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A great Slideshare presentation on Creative Commons

Wylio is an image search engine designed to help bloggers and others quickly find, cite, and use Creative Commons licensed images. Wylio results only return images that are listed with a Creative Commons license. Wylio makes it easy to give proper attribution to the creator of the image by providing you with html code that includes attribution. All you have to do is copy the code and paste it into your blog post or webpage - Richard Byrne

A fantastic site which not only helps finds creative commons images, but provides a reference for them as well.

Using thinking tools is one way to "make thinking visible" and help our students explain their thoughts in a simple and explicit way. As the team from Project Zero themselves say "Visible Thinking includes a large number of classroom routines, easily and flexibly integrated with content learning, and representing areas of thinking such as understanding, truth and evidence, fairness and moral reasoning, creativity, self-management, and decision making. It also provides tools for integrating the arts with subject-matter content. Finally, it includes a practical framework for how to create "cultures of thinking" in individual classrooms and within an entire school."

A look at Creative Commons and Fair Use in media and blogging. An often ignored element when it comes to online publishing. Also includes some good links to sites containing free-to-use images.

"It was not long ago that producing multimedia digital content required expensive equipment and deep levels of technical expertise. We are at the point now where anyone can create and publish very compelling content with nothing more complex than a web browser. The point is not that these are professional level production tools, but that the barrier of entry to content creation can be drastically low. And you should find a new mode of creativity when the tool have some limits as to what they can do-- and find that the core of the story is much more important than a widget."

18 creative ideas for music teachers with just one iPad

Adobe Voice & Adobe Premier Clip were the two apps a group of Year 4's at Brookside College in Caroline Springs (Melbourne) worked with on Monday 31st August, 2015 during a special 'Adobe Day'....

An interesting investigation into music theory. More related to tertiary music, but still a good read.

A website to assist in creating a story using pictures

A great app for doing writing differently, especially in regards to dialogue. Also makes the writing into a multimedia piece.

A great app for doing writing differently, especially in regards to dialogue. Also makes the writing into a multimedia piece.

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is a place that fuels creativity, ignites minds, and provides inspiration. Its extraordinary exhibitions and collection of modern and contemporary art are dedicated to helping you understand and enjoy the art of our time.