Thing #23: Creative Commons & Educational Blogging

Before I began the required "23 Things" project, I had some familiarity with it that arose from many friends of mine who were APSU education students over the last few years. That said, I had no idea of how popular and deep the project was with teachers, educators and teacher candidates across the country. Just five minutes of research on the internet pulled up thousands of Learning 2.0/23 Things links. And although the format and foundation was primarily familiar throughout, each individual created their model of what the twenty-three things would consist of. In turn, those models were based off of other people's work, in some measure or another, just as this project from Dr. Wall is. 

Here's a link to an educational blog from the California Technology Assistance Project and CA School Library Association 2.0 Team that I found: Classroom Learning 2.0: The 23 Things.

As you can see, it's very similar to our blog and in effect, has the same intent. And this is where Creative Commons comes into play. We as teachers need to have the opportunity, space and license to share information and create curriculum to be efficient and effective educators. I think it goes without saying; relying on C. C. in the classroom will not only be a great help to me as a teacher, it will be a necessity.