I never paid attention to the CC (creative commons) logo until recently when I noticed some of my son’s photographs have just the C (copyright protected) logo on them. As he explained, he didn’t want some of his photographs being used by others. This type of photo is restrictive to a teacher who wants to use other’s photos for a slide show presentation. Teachers need access to photos that they can freely use without fear of copy right infringement. The creative commons logo lets the teacher know that the creator of the photo has given permission to use the photo as they have designated. Usually this means, they maintain some of the rights but not all of them. I will probably never use any photo that is not designated creative commons, as it is just too much of a headache to wonder if you are in compliance. However, the CC logo does not erase the need for referencing the artist; they still get credit for their work.
Images have a huge impact on all of us, but especially young children. I envision using some of the images I found to better set up some of the themes we teach. Later in the year we will take the kindergarten classes to Cheehaw State Park. This is a fabulous field trip; however, I have to admit I have not always prepared the students for what they will see. With Flickr I can create a slide show that will help inform them of the animals they will see and something about them. Additionally, I am excited about adding text to the photos which will add some literacy to the project. I included a picture of cheetah I obtained from Flickr using the advanced search method of creative common photos (figure 1). Another activity I think I will implement is Mr. Richardson’s, “Flicktion” (Richardson, 2012) which has students write a story based on pictures the teacher chooses from Flickr. If Flickr has a downside, for me it is this; there is almost too much material to choose from!
As an end of year gift, I create a photo story for each student from the photos I have taken over the year. From time to time I have added a photo I obtained from the web. After the readings this week I realize the problems this could create. Another problem is sharing students’ photos on the classroom web page. Although we have permission from parents to use their child’s photo, it makes me nervous that anyone can go to our classroom website and view them. Ownership is something we need to seriously consider as use other artists work for our presentations and as we publish our own work and put it on the web for others to view. Already I have gone back and put tighter controls on my personal Flickr account to protect the privacy of my loved ones.
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. (3rd ed.,pp.101-110). Thousand Oaks: Corwin.
Sum_of_Marc. “Cheetah and Cubs Chester Zoo”. August 28, 2013. Online image. Retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59755673@N04/9617371878/in/photolist-fDRxAw-fDyWRg-fDRxvs-fDyWW2-7zSdbS-g1a727-fM8H38-dFNKDy-67t8Dh-7qSsz8-9DYL3C-62Ypgx-6kAn6h-7yieLd-6knCsd-8hjCVR-953XMd-6cJet-7c7Scu-fomS4o-6icZVe-4kpziN-
Images have a huge impact on all of us, but especially young children. I envision using some of the images I found to better set up some of the themes we teach. Later in the year we will take the kindergarten classes to Cheehaw State Park. This is a fabulous field trip; however, I have to admit I have not always prepared the students for what they will see. With Flickr I can create a slide show that will help inform them of the animals they will see and something about them. Additionally, I am excited about adding text to the photos which will add some literacy to the project. I included a picture of cheetah I obtained from Flickr using the advanced search method of creative common photos (figure 1). Another activity I think I will implement is Mr. Richardson’s, “Flicktion” (Richardson, 2012) which has students write a story based on pictures the teacher chooses from Flickr. If Flickr has a downside, for me it is this; there is almost too much material to choose from!
As an end of year gift, I create a photo story for each student from the photos I have taken over the year. From time to time I have added a photo I obtained from the web. After the readings this week I realize the problems this could create. Another problem is sharing students’ photos on the classroom web page. Although we have permission from parents to use their child’s photo, it makes me nervous that anyone can go to our classroom website and view them. Ownership is something we need to seriously consider as use other artists work for our presentations and as we publish our own work and put it on the web for others to view. Already I have gone back and put tighter controls on my personal Flickr account to protect the privacy of my loved ones.
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts, and other powerful web tools for classrooms. (3rd ed.,pp.101-110). Thousand Oaks: Corwin.
Sum_of_Marc. “Cheetah and Cubs Chester Zoo”. August 28, 2013. Online image. Retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/59755673@N04/9617371878/in/photolist-fDRxAw-fDyWRg-fDRxvs-fDyWW2-7zSdbS-g1a727-fM8H38-dFNKDy-67t8Dh-7qSsz8-9DYL3C-62Ypgx-6kAn6h-7yieLd-6knCsd-8hjCVR-953XMd-6cJet-7c7Scu-fomS4o-6icZVe-4kpziN-