Students will research copyright laws and fair use policies.

Students will identify main points relevant to use of materials both in and out of the classroom.

Students today use the Internet on a daily, sometimes hourly basis. The use of such programs as Powerpoint, Publisher, and Frontpage in instructional activities encourages students to find information, images, and graphs on the Internet to use in their assignments.  Before students are allowed to mine the resources on the Internet, it is important that they know the basic laws and policies regarding the use of these pieces, both in and out of the classroom. In this activity, you will be researching copyright laws and creating a website to inform your students of these laws.

Choose about ten important facts, rules or guidelines that you feel are important for your students to know. Create a website to teach your students about these policies. Tailor your website to your students, your content area, and your own individual needs. Remember to include in your website the grade level and content area the site is intended for. Create this as an HTML document and post to your website. Create a link on the index page to this assignment.
Be sure to include:

• At least ten topics
• An introduction to the activity
• Clipart
• Specific examples of correct and incorrect use

	Work In Progress	Needs Revision	Excellent
Website	Fewer than ten topics. No examples of correct or incorrect use.  Student failed to include clip art in website.	Student listed ten topics with short explanations. Few examples were used and/or the examples were not fitting. The student failed to include class information.	Student met and exceeded expectations listed above: provided information on class & content, elaborated on ten or more topics, provided thorough explanations of the rules, used examples, and included clip art.