Thing #8 Post:
Discovering Creative Commons is close to finding the Holy Grail for some of us who work with curriculum development, teacher-made lessons, power-point presentations...the list is endless. I actually have a file called "copyright" with letters and emails granting permissions and clarification documents concerning copyright. Hopefully I won't need to refer to that file as much now. Plus I am fairly certain that I have inherited a gene that draws me to anything that is labeled "free." :-) I will be spending a good amount of time exploring creative commons so that I know where to look for diagrams, pictures, music, lessons. More importantly I can steer our teachers who work so diligently putting together meaningful lessons for their students. The majority of my comments concerning a teacher's created lesson is the problem associated with copyright. Our only recourse for so long has been clip art which really isn't enough for our science image needs. I like to find music that isn't blasted constantly on the radio stations, and I happened upon one that I think I'll enjoy.