Copyright

Copyright and Creative Commons Copyright law was created to protect original works. The US Copyright Office defines terms to help us understand what copyright covers.

This actually protects you as well when you get to the stage when you are posting your own original work. We will learn more about it and also learn about how Creative Commons has given us better guidelines for using work found on the web.

What does this mean for students. Watch the video and learn a little about what we need to think about in schools. media type="custom" key="26379274"

Why Creative Commons?

Follow the link to see a quick and easy way to decide if Creative Commons is of interest to you. The four questions at the top will quickly show you why Creative Commons is helpful to us in schools.

The following page describes the levels of permissions available with Creative Commons

How should we use them in schools? Watch the video below to learn an easy way to find images on multiple sites that are copyright free to use.

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Creative Commons Made Simple This link will take you to a page where a cartoon has been created to explain Creative Commons. The creator is willing to share with anyone who gives him credit for the work. It is a great resource for classrooms.

From the site: "The below poster was created by Karlisson Bezzera (Brazil), a blogger who goes under the name of Nerdson. Bezerra manages to explain [|creative commons]  in an easy-to-follow comic strip. The text has been translated from the original Portugese (not by myself!). This poster has been moving around the world wide web. It would be perfect to have up in the library and computer rooms."