using it as their own!

My previous experience was mostly in classes on ethics and my district does use Safe Schools and there is one module on Copyright laws.

I believe in if it is helpful to other educators use it, change it, make it your own.  If it helps student growth, please use it.

I have not had a change in thought process on this topic yet.  I have questions and am a little skeptical

My prior use of copyright was very limited, I was diligent to read and abide by the copyright of print materials.  I have a great deal to learn in this area.

I freely share my intellectual property with colleagues and appreciate when they reciprocate.  I'm delighted to be in a group of professionals willing to share!

My thought process on copyright is still evolving and rapidly changing.  I'm looking forward to learning more about how I can use copyright to protect the useage of my work and allow others appropriate access. 

I don't have any experience with copyright and intellectual property other than knowing we aren't supposed to use Disney products in our classrooms :).

I have allowed anyone who wanted to use items I've created in any way they wanted. 

I have a better understanding of how and why creators would want to control how their property is used. But, I also see limitations placed on resources we can use to best teach our students. I'm looking forward to seeing how this platform can still provide us with the best there is to offer our students in a free and non-time consuming way!

Hi guys! My name is Laura Hawley! I teach 5th grade for Johnston County Public Schools. I have taught for about 15 years all over the word. I lived in Okinawa, Japan for 2 years, norther Virginia for 4 years and Naples, Italy for 2 years. 

I do not have prior experience with copywrighting

Previously, I always cited my sources

My thought process has changed.  To have open resources helps me to provide support for challenging situsations or specialized needs. It's great to be able to alter the resources to meet my needs. 

I completed the NC GEDB process which included the submission of a publishable capstone project to Schoolnet. This process was new to me and since my capstone had a variety of materials such as videos, texts, materials, author's material, photos and my teacher-made material, I had to learn about what was acceptable copyright for each individual item that I included in my resources/materials/attachments. 

By including an attribution statement. 

This is just a great reminder of the material we access, use, share and create as educators. 

I did Tools 4 Teachers so there was some PD on copyright prior to doing this. This is something I need to keep in mind in my classroom when I am going lessons and sharing information,lessons with fellow coworkers. 

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

The basic level - to check the copyright status of materials, and was a frequent searcher of copyright information to check what each symbol stood for!

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

Generally by restricting sharing settings to only allow materials to be shared within teams. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I absolutely am thinking bigger picture now - I've never thought about protecting our intellectual property as educators, or the implications of sharing/remixing. We absolutely should be cosnidering our work in this way! It's a mindshift, but one we need to move into!

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I was aware of the copyright rules, and could be something of a bother in the copy room. :)

Intellectual property, not so much.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I shared with anyone who asked.  I wanted to be as helpful as possible.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I was amazed by the information on the Creative Commons licenses. Also, that OER existed, what is was, and the benefits of doing it.  If we are serious about Open Educational Practice "collaborative teaching and learning practices that help educators to advance a culture" we have to have a group like this for everyone.  

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I had very little experience with copyright and intellectural property prior to our webinar.  I understood that you should not share items that you bought personally on TPT, but that was about as far as I understood.  

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I always allowed my work to be shared openly and never put copyright or licensing on anything.  

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I now know that I can choose how I want my work to be used for collaboration.  I never really thought that a copy right or license mattered.  

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I understand basic copyright law, and have been careful not to do anything that openly violates it.  I am starting to see the Creative Commons license more frequently through sharing resources.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I try to create as much of my work as possible.  Sometimes, it becomes necessary to "borrow" others ideas due to time constrants. Much of my own work I have shared within my department.  I have not considered licensing it.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

Glad to learn that anything created is my intellectual property.  In the future, I think I will  be licensing my material, if for no reason than to protect my creations in the future from someone trying to profit from them in the future.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

Surprisingly I did not have a lot of training or experience with copyright and intellectual property before the webinar. I had a general idea, however the webinar gave me A LOT more information. 

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I have never had a problem with people using resources that I have created. I then found out that resources that I created on my school issued laptop belonged to my district, so I became more picky abou who used my work because some teachers were using it for profit. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

The webinar has made me think about work more carefully. The past few days I have paid attention moreto the resources that teachers share and ask myself how should I use it.  

