General Interest (videos & news)	For Teachers/Librarians
CC overview ; Creativity Builds on the Past; Mahalo, Nina Paley	Prezi on change management & CC for educators
Larry Lessig's TED talk and his book, Remix	MASL spring 08 handout
Seven Things You Should Know About Creative Commons	Shawnee Mission Elementary 2010 handout
Use of CC upheld in the Federal Circuit's Court of Appeals!	Teaching Copyright curriculum

Creative Commons is an alternative to traditional notions of copyright. You might call it "copyleft," or a remixed version of traditional copyright. It helps creators to be precise about how they want their intellectual property used, and it helps potential users to confidently use intellectual property knowing explicitly what they can and cannot do to/with the material.

CC occupies a spot on the copyright continuum somewhere between all rights reserved and public domain.

Under the various licenses that Creative Commons offers, you can retain all original rights as a creator but also allow others to use your works -where you define the terms. Here's the page on choosing the right license for your needs.

For example, this is the license I chose to use on the original content that I create in my blog, Schooling.us. People can share my content, but they must attribute it back to me. They may not use it for commercial purposes, and they cannot alter it in any way... it needs to stay just as it is. As the creator of this work, I have clearly defined how others can and cannot use my intellectual property... and I've cleared up any confusion by giving this permission openly.

So where can I find and share CC licensed work?

Creative Commons enables you and your students to have a conversation about attribution. Not only can they find material to use in their schoolwork and presentations, they can license their own content and feel a sense of ownership in the process.

• Try using a pre- or post-test to measure the effectiveness of any teaching unit that incorporates Creative Commons and copyright.

• Here are some possible outcomes for students building their understanding of CC and copyright.

• Show your fellow educators the standards supported by CC-oriented lessons from AASL.

• CC-oriented lessons also align with ISTE standards for students and teachers.
  

Educators clearly need to keep incorporating conversations about ownership into student work: this article from Ars Technica explains a survey where teens who knew more about copyright were less likely to use media indiscriminately.

More Resources:

• Wes Fryer's wiki TeachDigital has a great section on copyright.

• Andy Carvin of PBS' Learning.now wrote a column on CC for educators

• Darren Draper blogs about how he would teach CC in the classroom
  

• Michael Stephens has posted a presentation to his site with links to all the Flickr CC photos he used for slides.

• Copyright.gov has information on the US notion of "fair use."

• Stanford University explains fair use and public domain
  

• Fair use and online videos from American University

• ALA 's resources from the Office for Information Technology Policy: Library Copyright

• Feel inspired to collect CC-licensed works in your own library? You can! The Nebraska Library Commission is blazing trails and makes a good case for your library's participation in the movement.

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