Florida Media Quarterly
Summer 2017 Volume 42 No. 4
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Nancy Mijangos, FMQ Editor
Kathy Lancaster, FMQ Contributing Editor
A Letter from our President:
Dear FAME Members,
I hope this issue of the FMQ finds you well! As many approach the beginning of summer break, it is a great time to reflect on the 2016-2017 school year. What is the accomplishment you are most proud of? How have your students benefited from your library program this year? What have you done to establish your library as the hub of your school? How have you made school, district, and community leadership aware of your library’s impact on student achievement and their overall wellbeing? The answers to these questions tell the story of your year. Please consider documenting and sharing that story with FAME and your local stakeholders by creating a video, writing a blog post, completing a podcast, or putting together a slideshow that celebrates your library program. Then, please share via Twitter, tag us (@FloridaMediaEd) and use the hashtag #MyFAMEStory. Don't forget to share with administration and board members, especially during this time of year when budgets are being finalized. It's a good time to remind decision makers of the value of school libraries!
Although reflection is important, summer is also a great time to plan! I hope you are including #FAME17 in your plans for the Fall. Although our conference is extremely affordable, and worth the personal investment, I encourage you to reach out to your administration, SAC, and/or PTO as soon as possible and ask them to fund your professional development by sending you to FAME’s annual conference. Join us, along with keynote speakers, Kevin Honeycutt and Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, along with many of your favorite authors, as we spend 3 days growing together as professionals and people! Don't miss the chance to attend #FAME17!
I want to personally extend my congratulations to the newly elected officers and my thanks to all who were willing to run for FAME leadership. We have a strong group of leaders who exhibit everything that is great about our profession and I am proud to serve by your side in this organization.
Thank you for all you do for the deserving students of Florida! Have a restful and safe summer and keep an eye on your email for further communications from FAME!
Elizabeth
Veto House Bill HB7069
Here's what you can do:
1) Call Governor Scott's office. The phone number is: 850-717-9337
2) E-mail the Governor: rick.scott@eog.myflorida.com
3) Tweet the Governor: @FLGovScott
FAME Election Results
Thank you to all who agreed to run for FAME leadership; it was a very close election from an extremely strong slate of candidates. Thank you to all the FAME members who voted. The future of FAME is bright!
Congratulations to:
President Elect: Julie Hiltz
Board of Directors:
Region 1: Kathy Drake
Region 2: Kristen Badger
Region 3: Angela Young
Region 5: Elaine Aaron
Committee on Nominations: Lou Greco and Michelle Jarrett
FAME@EdCampMagic
Saturday, June 10th, from 8 AM - 4 PM, join us for Ed Camp Magic at the beautiful Windermere Preparatory School. Nobody will be surprised that I had to find a way to partner with Disney at some point during my year as President! Admission is free but you must register to attend. There are less than 200 spots available so I suggest you register as soon as possible! There is more information on the EdCamp Magic Website (http://edcampmagic.com) regarding accommodations.
Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/edcampmagic-2017-tickets-28306895687
Once you’ve registered, let us know you’re coming so we can plan a FAME social event following the day’s professional learning activities. Let us know here: https://goo.gl/forms/Ool4Ek5YlDRn2F932 Once you let us know you're coming, we'll e-mail you to find out if you can attend our social event.
NEW INFORMATION!!! FAME Social Event Information: Following EdCamp Magic, join us at Stargazers at Planet Hollywood in Disney Springs at 5 PM for a "Pay Your Own Way" social time with your colleagues. Please make sure we know you are attending so we reserve enough space! E-mail us at fame@floridamediaed.org to indicate your attendance!
Can’t wait to share the magic with you!
April is for Authors & GCHS: April 26-29, 2017
by Elizabeth Zdrodowski
The students of Glades Central High School had a week full of author events, thanks to supportive administration, teachers, and the April is for Authors organization. On Wednesday, selected students traveled to Palm Beach Gardens HS to meet author Paul Griffin and play Cranium CoRE with students from Independence MS and Palm Beach Gardens HS! Students had previously read When Friendship Followed Me Home in the Raiders Read Book Club. They ate lunch with the author and their new friends from the other schools. A great time was had by all!