1. Having been formally trained and working professionally as a photographer, I am quite familar with copyright law. I taught high school photography for 13 years and covered copyright issues as part of the curriculum I taught students.

2. I have shared resources with AP teacher groups (on facebook, College Board websites, and a shared google drive) that I shared with creative commons copyright protections. I have also completed and published a dissertation which is officially copyrighted. 

3. I was struck by the fact that "no commerical" is not used frequently enough in creative common notations. With TPT out there, a savvy person could snap up some creative commons copyrighted material that is available without commerical protections and sell it. 

1. Because I have only been using "IP" for teaching purposes, I honestly haven't thought about it...oops.  I figured that I was trying to help kids, so who could get upset about that?!

2. I have always freely given out my lessons and anything I make...it takes a villiage! 

3. The main thing I will be careful of in the future is either keeping the original author's name on things I find and use and/or seeing if the author has forbidden use or asks that no changes are to be made.

 1)I cover copyright and intellectual property in my class. 2) I share within my school. 3) My thought process  hasn't changed.

1. Prior to tonight, my previous experience with copyright and intellectual property was pretty limited. We've hit on it in our district and at a few curriculum review committees. It made a lot more sense after the webinar. 

2. I feel like if I create something that might help other educators, parents, and/or students - I want them to have free access to it. To make it their own and that if they make it better than it was before, to reshare it back with me - so I can learn too. Our district team has that perspective and I appreciate that about our team. 

3. Because of my answer to number 2, I am excited about this platform and hope that teachers buy into this idea of sharing their resources for the benefit of other students near and far. I understand wanting/needing to earn extra money, but I also believe in working smarter - not harder and we ALL work hard. 

I had some previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to this webinar because I serve on my school's MTAC team, and our learning goal last year was focused in-part on this.  Our district also began conversations about showing movies in class, recording readings of materials, and discussing usage rights with audio books in relation to ELA.  

I have always just shared my lessons with my PLT and other teachers I have known.  I have never put anything out on the web or sold my lessons, so I have never put any official usage information on my materials.  

I think this is a great repository of resources that can help teachers help one another.  I really like the idea of allowing other teachers to benefit from our creations, and I thought it was great to have options on how to allow usage.  I had never really paid much attention to specific copyright information on materials, as I have been mandated many materials from my county and/or have created materials on my own.  I loved Joanna's comment that you can't unsee it.  This is definitely how I feel now.  

The extra resource I found had materials on poetry, which is one area where I think my students struggle most.  It was great to have access to someone's strategies and ideas; although, I am still having trouble locating the usage rights in the lesson.  I am definitely more cognizant of looking for this now.  

I have had training and reflected on copyright laws and intellectual property, mostly when I teach lessons focused on citations and avoiding plagiarism when writing.

I have always shared my work openly with colleagues and friends.  

I have thought a lot about this topic recently, as I have noticed more ways for teachers to access resources.  I'm conflicted about TpT.  Why shouldn't we all just share ideas to help out all our students?  On the other hand, why shouldn't we sell our ideas if we need to make a payment for our kids' braces?  Part of the destruction of public education that is going on involves devaluing the "expert" or "veteran" teacher's storehouse of knowledge.  Don't ask me to give away my ideas or creative products with the entire state if you wouldn't expect any other professional to do so.  Organizing and sorting out valuable lessons online could be an amazing tool, but teachers will continue using and creating their own materials until you replace us all with Alexa.  

1.  Prior to watching webinar #1, I had very little knowledge of copyright.  I knew to check published items for the terms of photocopies and sharing with other teachers.  I did not know that all work created was automatically copyrighted and that we as creators had the ability to set the terms of sharing our work.

2.  I have always collaborated with my peers, shared my work openly and without any conditions.  

3.  I have a new appreciation for what can and cannot be remixed or adapted to meet my students' needs.  I also realize that I should include the terms of copywrite on my self created items so that no one else profits from my generousity.  With so many ways for teachers to share resources over the internet and many people profiting from sharing resources, I feel like I need to set the terms on my work.  This will discourage others from profiting from the work I created with the intention of sharing freely.  

