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http://www.oercommons.org/courses/determining-densities/view
 * 11.1 Introduction to Teacher’s Domain**

[|www.teachersdomain.org] [|www.pbslearningmedia.org] (new version of Teacher's Domain)

Technology Guide to Teachers’ Domain Workshop:[|http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdtrg10.workshop.techguide/] Introduction to Teachers’ Domain Workshop:[|http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdtrg10.workshop.tdintro/] Using Teachers’ Domain in the Classroom Workshop:[|http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdtrg10.workshop.tdclassroom/] Using Folders and Groups Workshop:[|http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdtrg10.workshop.foldersgroups/]
 * __Additional Links__**

11.2 Legal Use of Online Resources
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 * Atoms: The Space Between**

I plan to use this video when discussing atomic structure to give students a better sense of the proportions of an atom. Plus, I think it will be very engaging for students to realize that nothing that they consider to be "solid" truly is.


 * Open Educational Resources**

[|Determining Densities Lesson] The above link is a hands-on lesson where students determine the density of various items using a direct measurement and water displacement method. Students also represent the densities of their objects graphically.

As a sidenote, I really like the Open Education Resource Commons site. There are tons of free resources on here- including online textbooks!

[|**http://centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/related-materials/codes/code-best-practices-fair-use-media-literacy-education**]
 * Center for Social Media, School for Communication at American University**

“The Code for Best Practices” //Most "copyright education" that educators and learners have encountered has been shaped by the concerns of commercial copyright holders, whose understandable concern about large-scale copyright piracy has caused them to equate any unlicensed use of copyrighted material with stealing. The situation has been compounded by the—again understandable—risk-aversion of school system administrators and lawyers. So-called fair use guidelines that institutional stakeholders have negotiated with some copyright holders have had similar results, intensifying fear and creating confusion among educators. These approaches have not responded directly to the actual needs of educators and learners, nor have they fully expressed or recognized the legal rights that educators and learners have.// //This code of best practices, by contrast, is shaped by educators for educators and the learners they serve, with the help of legal advisors. As an important first step in reclaiming their fair use rights, educators should employ this document to inform their own practices in the classroom and beyond. The next step is for educators to communicate their own learning about copyright and fair use to others, both through practice and through education. Learners mastering the concepts and techniques of media literacy need to learn about the important rights that all new creators, including themselves, have under copyright to use existing materials. Educators also need to share their knowledge and practice with critically important institutional allies and colleagues, such as librarians and school administrators.//
 * //CONCLUSION//**
 * //Educators need to be leaders, not followers, in establishing best practices in fair use.//**

Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright. [|http://creativecommons.org/about/]
 * Creative Commons**

11.3 Links for Teacher's Domain and Legal Use Documents
Teacher's Domain Homepage:[| http://www.teachersdomain.org] Technology Guide to Teachers’ Domain Workshop:[| http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdtrg10.workshop.techguide/] Introduction to Teachers’ Domain Workshop:[| http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdtrg10.workshop.tdintro/] Using Teachers’ Domain in the Classroom Workshop:[| http://www.teachersdomain.org/resource/tdtrg10.workshop.tdclassroom/] Open Educational Resources:**[| http://www.oercommons.org/]** The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education:[| **http://centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/related-materials/codes/code-best-practices-fair-use-media-literacy-education**] Creative Commons:[| http://creativecommons.org/about/]