Attached is a form that teachers must fill out 3 days prior to showing a
video...even if it is a school owned educational video for Science or
Social Studies. The form has to carry the signature of all teachers who
plan to view the video and the principal must approve of it. The video
must be documented in lesson plans. That said...yes, we have some
teachers who do not abide by the policy and if the principal is aware of
that, then she handles it with the teacher. I cannot show anything
closed circuit unless I have the form with the principal's signature.
We do subscribe to the video licensing (about $400 a year for 1600
students)which allows us to show movies for rewards, entertainment, etc
(this covers our after school program too which uses movies for
entertainment purposes, however we don't hold them to the policy of
filling out a form.)
Julie Stephens,
Media Specialist, NBCT
Calhoun Primary/Elementary
stephensj@calhounschools.org
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[mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Mrs. Laurita
Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 10:44 AM
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Subject: Videos and Copyright
I too sent out an email two weeks ago reminding teachers and aides that
all videos have to be involved with direct instruction.
I have had some success. One teacher who had been our biggest violator
now plans pre-viewing and post-viewing activities for all videos and
they are all directly related to the curriculum.
At the beginning of this school year our principal asked the teachers
for a list of videos they planned to show and why. These also have to
be reflected in the lesson plans. When he walks the halls if he sees a
video that he knows wasn't on the list or in the lesson plans he'll go
in and ask, "What are we teaching today?" (He has the personality that
allows this to come off as nice, not nasty.) It has cut down
dramatically on the use of videos.
Each year the principal and I discuss a license for videos. My concern
is that the teachers will take this as permission to show more videos
rather than being in compliance with the law.
Bene e Pace (Blessings and Peace),
Paula S.W. Laurita, MLIS
St. John the Baptist Catholic School, K-8
Madison, AL
plaurita@stjohnb.com
Editor
BellaOnline Library Sciences
http://librarysciences.bellaonline.com
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