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USEFUL INFORMATION
Copyright Laws
It is very important to remember that music is generally copyrighted
http://www.theiac.org.uk/central/copyright.htm
and you are not allowed to use this in any work that will be shown,
e.g. on a website. There are ways to overcome this legally. Search
for material which is covered by “COPYLEFT” - http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/copyleft.html
You can also search for material available in “PUBLIC DOMAIN”
and “COPYRIGHT FREE”. You can purchase music reasonably
cheaply to use with your pupils from (among others):
Privacy
It is advisable to obtain permission from parents if you will be
including video clips or pictures of pupils for publication, for
example on your website. Most schools have a policy that pupils’
names will not be published alongside their picture.
I have included two letters to parents. The first letter asks
for permission for pupils to take part in the project. The second
letter informs the parents of the project and asks them to write
in if they have any objections.
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Useful websites
The following websites provide useful tutorials for using Moviemaker:
There are many more – just search for MOVIEMAKER TUTORIAL
File sizes
The video files are very large. My video lasted 1 minute 40 seconds
and took up 7Mb. In my lessons, I have asked the technicians to
set up a special user area and password, saving the working file
to the local hard disk. The pupils finished project is then finally
saved on a USB removable storage device.
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