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A lot of copyright law was written before the digital age. There is some leeway granted for educational use in the classroom, but when I got to reading about it I found it was a narrower leeway than I thought. Here are some links to information about the dos and don'ts of using images and music in works created by you and your students:

Copyright for Educators

Copyright Clarity: How Fair Use Supports Digital Learning- This site has a link to a slide show that provides a good overview, with a somewhat broader view than some sites give.

A helpful form that lets you document your fair use reasoning process.

Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia

Myths about Fair Use by Patircia Aufderheide from //Inside Higher Ed//

Citation Machine- for help on how to properly attribute materials you have used

Creative Commons: an Educational Primer- an overview from EdReach

A Cartoon explanation of Creative Commons posed by Sylvia Martinez on Generation Yes blog