Saturday’s Stuff!
We started the day early- at 8am (that’s 5am pacific!) with an author’s talk from Sid Jacobsen and Ernie Colon, who created a graphic novel from the 911 commission report.
Ernie- the artist
Sid- the managing editor
Both have worked extensively for Harvey comics. Ernie is most famous for his comics Casper the Friendly Ghost and Richie Rich. Sid also spent many years as managing editor fro Marvel Comics.
A general history of Harvey comics- the main difference between Marvel and Harvey – Marvel has always had a reluctance to expand into education. Harvey has always found it to be natural, and has created graphic novels for many different things over the last 50 years.
They use the medium to tell a story. This use of comics to increase depth in understanding is what graphics application is all about.
In the book on the 911 report it was the timeline that was the most difficult to tell. In the actual book it was very hard to follow, and it took a long time to actually sort out all of the players and what was going on when and where. This finally turned into the books timeline which is the entire beginning of the book. The timeline is a great example of how graphics can add depth and clarity in understanding difficult things.
This book is the only thing to be endorsed by the 911 commission because it clearly tells the story. Graphics shows and tells in a way that words and photos can’t.
The authors hope that teachers will use more graphic novels as a means of information. At this time movie houses are paying attention to graphic novels because they make great story boards for movies. They also wanted to show that you can use graphic novels with adults, and in an educational setting.
A side note- it was Will Eisner who coined the term “Graphic Novel” when he wrote one called “Contract With God”. He didn’t want to call it a comic book because it wasn’t for children, so he changed the name to graphic novel.
Other graphic novels that they recommend:
Mous I, Maus II – Art Spiegelman
Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi
Epileptic -
Palestine – Joe Sacco
Barefoot Gen: Life After the Bomb (four volumes) – Keiji Nakazwa
Fax From Sarajevo – Joe Kubert
The Cartoon History of the United States – Larry Gonick
The Four Immigrants Manga – Henry (Yoshitaka) Kiyama
We also went to two related sessions, one using graphic novels to map history curriculum as well as creating student graphic novels for better understanding of texts.
Mrs. Benson and Mr. Belveal went to a session on grammar and had to leave because it was putting them to sleep… and as an added bonus Mrs. Benson tried to go to a session on research and was turned away by the fire marshal because there were too many people in the room already (there were guards at both doors by the time she got over there).
As always, Mrs. Anderson picked up tons of free books in the book hall.
In the afternoon we took the subway up to Columbia University, and spent the afternoon there.
Yay for us!
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
Afternoon Sessions
This afternoon we met at the Marriott in Times square, where I went to a session on intellectual property, after which we heard Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson speak. We them made the trip back across town to the convention center where we went to sessions on blogging and wikis as well as doing author studies via the internet.
below is some of the more relevant content that we collected.
Enjoy!
Fair use in the media and in education
Fair use balances the rights of owners with the rights of users to stimulate growth and ideas.
Considerations cannot be taken one by one; they must be looked at as a whole.
www.centerforsocialmedia.org/medialiteracy
socialmedia@american.edu
all of the “rules” that we hear about are actually guidelines, not really rules. They are not actually LAW. They are a negotiation; an attempt to try to clarify what fair use would be .Fair use is actually flexible in its application, based upon use and where we are in time (ex. 1970 vs. 2007).
Kenneth Cruz
These guidelines are actually a narrowing of the law- they have done more harm than good because they are not the law and don’t really show a consensus of what educators actually do.
Some of these guidelines, as soon as they were created were rejected by major groups of educators. They were always considered a compromise.
Written by a group of well meaning people who carved out a deal thinking that they were helping educators, but they have actually confused people more.
Reality is that as soon as we create a set of rules they will be outdated. there are actually four factors and they need to be applied broadly on a case by case basis.
So, what is fair?
Merchants of Cool (video) freely available from the PBS website.
The four factors that determine fair use:
Purpose of the use
Extent of the use
Nature of the use
Effect of the use on the market
General case law in the last 15 years, it is no longer just a matter of looking at the four factors. Increasingly courts are saying that there is really one big question, the answer to which will determine the other four answers.
The” transformitiveness” of the use. Is the use a new application of an existing product for the same purpose
Or is it an added value purpose (repurposing)- making something completely new by using what is already available. In order to transform an existing work in this scenario you don’t have to change it in the traditional sense- you can just reframe it.
Example: a book publisher putting out a coffee table book of the greatful dead, some small but complete reproductions of artwork used in the early years of the band (Fillmore posters)- publisher tried to make a deal for the poster art and some tickets, couldn’t make a deal. The publisher decided to go ahead, BGP sued and it went up the chain of command in the courts. It was finally decided that the inclusion of the work was a reframing of it- using it for a new purpose. Thus it was fair use.
The publisher did not alter the artwork, but recontextualized the work for a retrospective. Thus they created a new purpose for the work.
Most use is not challenged in education because it is actually fair use and the authors don’t want to set a precedent (they already know that it is fair use and don’t want others to know).
REPURPOSING AS A CATALYST FOR DISCUSSION IN THE CLASS IS TRANSFORMATIVE
If you use a film for the purpose that it was intended then it is not fair use.
