development of an education license or license option for Creative Commons

[Mia Garlick <mia AT creativecommons.org>]

hey sean,

this a fabulous idea and something that we have been hoping someone  
will do. unfortunately, as david says, there is no easy answer to  
your question. it will depend on each school's policy with their  
teachers. if the school owns the copyright, the school needs to be  
persuaded to be the licensor under the CC license. if the teacher  
does, then the teacher is the licensor....unfortunately, what happens  
in the analogue world in terms of being relaxed about teachers doing  
whatever they want with their materials doesn't always translate to  
the digital world - there is something about digital world that makes  
people nervous....

let us know how the site progresses....

rgds, mia

On Apr 26, 2006, at 10:33 AM, David Wiley wrote:

> 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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