This cartoon strip from nerdson blog has been translated and reproduced on the UNESCO elearning blog. It is an interesting way to explain to students about how Creative Commons works.
All teachers need to develop a good understanding of copyright and fair use. This post offers a neat poster (table format) that could assist with improving that understanding
Description a 6 search engines that are good for finding images - 4 were familiar but 2 are new or updated. TinEye now has a MulticolorEngine and WeSEE is new.
Remix culture is the new Prohibition, with massive media companies as the lone voices calling for temperance. You can criminalize commonplace activities from law-abiding people, but eventually, something has to give.
The Creative Commons organization now has a tool to help you choose the best license for your situation. It helps you select the right license for your work. To select the right license for your work just answer a few questions and a license will be recommended to you.
A great post by Silvia Tolisano (@langwitches) about her frustration with teachers who are not taking responsibility and modelling good digital citizenship to their students nor playing fair with colleagues who share . We all need to be taking care to live by the creed of good digital citizenship as well as teach it to our students.
Another good source of free sounds and music for multimedia projects. It hosts hundreds of sounds and music that you can download, reuse, and remix for free.
The Australia license has now been integrated into the Creative Commons licensing process, so you are able to license your works under this jurisdiction's law.