Photos, art, movies and books all belong to people who made them. The internet makes materials available freely to use but that doesn't mean we should.

21st century learners are creative, critical thinkers who act responsibly and respectfully whilst participating and engaging in an online environment. We should model ourselves and encourage our students to be creators of technology, not just consumers.

Creative commons is a series of copyright licenses that make it easy for creators to give specific permission to everyone to use, share and remix their work without needing to ask (Weichler, J., 2020).

WHAT IS CREATIVE COMMONS?

Creative Commons (CC) is an internationally active non-profit organisation that provides free licences for creators to use when making their work available to the public. These licences help the creator to give permission for others to use the work in advance under certain conditions.

Smarty copying outlines everything you need to know about Creative Commons in Australian Schools.

HOW DO YOU SELECT & USE THE APPROPRIATE CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSES?

Creative Commons tools are available to help share your work and provide a simple, standardized way to give your permission to share and use your creative work— on conditions of your choice. You can adopt licenses by sharing on a platform, or choose specifc licenses.

Information Ethics by Johnston, S. is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.