Finally!!!!!!!! :)

At the beginning of this journey, I honestly never believed I could make it this far. These 23 things were not easy and they were very time consuming, but they were very much so worth every minute of it. This blog helped show me a lot of Web 2.0 tools I never knew existed and helped show me new uses for things I already used on a daily basis such as YouTube and Facebook. My favorite thing had to be number 21, Animoto, The video making was very interesting and it was neat to be able to throw in my own images and music. This blog helped show me that, even though you may know a lot about something, if you take the time to sit down and explore some more there is always more to learn. :)

Thing Twenty-Three: Creative Commons

Creative Commons is an amazing little tool that makes life a whole lot less stressful for a whole lot of people. With it, I am able to use resources made by others without violating copyright laws. It's easier now for a creator of a work to pick and choose how they want their work to be used and how they want to be credited. It's all up to the creator how they want it, they can decide to be paid for anyone who uses their work or just to have the work credited to them when someone uses it. We can now easier find powerpoints, videos, or lesson plans and tweak them to better fit our needs for the subject we are teaching. Before Creative Commons, people would have had to locate the creator(or a lawyer) to be able to achieve permission to use it. I will probably use Creative Commons for my own creations so that other teachers will have them to be able use and tweak because I understand that everyone needs a little help sometimes. :)