Image+Selection+and+Manipulation

=What is Image Selection and Manipulation: Creative Commons and Flickr?= ==The Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that provides licenses and other legal tools that make easier the process of sharing and building upon the work of others that honors established copyright laws. ==

FLickr is an image and video hosting website and digital image community that helps store, sort, search and share your photos online. Flickr offers wasys to organize large mass of photos you have and offers a way for you add descriptions and comments to photos. = = =Why is it important to develop? = ====The Creative Commons provides a legal path to access instructional resources (media, images, video, etc.) that are available for use or reproduction in your classroom and student projects. Creative commons licenses help you and your students realize the full potential of digitally enhanced education. ==== Many images are available under a Creative Commons license, so you and your students could search for images under each type of license. This a great way to avoid fair use issues in your teaching and in students’ products. Click Here to navigate FLickr Creative Commons = = = = = = =Flickr and Creative Commons Search Activity:=

Get to Know Creative Commons and FLickr
Please review the following web sites (Flickr Creative Commons, Participating Institutions) and the video below media type="youtube" key="io3BrAQl3so?fs=1" height="335" width="335"


 * 1) Be thinking about **//a)//** what media resources are available that can be filtered by CC license and **//b)//** how you can access and use CC instructional resources by content area.
 * 2) Share your findings with your partner.

Select and Cite

 * 1) Select a picture about the BP OIL SPILL from FLickr's with a "Attribution License"
 * 2) Paste the photo to a document along with the photo link. The photo link acts as the citation for the picture.

Validate

 * 1) Share your picture with your partner and discuss the steps you took in selecting the picture and citing the photo.
 * 2) After you have shared, you will use your partners citation to access the picture that they chose.
 * 3) You will copy, paste, and cite your partners picture to your document.

=Additional resources for teaching online search skills: = Information about Flickr: [|Magical Feature Tour]. ====Information about Creative Commons:[| **Creative Commons Use and Application in Education**] ====

=References: = http://www.flickr.com/help/general/ @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io3BrAQl3so&feature=player_embedded

=Image Copyright information: = http://www.flickr.com/photos/41582768@N00/2262903435/sizes/s/