JESSICA MORMAN * ITEC 7445 * SUMMER 2015 COPYRIGHT: FOCUS ON TEXT

SETTING THE STAGE… (CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO PLAY)

STUDENT NEEDS Many students need electronic versions of textbooks or trade books. The reason varies: Physical Visual Learning

“CLASSROOM COPYING CANNOT BE USED TO REPLACE TEXTS OR WORKBOOKS USED IN THE CLASSROOM.”

INTRODUCTION TO TERMS

TERMS RELATED TO TEXT Copyrighted text includes: Textbooks Trade books or novels published after 1923 Must have permission to use/reproduce Creative Commons text includes: Any literature created and shared (usually online) Poetry Short stories Allowed to use free of charge with restrictions Public Domain text Text published prior to 1923 Available free of charge for any to use

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SOLUTIONS Solutions for copyrighted text : Bookshare GA Instructional Materials Center Learning Ally Solutions for Public Domain text : Project Gutenburg Librivox Feedbooks Many more! (Kindle, Amazon, Google)

SCENARIOS Scenario:Solution (s): Teacher needs to provide an electronic version of textbook to student. 1.Check to see if a CD with PDF version came with the textbook. 2.Make a request from the AT Specialist if the student is in special education. 3.Request the school purchase an electronic version of the book for the student. Teacher is covering Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in 9 th grade literature and she would like to offer the electronic version for kids to access from her website. 1.Download from a public domain site such as Teacher prints out a poem from for her class to study. He has a student in class who is visually impaired and needs enlarged material. 1.Since this website works under creative commons law, the teacher can enlarge the poem and make a copy for the student. 2.The student can access the website and enlarge it herself.

RESOURCES! Family Tip Sheet (Common Sense Media) Family Tip Sheet – Public Domain books – Accessible books (copyrighted) for those with print disabilities Bookshare video :

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