On Thursday, over 350 students assembled in the auditorium to meet author Jason Reynolds. Students had previously read All American Boys, co-authored by Brendan Kiely. Jason shared his humble beginnings, the reasons he and Brendan tackled the issue of police brutality in their book, and answered students' questions. He told students that his writing is a "love letter" to them so they know someone has their back. Following the assembly, Jason conducted a writers' workshop in The Library@GCHS where he discussed the writing and publishing process. The afternoon ended with a cupcake, photo, and book signing party! Students were extremely excited to spend time with Jason and will never forget the experience! Several members of district leadership joined us for this special event!
On Saturday, eleven students traveled to Palm Beach Gardens HS for the April is for Authors event! Thanks to dedicated teachers, administrators, and staff, students traveled 101 miles round trip to meet with authors from all over the country! In addition to Jason Reynolds and Paul Griffin, students met Aaron Hartzler, Gary Schmidt, Aisha Saeed, Jennifer Swanson, Stacie Ramey, Jackson Pearce, SJ Kincaid, Marc Tyler Nobleman, and more! They attended panels, sessions, played Cranium CoRE with Jason Reynolds, and walked away with some book loot! It was an amazing experience and the culmination of a great week for the students of GCHS!
A Question of Copyright
by Gary H. Becker, national Copyright law consultant and retired, public school system, technology administrator.
Q. The Director of our International Baccalaureate program at our High School wants to show a DVD that is part of our professional collection and is used in the IB program and also the history department.
What is the process for gaining permission to show this video to students (and their families)? We would like to hold an IB International Film Night in March, no admission charge. I just want to make sure I follow the proper procedure for administrator approval.
I know what the District policy is for showing DVDs in the classroom, but I don’t know what the copyright rules are for showing a DVD to the students and their parents at night here at school.
A. Assuming that the video, that is desired to be used, meets all of the use requirements in your Board policy on showing videos to students, whether during or after school, the next issue is that a non-instructional performance is considered a public performance of a copyrighted work, which requires a public performance license.
If, by some chance, your district or your school is a member of Movie Licensing USA, which represents 16+ major, video production companies, including Disney, and the video you desire to use was produced by one of the 16+ producers represented by the license, then you would already have permission to show the video in the manner desired.
If, in fact, you do not have Movie Licensing USA's annual license or if you have the license, but the production company that produced the video you wish to use is not one of the participating companies in the license agreement, then you would need to pursue obtaining a public performance license, assuming one is available.
I would recommend your contacting Swank Motion Pictures. They license movies on an individual title basis, rather than providing a blanket subscription, license and represent many more producers than their Movie Licensing USA division.
Following is the contact information for Swank Motion Pictures, Inc.:
10795 Watson Road
St. Louis, MO 63127-1012
Phone: 800-876-5577
URL for Contact: http://www.swank.com/contact-us-form
Q. For my Creative Writing classes, I am beginning a fairytale/children’s book unit in roughly two weeks’ time. Looking ahead, I would like to have students compare the original stories written by the Grimm brothers to their Disney version. Would this be possible? I’ve attached an amazon link to show you which video I am referencing.
A. I am providing the following link that provides information on various media uses that have been deemed to fit the criteria of Fair Use in Education.
http://cmsimpact.org/code/code-best-practices-fair-use-media-literacy-education/
Based on the limited information you have provided me, I am assuming the teacher doesn’t want to use the entire video, but rather to use “clips” from the video for the basis of discussion/comparison with the Grimm, written versions. Utilizing the guidelines, it would appear that this may be possible, if brief clips are taken and the video is owned by the school or a legal copy has been obtained. Especially using Disney materials, this would be very important.
In any claim of Fair Use, such decisions are locally based and one must review the factors affecting Fair Use to make sure your actual use is in compliance with the guidelines.
A “Question of Copyright” is an ongoing column authored by Gary H. Becker, national Copyright law consultant and retired, public school system, technology administrator. If you have a question, pleased send it to gbecker@beckercopyright.com. You will receive an individual response and your question may appear in a future edition of FMQ. Requests to withhold names will be honored.
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