Mar 26 2008
Thing 9
In the midst of this frantic week leading up to CRCT (testing begins next week here), I have enjoyed my Web 2.0 oasis in very brief moments of quiet.
In watching the two animations explaining Creative Commons, I reflected on how many times I have planned lessons for my media center or collectively with teachers only to be unable to find that perfect extra component to make the lesson a complete package. In my school, budgets are very tight, so we often feel like we are missing the right video clip, graphics program, or something to make our lessons complete. Creative Commons may just be the key to changing that mode of thinking for our teachers.
I am thankful that so many resources are made available to educators and a bit overwhelmed that so many would share such great resources. From the animations, I found it interesting that the author can choose how much access others can have to his/her work.
I have never shared content such as lesson plans on the web, but I have often searched for items to integrate into my lessons. For instance, prior to a class reading The Diary of Anne Frank, I did a lesson with them explaining the historical time period and key figures of that time. In the planning of that lesson, I used a video clip from United Streaming so that students could see actual images and hear voices to stress the seriousness of the events of the Holocaust.
I look forward to delving into the OER Commons in the quiet of next week’s testing periods!
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