1)  I do not have a lot of experience with copyright laws.  I have worked in clinical research for 25 years and had experience with intellectual property around drug deelopment and patents. 

2) I have just given it away to anyone who asked me!  

3) I have not ever really wanted to tied up in the process of protecting my intellectual property.  It just seemed like a big hassle & being a nurse my personality is help whoever asks.  But now some of the information I learned in the webniar (levels of protection) and how easy the process can be through Creative Commons, I am thinking about things a little differently.  I have had the mindset of all or nothing and I did not want to be one of those educators who did not help my colleagues nor did I want to charge anyone for sharing.  

1) I have had no previous experience with copyright or intellectual property prior to the webinar.

2) I freely give my intellectual property to whoever needs it!

3) Now that I know more about it, I am still free to give it away; however, I like the added options that I didn't know about before.  Based on the resources presented in the webinar and the resource I looked at, my eyes have been opened to the differences levels of copyright.  I think I would prefer to stay on the safe side and just use things that are open.

1-Prior to the webinar, my only knowledge of copyright has been from what I have read up on in regards to Teachers Pay Teachers. Quite frankly, the concept has been very daunting to me, which is one of the main reasons selling products on Tpt makes me nevous!

2-I have always been willing to share my work with my colleagues and students, but haven't ever really shared them with a wider audience. I have never put any kind of copyright on my work. 

3-I still am not 100% sure about my understanding of intellectual property. From the webinar, I understand that there are varying degrees of how you label and understand copyright, but I am still unsure of exactly what each type of copyright means. From exploring around the creative commons website, I got some more information about making sure that your work is shared in the way that you are comfortable with. I appreciate the descriptions of each type of copyright listed on the webiste!  I also learned that you can get help determining which copyright to use by answering the short questionaire on the creative commons website. At this point, I definitely feel the need to copyright the materials I create.

1- I had very little experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to Monday's webinar.  

2- I share my work mostly through google drive (without editing rights) or pdf files.  

3 - I have always been willing to share my work, however, I didn't want it changed.  I realized after the webinar that it would be ok for my work to be taken and changed or expanded upon for other teachers.  I also think that sharing and working collaboratively can only strengthen public schools in NC - IF the resources are rigorous and aligned with state standards. 

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

My previous experience with copyright has been in many trainings over the years - college, my master's degree, online courses, training within PD when I was an Instructional Technology Coach, and more.  Mainly, these all related to copyright and intellectual property and how I as an educator could use other resources - very seldom has the focus been on how I copyright and share my intellectual property with others.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I have shared my property freely with very little thought on the expectations I had about my sharing.  I have never thought, "hmmm do I want this as SS, SA, ND, non-commerical".... nope, more like "here you go, do whatever with it".

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I am really excited to announce finally I understand licensing for intellectual materials.  I think back on how much citing and research I have done as a student, a colelge student, a master level student, and now a professional - it is unreal that I never fully grasped what the porperty intentions were.  In the webinar, there was a game where we identiftied the different licenses and I had to go back tonight and replay them individually - to make sense of it all more clearly.  How exciting to encourage the use of intellectuall property, that can be remixed and "re-" with endless outcomes.  As I was reading the licensing information from CCs website, I didn't realize that there was an entire area, CCO, that you can share your property for others to "re-"mix, or any other "re-" while waiving your rights. This is what I have been doing all along but didn't realize I could legally relenquish my work.  This entire system is so interesting and I am enjoying "nerding out". 

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I had received some training about copyright laws and copyright infringement in terms of what could/could not be copied or scanned for electronic storage or sharing.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I created and shared openly with colleagues not realizing that I owned the copyright and could desginate the product's use, etc.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I understand now that what I create in the scope of my job belongs to the school district in which I am employed. It's interested that students' work cannot be copied/shared without their permission as they are individuals not employed by the school district.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I have always heard about copyright laws before tonight, but I had never heard about open source materials until the first webinar.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I have always shared any materials I have developed with my coworkers not realizing that they were considered my intellectual property.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I learned so much during the first webinar and from the additional resources about copyrighted materials, intellectual property, and CC licenses.  While I will continue to share my work with others I now know that I can get a CC license to expand who I share my materials with (beyond my coworkers at school).

