[CALIBK12] speaking of copyright

[LL Blackwell]

The English department at my school is developing its own department- 
wide formative and summative assessments (similar to LAUSD's periodic  
assessments--dunno what if other districts have something similar).  
They are modeling it after the CAHSEE and CST, so it will have  
articles and short stories followed by questions. I know that  
individual teachers have limited copyrights (i.e., copying an article  
found recently for a one-time use, right?) but these assessments will  
be used by everyone for years. Can anyone help me figure out how to  
get the rights to the articles and short stories we choose? Is it  
prohibitively expensive and are we better off just writing our own  
stuff?

Thanks!
-Lisa Blackwell
Teacher-Librarian Coordinator
Francis Polytechnic HS
Sun Valley

On Feb 13, 2009, at 8:05 PM, Connie Williams wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Here's an cool tool you might have fun with - it'll help with some  
> of the copyright questions you might have.
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> http://www.librarycopyright.net/108spinner/
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> Connie
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> Connie Williams
> Teacher Librarian / National Board Certified
> CSLA President
> Petaluma High School
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