Tool Time: the Sites I Presented on Today

Hi all! I thought I might list a few of the sites that I shared with you guys today.

creativecommons.org and creativecommons.org/lincenses. Creative Commons is, as the video today explained, a place to license your work and to learn more about licensing information. The “Licenses” page explains each of the six licenses available for copyrighting your work or for using others’ works in particular ways. Creative Commons also has a search function on its website that allows you to find media on the web that has creative commons licensing information.

www.flickr.com- Flickr allows photographers, both amateur and professional, the ability to share their work with the world. The creative commons licensing information is on the lower right hand side of the page. You may search for photos with a particular license by going to the bottom of the page and clicking on “creative commons.” That will take you to a page that allows you to search media by each particular license.

Archive.org- archive.org allows users to search for audio, video, text and software, and provides the creative commons licensing information for the users on the left hand side of the page. My students often use this site for finding music that they can use in their Remix projects.

I am happy to answer any questions you might have about licensing, attribution, or how having two Remix projects (one that requires attribution of images and one that is "stolen") plays out in my first- year writing class.