Lesson 13 – Creative Commons
This techie brekkie was designed to introduce teachers to the concept of Creative Commons. The issue of Creative Commons and copyright is a complicated but increasingly important one. As teachers we must ensure we understand the implications of copyright when using the internet with our students. 
I began the morning with a discussion about just what Creative Commons is and exactly what the different licenses represent.
Creative Commons licenses
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| Attribution |
Attribution
by
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work — and derivative works based upon it — but only if they give credit the way you request.
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| Share Alike |
Share Alike
sa
You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.
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| Noncommercial |
Non-Commercial
nc
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and derivative works based upon it — but for non-commercial purposes only.
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| NoDerivative Works |
No Derivative Works
nd
You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.
We then watched this video which explained a bit more about the different types of licenses.
I showed my staff Jenny Luca ‘s fabulous post,
Teaching students (and teachers!) how to search for Creative Commons images and music
We then looked at ‘The Official Guide to Copyright Issues for Australian Schools and TAFE’ this can be found at the Smartcopying website . This site contains a number of extreemly usful PDFs on the subject of creative commons. I recommended that my staff print How to find Creative Commons licensed materials.
Finally I pointed them in the direction of Charlie O’Sullivan at primaryschool.com.au who has just compiled a great list with all the sites one should ever need for searching and learning about Creative Commons.
Edublogs also have a great range of posts all about Creative Commons. Sue writes so clearly and if you follow her instructions you really cannot go wrong.
The photo ‘Nine Steps to Collaborative Composites’ used in this post is licensed under creative commons by qthomasbower http://www.flickr.com/photos/qthomasbower/
I just wanted to let you know that your post has been extremely helpful. I am currently working on writing about this and will include a link to your site. The YouTube and links you’ve included have been fabulous too. Thank you so much for this fabulous post.
Kind regards,
Tracy Watanabe
Thanks for a great summary Henrietta. I use another webiste for photos http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/flickrCC/index.php. It gives a nice visual of images that are CC accessible via Flickr.