Section 110 paragraph 1 it is ok to display copyrighted works in connection with a lesson in education.
Works for major motion pictures that a teacher shows in class that are relevant to the subject matter that they are teaching.
Example- Monty Python and the Holy Grail at the end of the school year in the 7th grade.
Does not work for babysitting movies.
Music- when played for the purpose of teaching (example – exposure to culture) effectively repurposes the work
Example would be playing music for the kids while they are working.
Websites from one of the sessions on Wikis and blogging:
EduWikis:
http://educaionalwikis.wikispaces.com
Free sites:
http://wikispaces.com
PBWiki
http://pbwiki.com
Wet Paint:
www.wetpaint.com/category/education
below is some of the more relevant content that we collected.
Enjoy!
Fair use in the media and in education
Fair use balances the rights of owners with the rights of users to stimulate growth and ideas.
Considerations cannot be taken one by one; they must be looked at as a whole.
www.centerforsocialmedia.org/medialiteracy
socialmedia@american.edu
all of the “rules” that we hear about are actually guidelines, not really rules. They are not actually LAW. They are a negotiation; an attempt to try to clarify what fair use would be .Fair use is actually flexible in its application, based upon use and where we are in time (ex. 1970 vs. 2007).
Kenneth Cruz
These guidelines are actually a narrowing of the law- they have done more harm than good because they are not the law and don’t really show a consensus of what educators actually do.
Some of these guidelines, as soon as they were created were rejected by major groups of educators. They were always considered a compromise.
Written by a group of well meaning people who carved out a deal thinking that they were helping educators, but they have actually confused people more.
Reality is that as soon as we create a set of rules they will be outdated. there are actually four factors and they need to be applied broadly on a case by case basis.
So, what is fair?
Merchants of Cool (video) freely available from the PBS website.
The four factors that determine fair use:
Purpose of the use
Extent of the use
Nature of the use
Effect of the use on the market
General case law in the last 15 years, it is no longer just a matter of looking at the four factors. Increasingly courts are saying that there is really one big question, the answer to which will determine the other four answers.
The” transformitiveness” of the use. Is the use a new application of an existing product for the same purpose
Or is it an added value purpose (repurposing)- making something completely new by using what is already available. In order to transform an existing work in this scenario you don’t have to change it in the traditional sense- you can just reframe it.
Example: a book publisher putting out a coffee table book of the greatful dead, some small but complete reproductions of artwork used in the early years of the band (Fillmore posters)- publisher tried to make a deal for the poster art and some tickets, couldn’t make a deal. The publisher decided to go ahead, BGP sued and it went up the chain of command in the courts. It was finally decided that the inclusion of the work was a reframing of it- using it for a new purpose. Thus it was fair use.
The publisher did not alter the artwork, but recontextualized the work for a retrospective. Thus they created a new purpose for the work.
Most use is not challenged in education because it is actually fair use and the authors don’t want to set a precedent (they already know that it is fair use and don’t want others to know).
REPURPOSING AS A CATALYST FOR DISCUSSION IN THE CLASS IS TRANSFORMATIVE
If you use a film for the purpose that it was intended then it is not fair use.
Section 110 paragraph 1 it is ok to display copyrighted works in connection with a lesson in education.
Works for major motion pictures that a teacher shows in class that are relevant to the subject matter that they are teaching.
Example- Monty Python and the Holy Grail at the end of the school year in the 7th grade.
Does not work for babysitting movies.
Music- when played for the purpose of teaching (example – exposure to culture) effectively repurposes the work
Example would be playing music for the kids while they are working.
Websites from one of the sessions on Wikis and blogging:
EduWikis:
http://educaionalwikis.wikispaces.com
Free sites:
http://wikispaces.com
PBWiki
http://pbwiki.com
Wet Paint:
www.wetpaint.com/category/education
NCTE 2007 Friday Morning
Hi all,
SO here is a quick recap...
Yesterday we presented at 12pm Eastern time, go to www.teacherweb.com/ca/wellsmiddleschool-dublin/anderson
and click on NCTE for our info.
We went to the Met in the late afternoon and wrapped the day up at the opening night Gala with Jonathan Kozol.
Today we were up early (5am pacific!) to see amy Tan speak, and now we are at a media literacy lecture.
go to
www.frankwbaker.com/ncte_presentation_page_2007.htm
To make a wiki go to this page
http://pbwiki.com/education.wiki
We are now off to head across town to get to our next sessions (yes, I said across town)
Cheers to you!
SO here is a quick recap...
Yesterday we presented at 12pm Eastern time, go to www.teacherweb.com/ca/wellsmiddleschool-dublin/anderson
and click on NCTE for our info.
We went to the Met in the late afternoon and wrapped the day up at the opening night Gala with Jonathan Kozol.
Today we were up early (5am pacific!) to see amy Tan speak, and now we are at a media literacy lecture.
go to
www.frankwbaker.com/ncte_presentation_page_2007.htm
To make a wiki go to this page
http://pbwiki.com/education.wiki
We are now off to head across town to get to our next sessions (yes, I said across town)
Cheers to you!
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