Posted by Teresa Ross Engle on Jul 29, 2015; 2:37am
URL: https://nabble.aealearningonline.org/POST-4-Copyright-tp535p575.html

Copyright has always been a bit of an enigma.  I discovered a few years back with a visually impaired student that I could make significant enlargements for his adaptations/modifications.  However that doesn't always apply to all disabilities and materials.  That being said, if I can purchase multiple copies of materials I do, If I can't I do my best  to investigate and follow copyright laws.  Just as an FYI this also applies to standardized testing materials.   n the past I had to receive special permission form Iowa testing to make modifications and return the "copied" testing material to the Director of SpEd to shred.
I am very pleased to have learned about Creative Commons. This was a whole new are of opportunities for me.  I had never heard of it before, Public Domain sure, but I didn't realize Creative Commons existed.
I intend to investigate the options of creative commons more.  Today(7-28-15) for example is the 150th anniversary of Alice in Wonderland, and there were all sort s of really cool things on the website. I am going to search for texts that I am going to read aloud to my students this year to find supplemental information specific to the text I am sharing.
I will continue to do my best to not break copyright laws, but I also believe that I have discovered a lot of additional freedoms and venues to get material into the hands of my students.