As a secondary ELA teacher, I've had a pretty good grasp on the basic copyright laws. There are some grey areas that still give me pause. I never allow Wikipedia to be used as a source in a formal paper - there are too many errors, and it is incredibly difficult to know which ideas belong to which contributors. Pinterest is also a minefield.

I always share freely with my immediate colleagues and have never put any kind of credit note on any shared resources within the school. They can use it, alter it, or toss it. I also think the concept of state-wide OEP to produce OER (I'm practicing my new jargon!) is a fabulous idea to which I am happy to submit CC-BY resources.

I have absolutely no problem with the TpT market. Every other professional industry sells individual, intellectual property. Why shouldn't teachers? Should a chef not sell cookbooks to other chefs? Should artists expect to receive only free pieces of art from other artists? If an ambulance is called to assist a paramedic who has had a heart attack, is there nothing billed to their insurance? Please don't misunderstand. If a doctor wants to treat a colleague for free, that's great! But why should he be looked down upon if he charges a doctor from across the state or across the nation? Professionals work hard to become professionals; the products and ideas they curate have value. Yes, many TpT products are of poor quality or inaccurate, but so are plenty of books in any bookstore. Buyer Beware. That said, as of today, I have posted only one resource on TpT, and it is free and editable.

Since watching the webinar, I have given copyrights much more thought. I never saw value in copyrighting free resources before, but now I see that it can not only protect creators/users, but also it can provide a user with a source to connect with for corrections, confirmations, or questions. I do think there is reason to be concerned with being credited after a resource is altered. For example, if I released a resource about Shakespeare and then someone adds a statement that says Shakespeare's works were not written by the man named Shakespeare, I don't want my name on that because I would never say that.

I do have a question about the CC copyright system. I haven't seen it before, so I'm wondering if it was created for #GoOpenNC or if I've just been unaware of it. Also, Why is CC-BY-ND not considered contradictory? By gives permission to remix, and ND forbids remixing.

Meredith,

I love your analogies!!!

Thanks, Gwendolyn!

1) I had little known experience with copyright and intellectual properties of teacher created materials.  

2) As I have worked in such varied settings, I have always shared my resources without hesitation.

3) I have not changed my mind but and very excited to have a platform in which to share and gain resources.  I am a firm believe that every student no matter the location is my student because they are the future leaders.

Elizabeth, I am like you. Up until recently, I had very little knowledge of copyright and intellectual properties. Our county recently started sharing the information (perhaps to prevent lawsuits) but I am glad that they are sharing this information so that we can protect ourselves.

1. Our county has recently trained our schools about copyright and intellectual property to remove improper use of media and teacher shared resources. However, I learned more about intellectual property in this seminar.

2. I usually share with my coworkers or on my blog any information that I come across or create. 

3. Overall, I have realized that I must be careful to check for the copyright and intellectual property of teacher shared sources on all websites and databases; not just on TeachersPayTeachers or movie sharing websites.

Prior to the webinar, I've had training with copyright. Our district requires that all teachers within the county take a copyright refresher moodle at the beginning of every school year.

I previously was open to everyone using my resources, however after going more in depth about copyright and the various CC licenses, I am interested in changing my process in both creating my content and evaluating other content to make sure that I am practicing what I preach as an ITF.

1. Prior to the webinar, I've been exposed to copyright and intellectual property from teaching digital citizenship lessons to students and through my Master's of Library Science classes.

2. I have shared with teachers and other facilitators resouces that I have created.

3. I did not realize the extensive understanding that one must have about works that you access.  The various categories that the webinar went over were more than what I previously knew and when I look at software and other applications that teachers are wanting to utilize, it's having to make sure I'm aware of and they are as well of the licensing factor.

Previously I was briefly exposed via BTLN and have had to consider it via my work with CTI. I am guilty of selling things on Tpt, but I typically always sharing my work so you can definitely find it somewhere for free. This webinar made me think about the importance of sharing data and the overall need for quality content in NC. I was attracted to Tpt because there was not much out there but that can change. 

1. I had limited experience with copyright or intellectual property. I used to be a yearbook advisor so I understood copyright from the journalist perspective, but I didn't know much about how to apply it to classroom documents. 

