Thing 23-- Creative Commons

I understand why this was the last "thing" on our list. Web 2.0 is really about sharing, learning, helping, and bringing people together. Creative Commons helps people do just that.

I read about Creative Commons a few days ago, and about that time, I was also looking at pictures of celebrity babies. I'm not really into following the lives of celebrities, but I am a sucker for babies! This was one of the pictures I saw:

[(c) Mrs. Me, Inc., 2008.] This photo is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license.

On Gwen Stefani's site, she shared this picture with a Creative Commons license making it okay for others to put it on their blogs (and in other media, with some restrictions). I thought it was neat to see a Creative Commons license in action outside of this project (the credits and Creative Commons license for the APSU 23 Things project are clearly displayed on the lower right hand side of this page)!

As an educator, I am glad to know about Creative Commons, not only to understand what I can and can not do with others' work but also so that I can share my ideas as well. I think we are all capable of those big ideas, and I can't see any reason not to share them and to be a part of a community that helps and supports each other. That is really what becoming a teacher is all about!