Jun 17 2008
Thing #10 Impact of Creative Commons
Recently I had noticed the CC on certain websites. I wasn’t too curious. I just thought it was some logo or part of the logo of that site. I had no idea that the Creative Commons existed. I know in the past, I always felt so lucky when I found sites that allowed you to use educational material freely. But to have such a large collection of such varied content free for use (within the liberal guidelines) is mind boggling! I look forward to using CC and to recommending it to others. Students are always wanting to use images in various projects, usually several from one site. Instead of going though my “same old copyright lecture” I can refer them to Creative Commons.
When using video and audio clips with lessons, I have always been very careful. Many times, I have created my own, just to be safe. Creating my units this way, I am free to share them with others. Creative Commons will make producing quality lessons much easier and quicker.
To date, I have not found anything about Creative Commons’ policy regarding unacceptable materials being posted. I do hope that there are some safeguards. As it appears now, it is a great collection of materials with remarkable potential for benefiting many.
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Sandra Baggett has started a group on our Faculty Ning that is discussing Creative Commons. You might consider joining that group. Someone asked me if we had a written copyright policy at our school. Hmmm . . . do we need to think about doing that?
Faye, this sounded very useful for use in many ways. I would also be interested in your question about the safeguards, etc.