Thing 9

I am leary about creative commons, but I will be trying this out. First off I have never done anything like this, so it is still a little greek to me. I have seen the cc logo on certain site but have never know what it meant. Just like in the beginning of the course I had seen the RSS but never known what it was either.

I know my kids use things off of the internet all most every day and have wondered, at what point does plagerism come in. Well this thing answers this question very well. I typically won't let my students just copy text out of an article, I make them type it in their own words. I make them limit how many pictures they use for their projects, also.

I have used pictures, and videos in my lessons, but most of the time I have to say that I don't own them but our school does have the license to use them such as Safari Montage http://10.1.3.172/SAFARI/montage/login.php . I am just now getting into using the internet for all that it is worth, when you don't have the technology to use, or the equipment to use it on, you kind of just let it go by the wayside.

I am glad that there are firm guidelines to follow when using stuff from the internet. I am sure as I start using stuff more, I will become more familiar with what is acceptable and what is not. Fair use seems to be fairly easy to understand and follow, also.

Just a couple of weeks ago we used the web site http://www.bighugelabs.com and did a picture autobiography about themselves. Some student were amazed that some pictures would not show up in their project. I explained that not all pictures that are available for viewing are available to be copied and placed in your project. I guess this is the perfect example of fair use. Some artist freely want you to use their stuff and others don't want you to use it at all.