This Post is Copyrighted!

As part of working towards being a digital citizen, as well as being incorporated into a digital world, it is vital to understand how copyright works with respect to digital sources. Everything online requires a copyright access, from YouTube to Flicker to NHL.com articles. Seems frustrating right? However, many resources can be used by properly obtaining the licence or permission to use the resource.

You may be thinking, okay Mr. Litt, but why is this important as a student? Well, whenever you want to use a video, image, song, GIF, or any other digitally sourced media, you must first acquire the copyright permission to use it. As a teacher, I think it most important to teach students about ways to find resources that can be used with the appropriate copyright. One method of doing so is to search through the Creative Commons website to locate a properly copyrighted and sourced image, followed by a correct citation.

Below are two examples of images located using responsible copyright and citations.

Ribeiro, Lucélia. (June 30, 2008). Children at School. (Photograph). Retrieved from [https://www.flickr.com/photos/lupuca/8720604364/]

LeanForward. (June 26, 2014). E-learning Tablet. (Online image). Retrieved from [https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2921/14380476210_4a66ee14a2_b.jpg]