This guide contains resources and tools to support teachers as they address digital life skills such as copyright, digital presence, media literacy, social media and online safety.
This video helps to explain the basics of copyright law and creative commons licensing and the role each can play in helping creators protect and share their work.
This Common Sense Media article provides an easy overview of Creative Commons licenses, how to find CC material and why it matters that we use CC material with our students.
The official site of Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization that develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.
This is a very helpful and detailed guide to attributing Creative Commons licensed materials. You can find examples for including the CC icons, links to media and changes for different mediums.
Why is Creative Commons important in Education? The Creative Commons website has a video and explanation of CC materials and OER (Open Educational Resources).
This page from the Creative Commons website will help you choose the best license for your work. You can also check out the considerations before licensing and how the licenses work.
This is an illustrated primer on how creative commons licenses works; it provides some excellent ideas for considering copyright and permissions for original works.
