I must admit that I find the field of infographics fascinating. In my Zite reader, I’m excited when one of them makes any of the categories that I follow and, to be sure that I get a daily fix, I…
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Fantasy Building(s)
If you haven’t already, you need to take a look at this blog post. Fantastic Imaginary Buildings Created by Splicing Together Found Photos Jim Kazanjian is a professional photographer and has put together some amazing imagery. The end result is…
Freepik
Yesterday morning, I read this story. Freepik: your graphic resources search engine. There were two things that caught my eye – “Graphic” and “Free”. I had to check it out, and from the number of retweets, a great deal of…
Tagged with: graphics, Shutterstock, Student, Twitter, Web search engine
Posted in application, Computers, Creative Commons, Education, Read/Write Web, Teaching
Posted in application, Computers, Creative Commons, Education, Read/Write Web, Teaching
Digital Citizenship and Creative Content
I think that many people would like to address the topics of Digital Citizenship and Creative Content and they absolutely should. I know that we had worked on the concept at my old board and I would provide a…
Tagged with: Digital citizen, Digital Citizenship, Education, microsoft, Portable Document Format, United States
Posted in Computers, Creative Commons, Education, learning, Teaching
Posted in Computers, Creative Commons, Education, learning, Teaching
Digital Citizenship Through Legislation
I had a friend send me a “new” AUP (Acceptable Use Policy) today for his school today and asked my opinion. I did smile as I looked through the three page document just wondering how many people actually read it…
Tagged with: Acceptable use policy, AUP, Industry-Specific, Retailers
Posted in Computers, Creative Commons, Education
Posted in Computers, Creative Commons, Education
This Week in Ontario Edublogs
It’s time for a little Friday roundup of some of the best reads from posts from Ontario Educators. It’s not an easy time to stay focused for Ontario Educators so kudos to the bloggers that get past all that’s…
Tagged with: creative commons, House Leader, John Milloy, ontario, Royan, Royan Lee, Teacher, Twitter
Posted in Computers, Creative Commons, Education, Ontario Edublogs
Posted in Computers, Creative Commons, Education, Ontario Edublogs
A Colours Project
This morning, I stumbled into a neat project. Vicky Loras had posted a picture of her purple armchair. Thanks, Vicky Loras – CC Now, normally, I would have looked and moved on but I was interested in this. A purple…
What Bugs Me About Creative Commons…
…and it’s not the concept. It lies in how it’s used or rather, abused. Read about the concept at the Creative Commons’ website “about” page. In fact, this blog is licensed by me under Creative Commons. Just click the “About…
Posted in Computers, Creative Commons
Did YOU create primary sources this week?
This was the best poster that I’ve seen for a long time. It was on the wall at the North Carolina Museum of History. I would normally have missed it because it was on the inside wall of an exhibit…
Showcasing Talent
I really like it when an idea takes off. I also like it when students find a way to showcase their talents and abilities. There was a convergence of these recently. Without a doubt, the best takeaway for me from…
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