Thursday, October 23, 2008

THING #10 Creative Commons

Ok..this one was an easy one. I have always been frustrated by copyright laws. They can be so picky..you can copy excerpts but not entire pages or chapters blah, blah, blah. So this was refreshing. To be quite honest I have never noticed the creative commons logo before this lesson. I will sure be aware of them now.

I think students can have alot more creativity with the availability of cc. Now they will be able to build off from each other..I picture it as a gigantic set of legos ..one student starts a project and others from all over add to it, personalize it, learn others creative tricks, and make them their own..it's just another type of giant classroom, where freedom reigns. t Teachers won't have to worry about getting confused by the legalities. It's really just a relief to know this exists.

Once again, 23 things is opening up a new world for us. What we are capable of with the internet. What a goldmine!

OK.. I'm out.

1 comment:

Debbie said...

It is nice to not have to reinvent the wheel and be able to modify someting already out there. This class is actually "borowed" from another 23 things. you can read about it on the home page.