Monday, November 9, 2009
Thing 4-Photo Sharing
I would use photo-sharing sights and other related photo-resources in my teaching and learning as a means of giving the students a broader sense of the topics being taught. If the students are studying the history of a specific city or country, a slide show presentation of the famous sights being studied can be created. To take it a step further, the sights can be added to places and maps using Google Maps. That is impressive! Furthermore, in a performing ensemble class, photos of architecture and paintings can be shown to further enhance the music being practiced or the places where the composer lived. Students enjoy multi-media in the classroom. Incorporating a form, styles, in the arts approach broadens students understanding of the concepts being studied. How do you get permission to use the photo? Do you email the photographer asking for permission?
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Benny - one of the things we have to be careful with in using photos from the web is respecting the intellectual property of the photographer.
ReplyDeleteOne of the easist ways to use pictures from the web is to use works that use the 'Creative Common' license.
You can find out more here: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Sharing_Creative_Works
Hello Benny,
ReplyDeleteHall Davidson has created a wonderful resource for teachers, "Copyright and Fair Use Guidelines for Teachers." Here's the link: http://www.halldavidson.net/copyright_chart.pdf
It covers photos, video, print and other types of media, providing you with guidelines on how you can legally utilize various materials in your classroom.
Thanks, Jay! I am going to check it out.
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