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Using digital and media tools fairly?

90 mins All

Objective / Aims

• To be aware and learn about the ethical and legal issues surrounding the access and use of information, mainly online; • To understand the consequences of not respecting the copyrights put on information, such as photos available online; • To be able to access and use correctly licensed information, such as photos, and to give copyright credits when creating online content.

Materials/Apps

• Laptop,

Smartphones/Tablets, Videoprojector • Apps, Software, platforms used: Any internet browser software and a social media account

Space

Room with a preferably a projector or big screen should be prepared for group and individual work. Participant do not need computers but they will be needing smart phones or tablets with internet connection.

1st PART (15min)

Split the participants into teams of three members, and tell them that each team has to create a post for the Facebook or Instagram. If they are not familiar with Facebook or Instagram, you can ask them to prepare them on paper. The keywords for the story are: cake, national day, national flag. They need to use a photo or more photos they find online, and add a message in the post, saying something about the photo they find. At the end of the exercise, in group, check the posts the teams developed. Ask each team to tell from where they got the photo, and then check with them if the photo they used was license protected. Reflect with the participants on the consequences of using license protected photos, without asking permission or paying for them.

2nd PART (30 min)

Tell the participants the story about making 24,000 EUR from a Norwegian national day cake photo (Annex 3).

Then, introduce to the participants the basics on the legal framework of copyrights and types of licenses; also, provide them with examples of sources where they can find free license photos or photos under a Creative Commons license by following Annex 4.

Ask the participants to go back in their teams of three, and develop a photo story by using their phones. The key words for their story are: friends, trip, happiness.

4th PART (15 min)

The teams present the pages they developed to the whole group. Wrap-up the workshop session, by asking the participants to mention the main things they learned about legal and ethical issues on using and accessing information online.