Tasty Tools: Compfight and flickr

Back in May I bookmarked Compfight after it was mentioned either on Twitter or a webinar I was attending. Yesterday, we became acquainted. When you go to the home page a creative commons search is already on. Just click in the search box and type away. It's a great way to get the photos you need for your classroom or your blog.



Photo by: dcJohn "Final Exam"

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dcjohn/ / CC BY 2.0

Royalty free stuff | Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age

• Royalty free stuff | Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age

  This is a great collection of potentially royalty free clip art, images, fonts, music and more. Not everything is licensed under creative commons, so it's a good idea to double check before using one of these items.

  tags: photos, music, clipart, creativecommons

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Flickr: Creative Commons

• Flickr: Creative Commons

  In class, we've been talking about attribution and selecting appropriate resources. Flickr has a wealth of resources, but students need to understand that they can't use photos willy-nilly. This search within Flickr can help students make more responsible choices.

  tags: flickr, creativecommons, photos, copyright, photography, search, stock

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Challenge Day 4: License to Drive

We all need a license to drive, but what about a license to blog? Well, no, but we can license our work. Day 4 of the "30 Days to Be a Better Blogger" Challenge suggests that bloggers get a Creative Commons license for their work. There are a variety of choices for licenses.

I chose the license called "Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike." This seems to be the best license for what I do. I want others to be able to share my thoughts, but I'd rather they aren't making money on it if I'm not. Finally, any derivatives should be shared alike.

This was incredibly easy to do and protects my rights as the author of the work.