development of an education license or license option for Creative Commons

["David Wiley" <david.wiley AT gmail.com>]

Sean,

This certainly does happen. Although I can't understand the mentality
either, policies differ district to district. The lone incentive, I
suppose, is to help students learn? =)

David

On 4/26/06, Sean Rugge <RUGGESM AT pwcs.edu> wrote:
>
> Through creating http://www.esolpc.com/teacherhost (using
> ccHost) a site where teachers can share educational materials online with
> one another and utilize Creative Commons licensing
> http://creativecommons.org as a means of protecting/sharing their creative
> works...I have run across an issue I hadn't fully considered regarding
> schools claiming ownership over educational materials...
>
> Should Public School Systems be able to claim copyright ownership over
> lesson plans or other educational materials created by teachers (why or why
> not)?
>
> Are there examples of schools/school systems (public or private) which do
> this contractually (in contractual language)?
>
> It is widely known that teachers share educational materials at conferences
> nationwide...some of it in digital format...What would a school system hope
> to accomplish by prohibiting this? or prohibiting the creative
> teacher/teachers from distibution of such materials online? or dividing this
> and saying that paper copies are ok (keep killing trees?)...but no
> electronic copies??
>
> I am having a hard time understanding the mentality or desire of a Public
> School system to own the copyright over a teacher's creative educational
> materials.
>
> Could a school district sell such materials if it so desired?
>
> If so what incentive is their for a teacher to be creative and 'invent' new
> lesson plans at all?
>
> Any discussion on this is greatly appreciated...
>
>
>
> Sean Rugge
> Instructional Technology Resource Teacher
> Saunders Middle School
> (703)-670-9188 x289
> ruggesm AT pwcs.edu
>
> Sharing educational materials online at
> http://www.esolpc.com/teacherhost
>
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