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FEATURESTORY rather than operating an economy based on presumptions of scarcity, we need to build economies based on presumptions of abundance. If the actual monetization component of a business model comes down to facilitating distribution, under the premise that organizations and individuals would not otherwise get the materials and are therefore willing to pay for access, then they are in trouble. The Internet will continue to eat away at the logic of the distribution businesses. But I believe that there are ways in which educational providers can evolve to meet their bottom lines while still delivering high-quality content for educational contexts. In the case of an open textbook, for example, government grant funding might go into the creation of the resource. Then companies might charge for valueadded services such as study aids for students or professional development or supplementary video. Creative Commons At a Glance Creative Commons licensing allows students and educators to determine what rights they are willing to share when they post original images, graphics, audio, text or multimedia works online. It also makes it easier to locate work by others that can legally be incorporated into remixes or other derivative products. Here are some basics for schools that are just getting going with Creative Commons. mercially, but the works they create must acknowledge you and be non-commercial. In addition, there is a Public Domain Dedication that lets you free works from copyright completely, offering them to the public domain. WHERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT CREATIVE COMMONS THE CREATIVE COMMONS WEB SITE http://creativecommons.org Includes videos, FAQ, tools, tutorials, and links to CC divisions including ccLearn. CREATIVE TO KNOW COMMONS AND OPEN CONTENT: WHAT K-12 SCHOOLS NEED www.cosn.org/resources/compendium/ index.cfm A ten-page article from the 2008 CoSN Compendium. K12 OPEN ED www.k12opened.com A wiki and blog by Karen Fasimpaur of K12 Handhelds. 7 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CREATIVE COMMONS www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7023.pdf A two-page PDF from the higher education association Educause. CREATIVE COMMONS IN K-12 EDUCATION www.wtvi.com/teks/05_06_articles/ creative-commons.html An introduction by Wes Fryer. CREATIVE COMMONS RESOURCES FOR SCHOOLS www.smartcopying.edu.au/docs/creativecommons-resources.pdf From the National Copyright Unit of the Australian Schools Resourcing Network. APPLYING THE LICENSE Once you have selected your license, the Creative Commons Web site shows you how to include the html code with your work. This code will automatically generate the “Some Rights Reserved” button and a statement that your work is licensed under a Creative Commons license, or a “No Rights Reserved” button if you choose to dedicate your work to the public domain. The button will link back to the Commons Deed where the license terms are explained. Your license choice is expressed in three ways: • Commons Deed: A plain-language summary of the license for users of your work, complete with the relevant icons. • Legal Code: The fine print that you need to be sure the license will stand up in court. • Digital Code: A machine-readable translation of the license that helps search engines and other applications identify your work by its terms of use. CHOOSING A LICENSE The first step in applying CC licensing to your work is to select the license that suits your preferences. The choices, described in more detail at http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/meet-thelicenses, include: You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work—and derivative works based upon it—but only if they give credit the way you request. You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work— and derivative works based upon it—but for noncommercial purposes only. You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it. You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work. These licenses can be combined in various ways. For example, an Attribution Non-Commercial license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-com- FINDING CC-LICENSED MATERIALS An increasing number of Web 2.0 tools and search engines (including Google, Yahoo! and Flickr) are making it possible to locate materials online that have Creative Compiled and edited by Judy Salpeter with excerpts from the Creative Commons Web site, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Commons licenses. A good jumping-off point for locating such materials is CCSearch (http://search.creativecommons.org/). 36 | TECH & LEARNING http://creativecommons.org http://www.cosn.org/resources/compendium/index.cfm http://www.cosn.org/resources/compendium/index.cfm http://www.k12opened.com http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/meet-the-licenses http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/meet-the-licenses http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/meet-the-licenses http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7023.pdf http://www.wtvi.com/teks/05_06_articles/creative-commons.html http://www.wtvi.com/teks/05_06_articles/creative-commons.html http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/docs/creative-commons-resources.pdf http://www.smartcopying.edu.au/docs/creative-commons-resources.pdf http://search.creativecommons.org/

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