2. I allowed use by only sharing my documents within my PLC circle. 

3. I'm not thinking more about the implications of copyright laws. The webinar was useful because I now feel a lot better about having access to a resource database. 

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

 I did not know much about copyright prior to the webinar. I had learned a few basic things through warnings by other educators, like don't show Disney movies. but that's really all.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

 In the past I've shared freely with colleagues, without attaching my name. Usually I say "edit as you see fit". 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

 I read more about Creative Commons at this site. It helped me think about CC as "some rights reserved." Previously, I've only shared with people I know personally. As I think about sharing to a larger audience, I think I would want to reserve some rights, such as adding the NC CC license.

1. I didn't have very much experience with copyright, and didn't think too much into it when looking for resources. 

2 I would share anything , strategies worksheets, stations, powerpoints with anyone who I thought would benefit from it but I have never taught with others in the same subject or grade level so I havent been asked by too many to share any of my resources. 

3 I think it is important to share resources with others, especially new teachers who are should spend more efforts learning the content and classroom management, rather than creating thier own resources. Beginning teachers more than others probably struggle with resources that are standard alligned.

1.  I think most teachers have shared a worksheet or made a copy from a book.  I remember the first time they came down hard on us was showing videos that teachers were renting from the local video store.  

2.  I have always shared anything I've created.  I never really considered copyright issues because I never "published" any of my materials.

3. What it really got me thinking about was comments made on several blogs that I follow about materials they provided free.  They state and I agree that many of the materials are taken and cleaned up and sold on TpTs.  Where does that fall?

I had no previous experience about copyrights and licensing before the webinar. I just assumed that if I created it, I was the owner of it. I have always and probably always will share my creations freely. They are not about me, but they are about the kids! I am curious though as to how my county perceives my work, do they own it? Can I do  what I want with things that I have created at my school? The webinar gave me  a lot to think about in terms of who has the rights to use it and how can they use it. I feel that in order to protect myself, I may want to put some things into place as to the way I share my resources! Thank you for the information! 

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I had an entry level of understanding of copyright. I was able to remember quick tips and tricks that were specifically and directly taught to me in my undergraduate program years ago; however I had not explored it further. My familiarity was based around use of movies in the classroom and Teacher Pay Teacher materials. 

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

When creating resources in the past, I have not set copyright to any of my intellectual property. As an educator, I frequently benefit from the matierals of my co-workers and I am an open sharer. I believe that all materials can benefit students, so the more the merrier! 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I am curious about further understanding copyright laws especially in terms of using but not altering materials. 

Sara, I agree with you about the important of sharing to benefit students. We more we are able to collaborate, the better for our students! 

I have been on the CC trail for about 3 years and, since becoming an SLMC, I have promoted conspicuous attribution of all resources, especially images, by everyone--including presenters for the state whose seminars I have sat through. I myself have not officially copyrighted (as in applied for one) anything I have created; however, at the start of this school year, I realized I was not being credited for proposals and began putting my name on my work.  Yes, in the past, I just gave away everything---how else can people including myself grow (I thought) professionally if we don't share and get other professional perspectives on a say...a process? Since this webinar, I feel stronger about using a Creative Commons license symbol(s) on my work. The extra resources I looked at were split: 1 good 1 bad.  The first had a dead link. I left a comment for the provider to please fix it. The second resource was a website I have used in the past and realized, it took me about 10min to read all the permissions use. It would be so much easier if the website would just use CC symbols. 

1. I have had some basic copyright "reminders", but nothing like this!

2. I just share it with anyone who wants it--I don't even always put my name on my creations! I see it as part of my job to share with other teachers and educators.

3. I am thinking that I might need to out my name on things and be more specific in coding them (which have NEVER done before).

I feel the same way you do - share if you like, but I will definitely code appropriately from now on.

 What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar?   Before the webinar, the only exposure that I have had is to meet with our Media Specialist and review copyright rules and sign a document.

How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property?  Everything that I have created in the past, I have allowed my teammates to use openly.  If they shared with others, I was fine with that - we are in this together.

How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.  Based on the webinar, I now know that it is important to at least reference my name to any documents/activties created.  I am in teaching to share with others to benefit our students.

