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Topic = Teacher Intellectual Property, Is That Lesson *Really* Yours? Streamer = Derrall G Time Keeper = Durff Chatroom = Maria / Durff Intro/Outtro= Durff / Maria Skypeconferencecall = Alice Talker/Main Conversant = Alice


 * Intro:** **[Maria/ Durff]** Welcome to It's Elementary Show #45. We are streaming live on the EdTechTalk Channel of the Worldbridges network with Lisa Durff, a K12 teacher in Maryland,AND Maria Knee, a kindergarten teacher in Deerfield, NH AND Alice Mercer, an Elementary computer lab teacher in Sacramento, CA. Jose Rodriguez, from Los Angeles, will not be with us today. Tonight's streaming is being done by honorary team member, Derrall Garrison who is in Sunnyvale, CA.Today is Monday, March 22, 2010 . We are talking about Intellectual Property and Teachers with IP attorney, Aimee Bissonette (BI so net).

1. Introduction - > Aimee has more than twenty years' experience as a lawyer, writer, and teacher (higher ed). Her legal practice focuses on copyright and trademark law, as well as rights licensing issues. She is the author of Cyberlaw for Educators: Maximizing Safety and Minimizing Risk in Classroom for Corwin Press for teachers, media specialists, and school administrators on the legal issues associated with technology in K-12 classrooms. > - Work for Hire (corporate authorship) > - Intellectual Property (individual authorship)
 * Who is Aimee Bissonette?
 * [[file:Faculty Created Work.ppt]]
 * What is intellectual property? Define terms
 * Lesson plan sales, and the question do teachers own their lesson plans?

2. The Meaty Goodness
 * What is the law, generally?
 * Links
 * Tuttle SVC: Regarding Selling Lesson Plans
 * NEA - Legal Controversy Over Lesson Plans
 * TeachersPayTeachers.com - a marketplace for lesson plans and teaching resources
 * www.weareteachers.com - WeAreTeachers Home
 * Selling Lesson Plans Online, Teachers Raise Cash and Questions - NYTimes.com
 * What does this mean for you, generally?
 * What can you do?

3. Review and wrap up by Alice

4. Post show


 * Outtro**: **[Maria**] This has been It's Elementary Show #45 with Maria Knee, Jose Rodriguez, Alice Mercer, and Lisa Durff webcasting live on the edtechtalk channel of the worldbridges network. Thanks to Worldbridges and Edtechtalk. Special thanks to Jeff Lebow and Dave Cormier. Our next show will be Monday, March 22, 2010.