A devoted book lover, Catherine A. Cardno of Education Week’s
Commentary staff, writes about new releases in the K-12
education-publishing arena and interviews authors. Educators and
policy experts round out the blog with their periodic book
reviews. As we all know, copyright issues can been incredibly
tricky to figure out—particularly since social media has made it
so easy for everyone to publically share material online. The
issue of copyright becomes even more complex when you consider
all the material that moves through a K-12 classroom, especially
when student-research projects are involved. The American
Library Association, or ALA, has today released a new copyright
reference book created specifically for K-12 educators and
libraries. VideoAmy explores the topic of digital citizenship
with this playlist of videos on the importance of online safety,
manners, privacy, and responsibility. "Digital citizenship" is
an umbrella term that covers a whole host of important issues.
Broadly, it's the guidelines fo