Before this webinar, I had a very limited and naive understanding of copyright and intellectual property. Since I have done work in the area of ELA, including literary and informational selections as well as standards-based assessments, I was familiar with works in the public domain. Any materials I purchased for personal use in the classroom were usually copyrighted and stated clearly. I've often used other teacher's creative ideas from teacher-led conferences I attended, but they offered their ideas freely and identified themselves as the authors on any materials they shared for us to copy and use.

Like presenters who freely offered their ideas, I've been open and willing to let others use mine with little thought of who gets the credit. Now within the realm of my work on the standards-based assessments, any written selections I did automatically included my authorship, but they also automatically transferred and became the intellectual property of the institution for which it was created. I retain no intellectual property rights.

Honestly, I was flabbergasted at the list of licenses in existence! Having stipulations about how it could be shared or altered or even used commercially, really opened my eyes to the limitations regarding Creative Commons. In the world of education, I view attribution as reasonable, but any other limitations on materials is really a detriment.

1. My previous experience with copyright was pretty limited. I just had basic knowledge and what copyright is, but did not think it was relevant to the work that I created. 

2. I share all of my intellectual property and allow others to use it all the time.

3. I now realize that value of lisencing the work that I create, especially because I self-create most of the resources that I use in my classroom. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

1. Before the webinar I have only experience with copyright and intellectual property when writing papers and siting sources. Other than making sure I was citing my sources I haven't had any other experience.

2. I have never made anything professionally that would require my consent to use.

3. My thought process has changed as my eyes have been opened to the whole world of copyright. Prior to this I hadn't thought much about it to be honest. I would make sure to cite sources and such, but didn't know what any symbols or accronyms meant. Going through the mini quiz on the webinar allowed me to see what I had missing the whole time I reviewing and using outside resources. The resource I looked at and shared in the check this out folder has a license that does not allow distribution or commercial use, I'm wondering if that means if a fellow teacher wanted to use it I wouldn't be able to make them copies? I would have to send them the link I'm thinking. Still have lots to learn!

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? By obtaining my doctoral and master's degrees, I learn about copyrights laws especially in the educational spectrum

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? I would share different resources especially with teachers, unless it was a decription on the resources stating about the copyright laws.

3) How has your though process changed?  Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.  It has definitely open my eyes.  I realize that I should have been more careful.  Now that I have learned about the different licences after the webinar, I now know what to look for and how to utilize it.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

Prior to this webinar, I thought there was basically one version of a copyright. I didn't realize there were so many ways to publish a piece of work.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

Previously, I would just give people my work, as needed. I didn't worry too much about copyrights- I just shared with other teacher.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

My thought process has changed throughout this webinar because I will be more likely to add a copyright to my intellectual property, even if I allow others to change it however they please. After looking at the additional resources on the page, I have noticed that there are so many publishers who are also willing to allow others to share and adapt their property for their classroom. This is so beneficial to others!

Previoulsy, I knew basic copywrite law, but I didn't know about Creative Commons work.  I wish I had known this about 6 mos ago.  I actually was approached by someone in the spring who wanted to use my work on something I designed and shared in a datebase with other AP teachers.  I agreed but stipulated he keep my name on my materials.  Ironically and inadvertently, I learned this summer he did not.  I did not, however, have it marked with the CC licensures.  I'm glad to have this information because as Joanna said, "Once you know, you can't unknow."  I will be paying much more attention to CC when it comes to intellectual property now. 

In terms of the extra resource I looked at, I examined a video of a teacher explaining the difference between Passive and Active Voice (a lesson I just did recently).  Whiel the video didn't contain intellectual property that I could see beyond the sample sentence, I do see potential for it to be remixed and strengthened. 

1. I had no prior experience with copyright or intellectual property prior to the webinar.

2. I had open use of my intellectual property. I don't care who uses what I create. 

3. My thought process has not changed. 

I teach for NCVPS and they have trained us well with copyright information. I remember when I start we would add images etc. with not information on the source but since last couple of years, it has been made pretty strict on citing sources and giving appropriate credit. 

