After learning a little bit about Creative Commons, this seems like a great way to tie together some of the other technology tools I am experimenting with (Animoto, Little Bird Tales, etc.). I like the fact that although there are obviously some guidelines and restrictions on the images, there is also the desire to share with the outside world. As teachers we are notorious for breaking copyright. This tool seems like it could be easily adapted for student use, as well as teacher use, without some of the traditional copyright issues we usually have to be aware of.
When I was looking at the images on Flikr, I was amazed first by the number of images but also the wide variety of images and types of images online. When I was trying to decide how I could use Creative Commons, I was thinking about a conversation I had with one of my friends. She has a daughter who is currently in fourth grade in Wake County and as part of the social studies curriculum, fourth grade students create a North Carolina portfolio. It seems like the images on Creative Commons could be a great way to for students to illustrate or document pieces and parts of North Carolina as part of their portfolio. I downloaded a bunch of images from Flikr and used Animoto to create a short portfolio of North Carolina images. The one thing I couldn't figure out with Animoto was how to add a slide or an image at the end so I could site the artists from Creative Commons. I know in some tools like Windows Movie Maker or Google Picasa you can edit the film a little more, but Animoto was really, really easy to use. Basically you just upload your images, select your music, and you're done. Super easy - which is always nice! Here is the link to my North Carolina video.
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