Unit 1: Developing materials and copyright

This is definitely a challenging area, as there is a fine balance between wanting to share resources that you know will support learning and monitoring what can and can't be shared. I think that the Copyright Matters! booklet(see resources for link) put out by the Government of Canada should be a document that teachers keep on hand at all times when planning units. There is a little more leeway and freedom since the amendment in 2012 but it is still essential that teachers review the document prior to using materials in their original format. I think that we are fortunate to have all the accessibility to video and audio recordings that we do now to use in our classroom. I also appreciate being able to look on line for starting points for lesson plans, with a few tweaks to meet the needs of my class I can save time by adapting materials that already exist.






Noel, W., & Snel, J. (2016). Copyright Matters!: Some Key Issues Questions & Answers for Teachers. Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. Retrieved from http://cmec.ca/Publications/Lists/Publications/Attachments/291/Copyright_Matters.pdf