creative commons Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/tag/creative-commons/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Mon, 06 Jun 2022 19:07:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 How to get and use free images the RIGHT way in class https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-to-get-and-use-free-images-the-right-way-in-class/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-get-and-use-free-images-the-right-way-in-class https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-to-get-and-use-free-images-the-right-way-in-class/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2020 10:10:00 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=3473 Images can bring presentations, reports and other student work to life. Students should learn to use images responsibly. Here’s what you need to know to help them.Creating posters has been a staple of so many classrooms of different ages. Usually, it entails gathering some important supplies before starting -- posterboard, glue, markers, etc. Many teachers will […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-to-get-and-use-free-images-the-right-way-in-class/feed/ 14 14 copyright essentials teachers and students must know https://ditchthattextbook.com/14-copyright-essentials-teachers-and-students-must-know/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=14-copyright-essentials-teachers-and-students-must-know https://ditchthattextbook.com/14-copyright-essentials-teachers-and-students-must-know/#comments Mon, 04 Apr 2016 14:26:29 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=4140 Students and teachers toe a very fuzzy ethical line every day — many without even realizing it. Some end up on the safe side of the line, but others cross the line and cross ethical boundaries — and sometimes costly legal ones. That line is the copyright line, deciding how teachers and students can respect people’s intellectual […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/14-copyright-essentials-teachers-and-students-must-know/feed/ 11 6 new free Google tools to upgrade your classroom https://ditchthattextbook.com/6-new-free-google-tools-to-upgrade-your-classroom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=6-new-free-google-tools-to-upgrade-your-classroom https://ditchthattextbook.com/6-new-free-google-tools-to-upgrade-your-classroom/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2015 11:00:20 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=2870 When my students and I work with Google Apps, there are two common struggles that we face: 1. Options for slide templates are scarce (and the ones in Google’s directory aren’t very good). 2. When we add Creative Commons images to our work, adding accurate attribution can be tricky. Thankfully, I’ve come across some solutions in the […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/6-new-free-google-tools-to-upgrade-your-classroom/feed/ 13 10 ways YouTube can engage your classes now https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ways-youtube-can-engage-your-classes-now/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-ways-youtube-can-engage-your-classes-now https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-ways-youtube-can-engage-your-classes-now/#comments Thu, 22 Jan 2015 17:33:29 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=2750 YouTube can help teachers and students create powerful, engaging, creative videos. These options can help take your videos to the next level.YouTube is a behemoth. Each month, more than 1 billion unique users visit the site to view 6 billion hours of video per month. It’s the second-largest search engine in the world, bigger than Bing, […]

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