Copyright can be a tricky topic that students may have difficulty with, whether it be not citing resources properly or not citing at all. Hopefully after reading this blog you will get a better understanding of what copyright is and your rights to use it.

Writing about your own ideas is perfectly fine, until you start to add in different individuals ideas to expand on your own. Once you have taken someone else's idea, it must be cited since it is not your own work. This does not just go for ideas, but videos, pictures and music as well.  What I've learned from this is when creating a blog, project or any type of work not only should you cite the images or videos you have used but you should always cite your own as well to protect your work.

There are four types of copyright establishments made by the creative common laws that students should be aware of:
1) Attribution: you allow others to use your copyright work as long as they give you credit the way you prefer.
2) Share alike: you allow others to use your copyright work only under the same terms. If they wish to use it under other terms they must seek permission first.
3) Non-Commercial you allow others to use your copyrighted work or modify your work but not for commercial purposes
4) No Derivative Works: you allow others to use your copyright work but only the original copies of it. They must get permission if they wish to modify your work.

It is important to not only be careful with how you use other individuals work, but also how you publish your own. Kids are encouraged to be more creative and make their own ideas, videos, and images instead of relying on what is already out there. So always remember to cite your own!!

Here below I have demonstrated how to cite images:

Silverberg, Miika. (May 16, 2006). On the edge. (Flickr image). Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/miikas/147698334/in/photolist-e3Zz1-nFobwz-6PaYZg-q3K1zE-e9VDki-bCEWnB-ef8FtQ-9ayqsd-81JzpW-a4uF92-7At8vF-e4u8ue-5jXeU6-BysaT-5tQeKc-9wCAyR-2RYxn-pR8ZbH-9es4mr-kVonob-8vBVVr-8RwYTY-dWYLan-8vEXcj-qnsUk8-dDZC7Y-ehBnRE-eaeQ5V-xqdVQ-5LDsTX-c13QH5-bnwDAF-qLLxuB-pa1tU5-oA2Vax-79Ku2b-e5TdEF-4KTTPL-eF6fEB-htg2aG-no917U-98DAGE-9uYa1k-e7k4RT-bv8gWK-9DFvj7-fdi1sv-bnt93F-aXBWJk-bDcCjx/

Sharma, Abhi. (August 27, 2006). Books HD. (Flickr Image). Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/abee5/8314929977