Copyright and Creative Commons

When you create any type of media(text, picture, video,etc) you automatically own all rights  to copyright, copyright plays an important part because it protects your creativity against the uses you do not consent to.  Copyright is defined as the exclusive legal right to produce, reproduce, publish or perform an original work.When teaching in a digital age it is important to ensure teachers are using proper copyright materials. One website we have been shown in class is "Creative Commons" which acts as a type of media search engine to copyrighted media.  If you want people to use and share your work there is a website called Creative Commons that can specify how you want your work to be used, and they can provide a license to describe how your work can be used. Creative commons provides free copyright licenses, and is a free website to use.

It is important for students to remember that if they are using media or material that does not have the appropriate copyright, then they could be stealing someone else's work. This is a similar concept to plagiarizing in school, where an individual takes someone else's work exactly and calls it their own.

StockSnap. “Austrailian Shepherd Puppy”. Retrieved from https://pixabay.com/p-698642/?no_redirect

Wiedmeier, Lisa L. (November 3 2012). “Labrador puppy”. Retrieved from https://www.flickr.com/photos/crazymandi/8165505329/in/photolist-J7g8U-8SUChJ-drymAT-drymfD-drywHm-dryiNa-85BN6U-drynh8-drytQN-dryneZ-85BNLN-dryjg8-drywq1-6C7tuG-6C7xVE-85yDAH-cbeeC7-drykig-6C7xHQ-N9xmj-54HFb1-2Hp338-qgPECp-71uoZE-5Q9DnR-7sXvFo-qniy2o-qygah8-qyga7t-qvZ2tN-qvZewA-qvZ4Km-qgHpKS-qgPCTc-cqUuP-7atwu-qvZ2iC-pBgFRU-pBv8YX-anzDHs-pBv8N6-pBvafe-a1gGvm-pBv9ie-4bTDkE-a1gG6S-qDG3Er-anwSKP-qycyU3-qgRiqt