In the past six or seven years the web has evolved from a read only medium to a read, write, plublish and collaborative medium. What impact does this technology have on our lives? On our businesses? On our global society? What are the ethical questions that we must address?
Creative Commons, the brainchild of Laurence Lessig, is a non-profit organization dedicated to publishing others creative work and providing several copyright licenses, known as Creative Commons licenses. These licenses, allow the authors the flexibility to restrict only certain rights, or none at all. You can find music, images, video and written works at http://www. creativecommons.org. Once you get to the site, click FIND cc Licensed Work at the top of the page. At the next page, choose your search engine to look for your perferred media.
This month’s issue of Time Magazine’s: Person of the Year, couldn’t have come at a more perfect time! I’ve begun a blog journey with my students in an effort to help them understand the power of Web 2.0 tools. This is full of interesting stories about “You.” You, the content creator. You, the citizen journalist. For some way to compare Time’s view of “Person of the Year,” go to their archive site where you can find every “person” that has graced the cover of Time from 1927 -2005. It’s rather interesting!
So, here I am. Not quite sure where “here” is, but I am certain that my destination is not a physical space but a sense of being. Someone once said that if you can influence one individual’s life in a positive manner, then you have accomplished something great. My desire is to share my love for learning and my passion for discovering knowledge through my teaching. And, if I can instill this love for learning, and feeling of empowerment in just one individual then my mission is complete. Let the journey begin!
The important thing is not so much
that every child should be taught,
as that every child should be given the wish to learn.
-John Lubbock
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