Thing #23: Creative Commons

Here is the attribution that shows the Learning 2.0 - 23 Things for Teachers blog was based on someone else's work and modified from its original.  I found it on the starter page of the 23 Things I two places. The first one was at the end of our 23 Things for Teachers blog. This is what it stated: 

              "*Note: This project is loosely based upon the website 43Things (which allows you to set and track personal goals) and the Stephen Abram article titled 43 Things I (or You) might want to do this year (Information Outlook - Feb 2006)."  

 

Attribution was also found on the starter page, but on the right bottom area under Credits. It stated the following:
              "Learning 2.0 - 23 Things for Teachers is based on Learning 2.0 - 23 Things, a staff development program for the Mesquite Independent School District. That program was based on the Learning 2.0 program that was designed by Helene Blowers and adapted by the California School Library Association and others. Content and style for Learning 2.0 - 23 Things for Teachers has been borrowed and duplicated with permission, under a Creative Commons License."

 

As a future teacher, I could use Creative Commons licensing in the following ways. I could go over creative commons before we do our first research project. I would try to help them understand how other people worked hard to create something and how they need to be given credit for it or how their rights need to be honored.  It would be a good idea for me to show them how to utilize the Creative Commons website, Flickr, and Google to find images, videos, and recordings they could use.  I could also have each student find a photograph, document, or recording they would like to use for a project that has permissions on them.  I would ask the students to select a creative work that could enhance their project, but not something they would be an absolute necessity, since we are not sure how long it would take for the creator to respond.  As a class, including myself, we could go through the process of finding the creator and contacting them to ask for permission to use their work.  I think this will show them a connection to what we are learning in school and how things operate in the real world.