SMART CH 8: Creative Content: Images

I very much enjoy taking and viewing photographs. They bring back memories of events already passed and capture just a moment of life going by. Since high school, I have enjoyed the google search engine of images as a way to see photographs of different things as well view slideshows and videos created for online use. I have used photos for everything from using images for a lesson plan to printing out images to use in letters or crafting. I do enjoy going on youtube once in a while but I definitely wouldn't sit around and watch youtube videos all day like some people I unfortunately know... Youtube really has become a great invention of sharing video of all sorts from watching movie trailers to listening to songs with lyrics to learning dance moves.

I also very much uploading and sharing photographs and videos. I understand the danger in exposing myself to all of the online but I am very thoughtful of how and what I put on the internet. Most of my pictures I upload are on facebook which I limit to only my 'friends', though I also post some on my blog which is public. In the recent few years, I have also enjoyed putting my videos up for sharing but I still feel weird about the thought of other people looking at my videos. My main purpose is for my friends and family to enjoy my creations or my memories from a certain, not for any public eye.

According to Wikipedia (which we learned in class is pretty alright to use now...) Creative Commons is a non profit organization that seeks to support a richer public domain on the internet by providing a place where permission is not required for domain of images and video. This is significant to teachers and students because of all the images and videos put on public domain on the internet, the copyright is not known. Most of it is copyrighted and it can't be used without the creator's permission. But now, from this creative commons site, the images and information taken is usable for all without any permission. Schools will not get into trouble with the law against copyright and will not unknowingly use copyrighted material.