My Digital Imagery Project

.This slide show was created for my civics class to introduce them to the presidential primary topic. Keep in mind this is a charter high school and although we are not officially an "alternative" school, we are more or less an alternative school. These are kids who are so jaded and so uninspired that I wanted to add a little humor into the lesson to get them into the subject. Revealing this to you after the fact, I can report that it was well received both technically ("you mean you made this yourself?") and subject-wise. My students are now going gang-busters into the topic researching the candidates and the issues and creating powerpoint biographies. One student commented that 16 year olds should be allowed to vote because "after all we are studying this stuff and our parents don't know anything about it!" After the powerpoints, they will work on preparing for a debate where each student will play a different candidate. I have one senior in that class and even though we don't require it, I asked him if he would like to videotape and edit the debate for his senior project. He is thrilled! I researched the rules on citations in an educational slide show and my finding was that the url of the images was sufficient, that I didn't need to get permission from the source. This is what I have been telling my students all along so if I am wrong, please correct me. The source is U of MD copyright and fair use in the classroom publication, perhaps I have misunderstood it. Thanks so much, Susan