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This is one of the best Creative Commons resources that I have found! It provides a thorough overview of the different CC licenses in a variety of different charts that are easy to read and understand. It also breaks down commonly asked questions regarding the use of photos and attribution, focusing on Google's photo tools. Finally, it provides good options for online photos for teachers and students so that they are aware of and following CC licensing laws.

PowToon4everySchool Welcome To The Intersection of Technology and Creativity for Teachers & Students There's nothing more engaging than seeing your teacher walk into class as a cartoon. So, to start off the school year let's make your students' jaws drop with our custom designed "Teacher Introduction" template! Or even better, why not cartoonify yourself into a "mini me". All you need is a picture of yourself and a great sense of humor. As an added treat, you can flip your classroom and have each of your students create their very own video greetings, which will really ignite their creativity, and set an exciting tone for the school year! To get started you simply have to claim your FREE classroom account, which includes 1 teacher account + 60 student accounts. We're giving away $10 Million worth of these accounts to ignite creativity all over the world, so don't miss your chance to claim yours!

This has a plethora of curriculum and skill sets for the classroom teacher and specialists including art, assessment, classroom management, science, service learning, and so on. It is a great 'go to resource' that an educator (especially initial educators) can access creative ideas and build upon them. It is also something that can be shared with district personnel to either add to or build a similar resource 'page' or 'document' within one's district.

This has a plethora of curriculum and skill sets for the classroom teacher and specialists including art, assessment, classroom management, science, service learning, and so on. It is a great 'go to resource' that an educator (especially initial educators) can access creative ideas and build upon them. It is also something that can be shared with district personnel to either add to or build a similar resource 'page' or 'document' within one's district.

This A to Z of Creativity and Innovation Techniques, provides an introduction to a range of tools and techniques for both idea generation (Creativity) and converting those ideas into reality (Innovation). Like most tools these techniques all have their good and bad points.

Great video explaining CC

Great video explaining CC

Simple Worksheet with a Video that shows the history of copyright as well as the function and use of Creative Commons.

Our school has been pushing writing in ALL areas, even gym! I found this to be a fun way to get kids to do some writing, and in fact our 2nd grade classroom even wrote a book and published it...had a party and everything. The book is in our library to be checked out, and many parents purchased a copy!

Great intro videos on app smashing production

Wisc Online is repository of learning content created by teachers and other subject matter experts delivered online and free to everyone. It is creative commons. Target audience would be middle school and above. Covers vast area of topics from heat transfer to digital circuitry to health science topics. Categories organized as: arts and humanities, career clusters, computer science, manufacturing and engineering, math, science, and social studies.

Students explore the legal and ethical dimensions of respecting creative work. Upper middle school lesson plan.

Students will explore the ethical practices of respecting creative work.

This source provides information on avoiding plagiarism. Provides definition of plagiarism, example, interactive of basic tips and a quiz. There is also information on creative commons and public domain. I could see using the examples provided for small group discussions. I see myself using a lot of the information on copyright as it is easy to read and lays out the format that will be easy for the students to understand. These examples are under a big umbrella of information called "Using Information Correctly." There are 3 big ideas under this which include Avoiding Plagiarism, Putting Info Together and Copyright and Fair Use.

Best Websites for Teaching and Learning Filed by on The American Association of School Libraries (AASL) is a division of the American Library Association. This is the sixth annual Best Websites for Teaching & Learning list. Sites named as Best Websites for Teaching & Learning foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation and collaboration.

Download free music under Creative Commons and other licenses. With the demise of Wisconsin Media Lab, we may need to start looking for other sources beyond Soundzabound.