I have never been to flicker before, and I was amazed at how many photos there were. I added a photo of a lotus and a water lily. When I went to see if others had added these, there were thousands of them.
I think this site would be very beneficial for student projects. They could use the pictures for PowerPoint presentations, PhotoStory, or even in a paper they're writing. As for myself, I often use google images when I'm looking for a picture of something I'm teaching in Science. Flicker would be another option for me as well as for other teachers teaching different subjects. I noticed that any photo you can view can be added to your favorites so it is easier to find them when needed. I could also add pictures to flicker that I've taken for a specific reason to use in class. I would need to think of a very unique tag to accompany them so I could find them quickly.
I noticed in the photo I submitted, it said: all rights reserved. I don't remember adding that to the photo so I assume it is automatic. I noticed on other photos that were submitted as well as on the Creative Commons area of Flicker, when you clicked on the photo, there were alternatives to full copyright. There were different types of licenses: Attribution, Attribution-NoDerivs, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs, Attribution-NonCommercial, Attribution-NonCommercial ShareAlike, or Attribution-ShareAlike. I know to avoid problems, you need to follow the rules stated under the different type of license. I'm kind of paranoid when it come to using other photos. Maybe you could explain these different licenses to me in a simpler way.
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This is a very simplified explanation of a very confusing problem. If something is listed as Creative Commons, it's fair game as long as you abide by the conditions specified by the owner of the original work. In some cases it's just a simple attribution. In other cases you may not edit or alter the original, but still use it. It gets more complicated from there, but Creative Commons (CC) are much more user-friendly than a copyrighted work. Anything that is copyrighted can really be tricky if you distribute it. Imagine that you put it on a T-shirt and reproduced it, or a student's PowerPoint with a copyrighted image was uploaded to a website. That's when the problems start!
ReplyDeleteTo make your life easier, you can direct your students to the Flickr Creative Commons: http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ OR one of the many copyright friendly image sites.
In any case, you'll need to teach your students how to give credit to the creator/owner of the original photo using APA, MLA, or a simple attribution link.
I have a list of image sites on my wiki, but IMHO the best collection is Joyce Valenza's Copyright Friendly wiki: http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/
Darlene, the photos you added of the lotus and waterlily were really good! I posted a comment on Kristine's blog about citing sources and giving credit to the owner of photos. We should all collaborate on a list of copyright friendly image sites and also post how to cite sources using MLA format. I have links on my classroom wiki for English on how to cite sources when writing a research report, but we need to let our students know they should do the same for images. Jim, do you have a sample of how an attribution link should look...is that just a link to the website from which the image/photo was taken?
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