Things #23 - Creative Commons

Creative Commons is a very important thing to know if one chooses to share and participate in numerous things online.  It is a way to give credit to those who originally produced the idea, or shared it originally.  By acknowledging someone as the original creator, you give them credit as well as thanks for allowing you to take their idea and run with it.

I found this on the Learning 2.0 - 23 Things for Teachers blog site:

CREDITS

Learning 2.0 - 23 Things for Teachersis based on Learning 2.0 - 23 Things, a staff development program for theMesquite Independent School District. That program was based on the Learning 2.0 program that was designed by Helene Blowers and adapted by the California School Library Association and others. Content and style for Learning 2.0 - 23 Things for Teachers has been borrowed and duplicated with permission, under a Creative Commons License.

This is an example of Creative Commons because it is giving credit to the individual who originally published this idea online.  

Teachers can use Creative Commons in their classroom if they plan on borrowing other individuals' work online, such as a blog similar to 23 Things for Teachers.  This is a good tool that I'm glad I'm aware of, just in case I end up doing just that.