Opening Activity - English 12 - Class of 2018: Virtual Portfolio - Robinson Secondary Library at Robinson Secondary School

Introduction

Intellectual Property & Copyright

View the image below and discuss the following ideas:

What do you know about this image?
Who created it? Where is the original?
What would happen if I attempted to tell you I made it? Or sell this image as my own creation?

VAN GOGH: STARRY NIGHT. - Vincent Van Gogh: The Starry Night. Oil on canvas, 1889.. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest, Encyclopædia

Group One

Watch & Take Notes

Click the following link and watch the video: Common Craft Intellectual Property Defined
After watching the video, discuss the following and take notes on the discussion:
- List some of the types of information covered under Intellectual Property.
- As a group, write down three to five important facts from this video.
- So What? How does this information relate to you (at Robinson and as someone going to the work force or The Armed Forces or college)?
- Be prepared to share this information with group two.

Group Two

Watch & Take Notes

Click the following link and watch the video: Common Craft Copyright & Creative Commons
After watching the video, discuss the following and take notes on the discussion:
- List some of the types of information covered under Copyright and Creative Commons.
- As a group, write down three to five important facts from this video.
- So What? How does this information relate to you (at Robinson and as someone going to the work force or The Armed Forces or college)?
- Be prepared to share this information with group one.