I did not even think earlier about giving credit on 'intellectual property'. It opened my eyes when the issue was addressed in the webinar. Thanks to the information provided.

i think it's good when we share our work and collaborate but it seems very appropriate to give credit to the person who is using their intellect in making it. I think TpT is for regular students but for gifted learners, it may not even be challenging.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I honestly had not had any formal training on copyright laws. I've been using teacher resources and giving teachers credit for years, but didn't understand the laws regarding it. 

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I have some items on TPT and have also given a lot of my materials to other teachers. I just assumed the teachers would use them for their personal use in the past, but I like the idea that this program will track my materials and I can see how they evolve over time!

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I am starting to think about how I've posted my materials on TPT in the past. I think a platform like this could actually be benefical for me because I could see how people use my materials to make them even better and how they have incorporated some of the resources on this platform!

My previous copyright experience was limited to basically giving credit when using materials and making sure not to reproduce Teacher Pay Teacher activities unless I have a full subscription.

After our first session, I realized what all the copyright logos actually mean. I was very interested in learning about intellectual property as well. Very interesting to think what I think I own, I don't always own it:)

Going forward I am now paying more attention to the copyright logos and now being aware of how to share items with each label.

I agree! I am now going to pay better attention to the logos and what they mean. As we've heard more than once... "once you see it, you can't unsee it!"

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

I have spent a great deal of time working with copyright.  I typically check the user rights when I am selecting images and/or go to the Public Domain to access documents.  If I see something that I can use as long as it is modified, then I take the time to modify this document.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I have had negative experiences when it comes to intellectual property.  I have often created documents and had them sent back to me as someone else's work.  This is very disheartening and makes me leary about sharing my resources.  I wonder what the solution is to intellectual property within OpenNC.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

My thought process is that if this is something that I can use to help someone else, then I am trying to have a positive attitude about the replication of my work.  I often ask that my work is cited so that at minimum I receive credit for what I have done.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

Prior to this webinar, I did not have a lot of experience with copyrighting.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I have posted things online, but I did not specify any copywriting parameters.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I think that it important for teachers to share what works in their classroom. When I cook dinner, I frequently use a recipe as a guideline. I tweak the recipe to suit my tastes. I think intellectual resources are the same. I need to be able to tweak the lesson parameters to fit my classroom.

I like your comparison to recipes. I hadn't thought of that before, but it really makes sense! When I find and use a good recipe, I often give credit to the creator (even if its just in passing to the person who is sharing the meal with me). Great metaphor!

1. Before this webinar, my experience with copyright extended to looking inside books/resources to see what was printed about copyright procedures. I always tried my best to follow the lega guidelines of use for anything I purchased. I was completely unaware of the diverse codes for copyright and intellectual property.

2. I have always shared my creations freely at my school, but I never put any type of copyright on my work. The only way I ever "restricted" my work was to create a google doc that could not be altered. However, I realize now, that there is so much more to consider when it comes to use of intellectual property.

3. I loved how the video encouraged educators to collaborate together! I also have noticed that now when I look at a resource, I look for the various symbols of copyright codes from the webinar. It makes me more aware of how I need to code my resources as well.

I had no previous formal experience with copyright and intellectual property.  I never "coded" my work before.  I simply shared it and allowed others to make changes.  I always put my name on documents I created at the bottom of the document and usually shared it as a PDF.  I need to copyright my work the correct way and look for how other give permission for use of thier work.

1) Prior to tonight, I have only had training on copyright laws from y'all.  I have been able to attend 2 of your trainings and now a third with the webinar.  Each time it is ingrained more and more.  

2) I have never used copyright licenses of any sorts.  I allowed for it to be shared far and wide. 

3) Thinking about copyright tonight and talking with everyone on the webinar made me realize how the interest of the kids should be the center of our work.  As we collaborate and remix, the students benefit.  I do worry sometimes that work I've done might have made it into the hands of someone making money off of it but I also know that students elsewhere are benefitting.  I will begin using licenses appopriately.  

1) I thought I knew a lot about copyright but learned so much more tonight

2) I have always just given away my intellectual property.  I openly share any good ideas or good resources I create with others that might be able to use them.

3) Knowing so much about copyright and intellectual property will help me when I go out to schools to help other teachers.  I think that as OER's continue to rise in popularity, it is essential to expand this copyright knowledge as well.

