Creative+Commons

toc media type="custom" key="9576524" width="34" height="34" media type="custom" key="9576528" width="39" height="39"

=**What is Creative Commons?**=
 * Online technologies have made it very easy to access and reproduce information but copying and pasting from the internet without attribution still contravenes copyright regulations. **
 * How do we teach students to download and share digital content legally? Web2.0 is all about creating, collaborating and sharing and our students now need to know how to find resources with licences that allow them to use images and music ethically.This is where Creative Commons steps in. It has created the legal and technical structure that allows effective sharing of knowledge, art and music by individuals, organisations and governments. Creative Commons began providing licences for the open sharing of content a decade ago. Now there are over 400 million CC-licenced works available on the Internet, from music and photos to research findings. Also, millions of creators take advantage of the Creative Commons infrastructure to share work that enriches our global commons. **


 * Creative Commons creates a "some rights reserved" model that means the creator has given permission to use their work under certain conditions. reative Commons material is not copyright free and you can breach the licence by not meeting the conditions that the creator has chosen. **


 * [|The Australian Copyright Council]is an excellent website providing information to help explain the complex issue of copyright. **
 * [[image:esupportgippslandgrammar/Creative_Commons.JPG width="512" height="251" link="http://creativecommons.org.au/"]] .**
 * [|Creative Commons Australia] is an excellent site for finding everything you need to know about Creative Commons in Australia **


 * [|Smartcopying] is another excellent guide to copyright issues affecting schools.It contains frequently asked questions,useful fact sheets and scenarios on copyright.It also has information about the different licence symbols and conditions when using material under Creative Commons.You will find helpful fact sheets here such as [|Creative Commons: A quick Overview]. **
 * [|The Creative Commons Information Pack] - **** The National Copyright Unit and Creative Commons Australia have jointly developed this excellent information pack for teachers and students on Creative Commons (CC). The pack explains what Creative Commons (CC) is, how to find CC material and the best way to attribute CC material. **

** Explaining Creative Commons to Students **
media type="custom" key="10059417"
 * The video below has been created to explain the concept of Creative Commons **

** Finding and Using Creative Commons Material **
If you're looking for Creative Commons (CC) materials, the first resource to consult should be the search engine at [|Creative Commons Australia] The Creative Commons Search will search for web sites, images, videos, music tracks, and other online media that are covered by CC licenses by searching other search engines and tools like Google, Google Image Search, Yahoo, [|Flickr], [|Jamendo], [|Blip.tv], [|SpinXpress], and [|Wikimedia Commons]. Enter your search terms and then select the tab for the kind of material you need.

The PDF below walks you through the steps to find creative commons content on Google.Click on image to open.

media type="youtube" key="49-Nd1H4G_o" height="349" width="425" align="right"
media type="youtube" key="oVp_PEAuTRQ" height="349" width="560"
 * This video and the one to the right is useful for how to go about using Creative Commons **

Creative Commons Resources
‍
 * Images
 * Audio
 * General (multimedia)
 * Additional Sites
 * Article

‍Images
[|www.**morguefile**.com/]
 * Morgue File**

[] Image Search Engine
 * Behold**

[] Search for creative common images
 * FlickrCC**

[] Searches images on Flickr - not all images are CC attributed so discretion is required.
 * FlickrStorm**

[] Free stock photo search engine.
 * Veezzle **

[] Free Creative Commons picture search. Automatically sizes the image, hosts the image, and builds the photo credit into the code.
 * Wylio**

[] A license-specific photo search engine. Currently we index and search millions of freely licensed photos, from many sources, and present them in an integrated search. ‍
 * EveryStockPhotos**

‍Audio
[] Sound effect search engine
 * Soungle**

[] A community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons  where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music.
 * ccMixter**

[] Free independent music, more than 9,000 mp3 downloads
 * ArtistServer**

[] Over 400 CD quality free wavs recorded by great inspiring musicians, from FX sounds to hip hop samples and this in many different instruments.
 * FreeLoops**

[] Audio resources for those creating podcasts
 * Pod Safe Audio**

‍

‍ **General (Audio-Images-Video and Multimedia)‍**
List of CC sites with descriptions
 * CC Page** (Reading: Active and Engaging wiki)- https://reading-active-and-engaging.wikispaces.com/Creative+Commons+(CC)

‍Additional Sites
http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/ Access to further information and resources.
 * Copyright Friendly Wiki**

http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryMedia A range of links and resources to help select creative commons materails
 * Finding Media for your Work**

[] A wide range of videos that help explain Creative Commons
 * Creative Common Video's**

[]
 * Copyright Free Digital Media**

[] a wide range of resources and materials to support education and teaching
 * Open Educational Resources**

[] A nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource.
 * Public Library of Science**

[] This is not a search engine but provides access to search services.
 * ccSearch **

[] Search books that have been scanned and index by Google.
 * Google Book Search**

‍

Larry Ferlazzo's [|"The Best Online Sources for Images]"is an exhaustive list of recommended sites to help you to use online images responsibily.