Creative Commons Licensing

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.

Creating a creative common license for my blog was very new to me.  I have heard of this website but never knew how to go about licensing my work.  After reading the different creative common licenses, I found this process difficult for me to choose.  As an educator I must be honest with myself.  I’ve learned how to recycle, borrow, share and ironically still be territorial in the classroom. Having these thoughts in mind I chose Attribution-Non Commercial No Derivative License.  This is the most restrictive of the licensing that are listed. 

          I love to share my work and ideas and many teachers have the same thoughts.  Having my colleagues see the value of my work makes me feel proud and would cause me to create more.  However, I still want to keep a part of my originality for my own.  I don’t want anyone to remix, tweak or build upon my work.  I believe certain ideas or work should be honored and untouched.   Also, I have problems with people loving your ideas, changing them to fit their likings but don’t want to give credit to the original owner and keeping the same licensing.   I want to make sure my licensing does not have any room for this to happen.

          As for my students I would encourage them to critically think about choosing a license that best fit their needs or ideas.  I would be very honest and avoid choosing for them.  I do not want to give them the wrong advice because there can be a time when something can go drastically wrong. I would explain the different licensing such as, the licenses, Attribution-Share Alike, Attribution-No Dervis, Attribution-Non Commercial, Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike, and Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivs and the power each one have.  Also, I would inform them to keep in mind; they are going to have mixed emotions on how they want their project or ideas to be shared.  At times they may not mind if their ideas are modified.  However, there is going to be that one project that they would want to protect and not allow anyone to remix, tweak, build upon or use for commercial use.   Lastly, my students are going to be aware of people taking their work but don’t want to give credit to the owner.  With all of this knowledge I would advise them to choose wisely.