1. I have showed our county video in copyrights to new teachers in our workshop.

2.I like to share anything with my colleagues and i hope that they just follow the guidelines such as use it for their classrooms and not for sale.

3. I guess that I was aware of this topic before the webinar but I like the detailed orientation and somehow more simple classification of how a resource should be share.

I thought I knew a great deal about copyright but I learned so much. It is far more complex and intricate then I thought. I had this thought that things are creative commons ( usable) or Not able to be used - period. It is so much more and I had so much to process. I see how technology, screen shots, quick access, pinterest, teachers pay teachers, google searching the availabitlity of materials and control over how they are used has become of paramount importance. 

I used to put made by Mrs. Miller on the bottom and release it to the world with no expectiations or care. I guess I really need to think carefully about what I create and how I want to share it. It is a lot to process. I also must pay attention to things I am given or find and where they are from and who deserves credit. It was a very thought provoking experience and I need time to process and rewire the way I work and share. 

 My experience has been teaching fair use and basic guidelines to high school students. I was interested by all the use categories that were discussed.  

My resource was not nearly as comprehensive as the webinar, I am excited to bring this to my students.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

Prior to this webinar, I had very minimal knowledge of copyright and intellectual property licensing.

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I did not consider my “small creations” as my property. I shared with others but have also used others without thought.

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

As a result of new knowledge gained during the webinar, I am aware that my materials are considered covered according to copyright laws. Knowing this has caused me to look at the resources that I use often to make sure that I am abiding by these laws.

1) It was at my first workshop with the media center specialist that I learned about copyright.  The webinar helped me understand better.

2) I have always been happy to share my intellectual property with others.  I have shared with coworkers, PLCs, district, and at the state level through conferences.

3) I still feel like mateirals should be shared freely, but I do like the idea of having to give credit to the creator.

1. I have had training on copyright before but truly have always felt that as teachers, we had license to use anything in our classrooms as long as we weren't making money from it or sharing it as our own.

2.  I have always freely shared resources with no thought to copyright.

3.  You can't unknow what you know.  I am more thoughtful of giving credit where credit is due and not sharing material intended only for 1 person's use.

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

My previous experience with copyright was that the work is protected by law and one can be prosecuted if they break that law. As for intellectual property I never really heard of it before the webinar.  

2) How did you previously allow the use of your intellectual property? 

I don't believe I really have or had anything of intellectual property. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

It was really interesting to me that something you make basically has copyright protection without actually having to fill any kind of formal paper work. 

1) What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar? 

Befre this webinar I had little to know knowledge of copyright and intellectual property, this has been a great learning experience for me. 

2) How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property? 

I have mentored beginning teachers, participated in many cohorts and PLC's in my county and have shared resources via google drive and never given a second thought to provisions of use. 

3) How has your thought process changed? Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I have honestly felt like a criminal! I have rewired my brain to consider my process when it comes to resources in  a different more compliant light. 

1. What was your previous experience with copyright and intellectual property prior to the webinar?

I had some prior knowledge about copyright laws but no knowledge of intellectual property.

2.  How did you previously allow use of your intellectual property?

I shared it with my colleagues at school and anyone else who asked for it.

3.  How has your thought process changed?  Please reference both the webinar and the extra resource you looked at.

I like that there is a platform where I can share my ideas with others that are not just in my school/school district.  I also like the fact that others' may help me improve on my work by looking over it and helping me make improvements.

1. I had very limited knowledge of copyright and intellectual property.

2. I use copyright on my syllabus. 

3. It gives me a new prespective on peoples ideas and how you need to give them credit for their idea.The video was a great visual for how to collaborate.

Prior to the webinar and the workshops, I had training in copyright through my Library Media studies and practice as well as in my role/training as webmaster at my schools.  I had never really thought about my own intellectual property being licensed because I've always been willing to share and collaborate with others.  However, I like the creative commons concept because it will open up so many opportunites to discuss and collaborate!  I think that I will be better able to educate my staff through this process and help them to realize how much we have abused the copyright system without any thought.  By involvement in this process and sharing the work with my peers I think we can all be better consumers/collaborators and creators movin forward,