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September 30, 2025

Video Creation in a Fifth Grade Classroom
  1. Sign in, stowe your other devices, log into a Chromebook, and go to WYAW (While You Are Waiting).

  2. Copyright and fair use. Seems boring? It's really fascinating!

    1. Renee Hobbs and Fair Use: Practical tool for students and teachers...
      Document the Fair Use Reasoning Process (Source: Media Lab)

    2. Let's explore more......https://mediaeducationlab.com/copyright
      copyright law

      determining fair use

    3. What is fair use and what media is included? https://musc.libguides.com/copyright/fairuse#loaded

    4. Why is this important for NC Teachers and Students?
    5. COPYRIGHT: Movies in the Classroom
      6. copyright
      Source: https://guides.uflib.ufl.edu/copyright/video

      The Copyright Act at §110(1) (face to face teaching exemption) allows for the performance or display of video or film in a classroom where instruction takes place in [the] classroom with enrolled students physically present and the film is related to the curricular goals of the course.
      (Apr 8, 2021)

       

    6. What about using video in online classes or environments? If it's OK for online is it also OK for face-to-face?
      https://uri.libguides.com/fairuse/examples/video

      What about streaming movies from Disney Plus or Netflix?
      https://guides.uflib.ufl.edu/copyright/video (Scroll down the page)

      And finally, what about outside of a classroom for educational purposes?
      Disney Fines School for Showing Lion King at PTA Fundraiser
      Original Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/02/04/disney-lion-king-school-fine/

  3. Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/
    cc
    Want more information? https://creativecommons.org/about/cclicenses/

    1. Looking for media that has CC licences and that can or most likely can be used in accordance with Fair Use?
      Look for wikimedia commons and/or CC licensed material or .gov files since, in general, government files are in the public domain (https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/selected-internet/imagesources.html) including NASA (see here for more resources from NASA for educators https://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html). However, some media and the logos are copyrighted but fall under fair use if you are using it for educational purposes.

    2. Some good copyright friendly websites for VISUALS (images and video):
  4. Table Groups: Uses of video in the classroom. How are you seeing teachers (e.g., your CE) using video? Write four ideas on your lo-tech whiteboard.

  5. Let's make some video and start with a cloud-based tool that is considered a Web 2.0 tool (in the cloud).
    Getting started with ADOBE EXPRESS: An online video creation tool - basic with some but not as much control as other tools.
    • Go to this shared folder and download at least, 4 images (.jpg) and 1 video (.mp4)
      https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/19SvP4KNhCfzezZpb_v6tIYsO9IcMfTMW?usp=sharing

    • Next, go to Adobe Express (https://www.adobe.com/express/) and use the black button to Get Adobe Express Free to sign up and create an account with your class gmail address.

    • From the homepage, choose the plus in a circle to start a new project. Choose VIDEO and the standard format (16:9).

    • We're going to do this first one together and then you'll have studio time to work on a new one that is your own.
      • I would highly recommend that you DON'T use a template. Start from scratch.
      • Go to the UPLOAD option to the left of the screen and upload your images and video.
      • Add as scene in sequence
      • Use the timeline interface for your project to add to your timeline.
      • Add a blank scene at the start to add a title with text
      • Add music of your choice
      • Feeling creative? Add text captions on top of your images or video.
      • Finished? Share and choose View-Only link.

    • Follow along so you can feel confident when you are doing your own "real" video. This will be what you submit as the example/artifact for Web 2.0 #2.

    • Your video can be about anything you wish but the following elements are required:

        • A text block at the start of your video with your title
        • At least 4 or more images and/or video (NOTE: images alone are fine, no video is required)
        • Music of your choice
        • Must be between 30 seconds and 2:30 minutes in length

      • Once your video is finished, click the Export button in the top right corner; be patient it may take a little while. To get the viewable link to share, click the Link option to the right of the screen.

      • You can continue editing but once you like what you see, copy the link and add it to your Google Site for Web 2.0 #2 tool either embedded or as a clickable link. (Save the rest of the profile for later, if you wish - DUE September 28)

ROYALTY FREE MEDIA

Visuals: Pixabay, Pexels, Unsplash, Morguefile

Music
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Media Resources from Penn State
http://mediacommons.psu.edu/free-media-library/

OER Commons: Free Digital Library and Network of Educational Resources
https://www.oercommons.org/

Music
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html

Speeches
https://archive.org/details/Greatest_Speeches_of_the_20th_Century

All Media, mostly Images
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Wikipedia:Public domain image resources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources

Public Domain Image Websites
https://99designs.com/blog/resources/public-domain-image-resources/

Access some fabulous visual and audio media collections at the Library of Congress (some but not all are in the Public Domain) https://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html