Copyright and Creative Commons in the classroom
flickr photo shared by GotCredit under a Creative Commons ( BY ) license One of our key goals is to stop focusing quite so much on "do kids have computers in their classroom?" and start focusing more on "do kids have the basic social skills and cultural competencies so that when they do get computers in their classroom, they can participate fully?" I completely agree with this quote from the framework of PLAY (Participating Learning and You). And I had to start by educate myself with these terms: Creative Commons, mashup and remix. I found out how they could unlock our creativity and most importantly I learned how they could fit in the classroom. My research led me to Common Sense Graphite website. I was very inspired by reading this blog post that was linked to a lot of great resources to teach my students those social skills and competencies. I had at a fingertip all the tools I needed, I just had to figure out how I will introduce the lesson to them. My Gr...