Cette semaine nous avons examiné les lois du copyright (les droits d’auteur) et comment on travaille à l’intérieur de ces paramètres. Il y a aussi beaucoup de ressources très utiles qui sont ouvertes et gratuites, les ressources éducatives libres d’accès. Mais il faut savoir où les trouver et comment les utiliser.
I got really excited when we started talking about open educational resources (OER) and the Creative Commons online. As a big fan of both teacher-created content AND low prep, I will certainly be using these sites in the classroom.
My whole high school career, and some of my university experience as well, Wikipedia was hugely discouraged even as a site to visit. I remember we only ever used it in class for games (“who can get to ‘Obama’ from ‘football’ first!”), so you can imagine how revolutionary I found the idea of using it as a resource for images or as a launch spot to get reliable resources.
The OER Commons also looks like a phenomenal resource. You can search by subject area or age group, etc., for classroom ideas or activities, even templates! And it wasn’t a huge hassle to find out how you’re able to use the resource either; most had the specific copyright symbols right there so you can make sure you’re properly using the material and giving credit where needed.
A couple other cool tools we looked at for creating content were Unsplash and Pexels. These are websites where photos can be used for free (often with no strings attached other than crediting the photographer) that I have already used in a previous blog post and in assignments.
I’m loving the idea of this blog becoming a place I can put more reference as I go, for myself and whoever, so this will be the first resource post of many!