First point:
All culture is a form of 'remix'
First point:
All culture builds on other works
Second point:
It hasn't always been easy to build on
other works
('read-only')
Third point:
The technical barriers to remix and
reuse are dropping
('read-write')
Example:
Lego Life Lessons
By the Manning Brothers
“83% of young people that we
surveyed said they have used a
computer to create their own art in
the past 12 months.”
Creative New Zealand
22% of the general population
said they have used a
computer to create their own
art in the past 12 months.
Creative New Zealand
“Digital art has emerged as
the artform that young
people most want to be more
involved with.”
Creative New Zealand
Fourth point:
The legal barriers to remix and reuse
remain
A disconnect between the law
and (positive) behaviour online
So, where does this leave us?
For teachers, two (potentially)
conflicting imperatives:
1. Encourage active cultural engagement
1. Encourage active cultural engagement
2. Act as ‘copyright police’
WHAT TO DO?
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Creative Commons is a great way to
teach students about copyright
Creative Commons shifts the
conversation from what students can’t
do to what they can.
Mix & Mash 2013: The New Storytelling
mixandmash.org.nz
November 10
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11. “Stop” by Brainware 3000. Via Flickr.
44. Screenshot of the Cook Straight and surrounds, “NZ Mainland Topo50 Maps” by LINZ, via
LINZ Data Service.
No Known Copyright
5. Family watching television, c. 1958.
http://web.archive.org/web/20071226081329/teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/thumbnail427
.html
19,“Grayson, Westley, Stanislaus County, Western San Joaquin Valley, California. Seventh and
eighth grade class in Westley school after lesson in Geography” 1940, US National
Archives 83-G-41445, via Flickr.
13. Traffic squad police’ by Bain News Service, July 20, 1911. Library of Congresss, LC-B2-
2298-16. via Flickr. No known copyright.
45. Photograph of Card Catalog in Central Search Room, 1942, US National Archives, via
Flickr. No known copyright
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Creative Commons and Digital Storytelling (ULearn 2013)