Learning about Creative Commons was definitely eye opening. I knew about some of the difficulties some people have had with unauthorized sharing online, but I had no idea of the scope to which it was occurring. I also had no idea about the original copyright law itself. There was probably more importance placed on people being able to legally share their work, than the amount that was placed on trying to stop people from sharing illegally.
I was somewhat surprised to find out there were so many "23 Things" blogs and assignments out there. It's a pretty good assignment, but I wonder why it has been copied and altered as much as it has. It must be a fairly good way to cover a lot of material at a self directed pace. Here is an example of a blog that states this at the top right hand side.
http://neflins23things.blogspot.com/
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Learning 2.0 is a discovery learning program created for The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenberg County by Helene Blowers. Content and style for 23 Things @ NEFLIN have been borrowed and duplicated with permission, under a Creative Commons License."
A lot of the things that I use in my class room are not copied illegally, but one thing I can see myself doing is giving proper attribution when I copy and paste into a powerpoint. That is definitely one thing I have done before.
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