Creative+Commons+Licensing

**About Cre****ative Commons**
Share, Remix, Reuse — Legally Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that develops, supports, and stewards legal and technical infrastructure that maximizes digital creativity, sharing, and innovation.
 * Creative Commons Home**

With a Creative Commons license, **you keep your copyright** but allow people to copy and distribute your work provided they give you credit — and only on the conditions you specify here. Simply answer a few questions and the correct CC license will be created for you.
 * Choose a License**

Introduction to the basic concept of Creative Commons as well as its differences from traditional copyright licensing.
 * "Wanna Work Together?"--video**

Finding Creative Commons Licensed Resources
Find content you can share, use, and remix.
 * Creative Commons Search**

**Compfight** Search Flickr for Creative Commons licensed images only. Also includes a safe search feature.

**Google Advanced Search** Searching with Google's Advanced Search feature allows you to select "usage rights" in your search string.

**Purple Planet** Search for royalty free music created by Geoff Harvey and Chris Martyn. The search by "theme" feature is especially useful.

**Incompetech** Royalty free music by musician Kevin MacLeod. "Search by Feel" is especially useful.

**Copyright Friendly Wiki** an extensive list of resources for finding images, music, etc. that are copyright friendly or Creative Commons licensed.

Resource For Teachers to Use in the Classroom

 * Introduction to Copyright and Fair Use--an interactive tool**

**Copyright Scenarios** Great to use if you want students to apply their knowledge of copyright and fair use in the classroom.

**Respecting Creative Work Lesson Plans** Several lesson plans for grades 4-10 from Commmon Sense Media, the nation's leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the media-rich lives of your kids.

Additional Resources
LiveBinder resource created by Steven W. Anderson, District Instructional Technologist for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools
 * All About Creative Commons and Copyright For Educators**

written by the staff of Ars Technica
 * "Creative Commons Images and You: A Quick Guide for Image Users"--article**