Open Educational Resources may be found across nearly all subject areas, but understanding methods of integrating these resources into instructional activities remains a best practice. For this quest, create an entry in your blog in which you develop a definition of open educational resources and explain the various Creative Commons licenses one may encounter when searching for these resources.
Having often earned the title of powerpoint guru, it is now becoming obvious that I've been guilty of violating copyrights of others. Of course this was not intentional but not once has a school district informed our staff of the varieties of copyright law and how we should handle those laws. Attribution is a very simple in that as long as you give credit for the work, you are covered. So my apologies to all those authors of clip art pieces that are often included in my powerpoint presentations. My excuse for failing the attribution standard is found in the no comercial use arena. My thought was given that my presentation was designed for educational attainment and not monetary gain, surely people would understand. Would have to say that a majority of teachers are guilty as well of this oversight.
No derivative works simply means that the object can be used but must not be altered. Guilty on this one as well as I have often changed the size of the object or added text to the object. Share alike is simply the Golden Rule of copyright. What one allows you to do, you do the same for others. The Creative Commons website is an excellent resource for teachers in their quest to ensure that copyright laws are being adhered to. Honestly, not real sure how effective this organization has been but it would seem that owners of individual works would applaud this attempt at protecting their intellectual properties.
No image on this one as I'm in enough trouble already!!!
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