Creative Commons for Schools

Introduction to Creative Commons

Lets begin with the obvious

Potential of digital technologies and the Internet

Potential to:share teaching resources

Potential to:collaborate

Potential to: save time

Potential to:save money

Potential to:make better resources

Potential to:stop reinventing various wheels

Potential to:share, remix and reuse

Potential to: learn

However:Two problems

1. Copyright

2. Teachers dont hold copyright to their resources

Two solutions, but first....

What is copyright?

Bundle of rights

Automatic(no © required)

Limits users ability tocopy, distribute, perform, adapt

*applies online*

Lasts for 50 years after death

What Is the Purpose of Copyright?

To Expand the Commons

Statute of Anne, 1710:“For the encouragement of learning”

USA Constitution:“To promote the progress of science and useful arts.”

Copyright was a pragmatic solution

Copyright was a balance between

Printers

PrintersAuthors

PrintersPublicAuthors

The commons is a public good

The commons is a public good +People need an incentive to create

The commons is a public good +People need an incentive to create = Limited monopoly, i.e. copyright

The commons is a public good +People need an incentive to create = Limited monopoly, i.e. copyright = A more vibrant culture

However...

1710Statute of Anne 14 years

1994New Zealand Copyright Act Life + 50 years

So what?

Much of our cultural heritagecannot be legally reused, which means that...

Many online practices infringe copyright

Many online practices infringe copyrightOnline copyright infringement is easier to find

Many online practices infringe copyrightOnline copyright infringement is easier to findCopyright restricts the enormous potential of digital technologies

What if you want to allow sharing, remix and reuse?

What if you want to allow sharing, remix and reuse? What if you want to grow the commons?

Solution #1

“Realizing the full potential of the Internet”

Pragmatic solution

Pragmatic solutionCreators retain copyright

Pragmatic solution Creators retain copyrightGive permission in advance

Public DomainFew Restrictions

Some Rights ReservedRange of Licence Options

Four Licence Elements

Attribution

Non Commercial

No Derivatives

Share Alike

Six Licences

More free More restrictive

Go tocreativecommons.org/choose

Layers Lawyer readable Human readableLicence symbol

Machine Readable <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/license s/by/3.0/"<<img alt="Creative Commons Behind the License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/3. licence button sits 0/88x31.png" /<</a<<br /<This work is html code which licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/license makes it s/by/3.0/"<Creative Commons Attribution searchable online 3.0 Unported License</a<Public Domain Image

However,problem #2

You cant apply a CC licence if you dont hold copyright

Teachers dont hold copyright to their teaching resources

Solution #2Creative Commons policy

All teaching materials are licensedCreative Commons Attribution

1. No need to ask permission

1. No need to ask permission2. Keep resources when you leave

1. No need to ask permission 2. Keep resources when you leave3. Teachers receive credit when their work is reused

4. "Realizing the full potential of the Internet”

5. New Zealand Government Open Access and Licensing framework (NZGOAL)

Case studies atcreativecommons.org.nz

“When I look outside at otherschools, I think, why aren’t you doing this?” Nathan Parker, Warrington School

“Teachers are collaboratingmore, and they’re also involving their students in thedevelopment of those teaching and learning resources.” Mark Osborne, ASHS

What if you want to find Creative Commons material?

search.creativecommons.org digitalnz.org commons.wikimedia.org photopin.org

Creative Commons is a great way to teach students about copyright

Its an integral part of good digital citizenship

Want to teach students how to share, remix and reuse?

Digital Citizenship Project Free to Mix Guide Lesson Planscreativecommons.org.nz/resources

Mix & Mash 2013: The New StorytellingNZ’s great remix showcase First deadline May 10 mixandmash.org.nz

More than 700 million works

The commons is growingcreativecommons.org.nz

Thanks Creators! Used with permission: Copyright Symbol by The Copyright Authority Public Domain: Public Domain Symbol by Yotoean, via Wikimedia Commons Creative Commons Aotearoa New Zealand Admin@Creativecommons.org.nz Facebook.com/creativecommonsnz Twitter: @cc_aotearoaThis work is made available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand Licence.

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Creative Commons for Schools

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