INTRODUCING CREATIVE
COMMONS IN THE
CLASSROOM
Maria Tipaldo
11515923
ETL 523 Digital Citizenship in Schools
Creative Commons can be used as part of a whole school
approach to promote the responsible and ethical use of
information by:
• both providing students with a source of materials for their
work and
• Offering students options for licensing their own creations
Copyright protects an owner’s right to a work
If you’ve created it, you should get the credit
Copyright protection is automatic
This short video provides a summary of copyright and fair
use in simple terms
Source:
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/copyright-and-fair-use-animation
• Digital environment has changed things- reuse, remix &
share on an unprecedented global scale
• The mistaken idea that material on the internet is in the
public domain and therefore can be freely used. Copyright
applies to all forms of media- images, websites, moving
and sound media.
• (Combes, 2005; Stripling, 2010)
http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/information-
sheets/schools/creative-commons-information-pack
The Smartcopying Creative Commons Information Pack is a useful resource for
educators
Making media and sharing it with
listeners, readers and viewers is
essential to the development of critical
thinking and communication skills
• Centre for Media and Social Impact (n.d.). Code of best practices in fair use for media literacy education.
Retrieved from: http://www.cmsimpact.org/fair-use/related-materials/codes/code-best-practice-fair-use-
media-literacy-education
Introducing creative commons

Introducing creative commons

  • 1.
    INTRODUCING CREATIVE COMMONS INTHE CLASSROOM Maria Tipaldo 11515923 ETL 523 Digital Citizenship in Schools
  • 2.
    Creative Commons canbe used as part of a whole school approach to promote the responsible and ethical use of information by: • both providing students with a source of materials for their work and • Offering students options for licensing their own creations
  • 3.
    Copyright protects anowner’s right to a work If you’ve created it, you should get the credit Copyright protection is automatic
  • 4.
    This short videoprovides a summary of copyright and fair use in simple terms Source: http://www.commonsensemedia.org/videos/copyright-and-fair-use-animation
  • 5.
    • Digital environmenthas changed things- reuse, remix & share on an unprecedented global scale
  • 6.
    • The mistakenidea that material on the internet is in the public domain and therefore can be freely used. Copyright applies to all forms of media- images, websites, moving and sound media. • (Combes, 2005; Stripling, 2010)
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  • 9.
    Making media andsharing it with listeners, readers and viewers is essential to the development of critical thinking and communication skills • Centre for Media and Social Impact (n.d.). Code of best practices in fair use for media literacy education. Retrieved from: http://www.cmsimpact.org/fair-use/related-materials/codes/code-best-practice-fair-use- media-literacy-education