As visuals become more and more important to the way we communicate, finding great images is critical to communicating your message. There are a number of websites I use when putting together presentations and finding photographs for my website. If I have very specific needs, I use the pay-per-download stock image site, shutterstock.com. The benefit of... Continue Reading →
Content Curation: Copyright, Fair Use, and Creative Commons [REBLOG]
A great piece from Laura Pasquini that provides a primer and overview of aspects of fair use, creative commons, and using/remixing content and images found online. For those of you teaching, creating presentations, or posting content online, the following provides a great overview of the basics. Image from: Opensource.com
Culture Online: Contact Not Content is King
Is there something that can be described as the "online culture?" I don't think so, but I do think that technology is structuring the way we think and interact and I do think that there are cultural norms broadly perpetuated and upheld. Online culture, although diverse, still maintains persistent themes. In describing how this first... Continue Reading →
Presentation Tip: Finding Free High Quality Images
A key part of a good presentation is finding and using the right images. The Internet has made this incredibly easy… easy to steal images, that is. When searching for images, most people go to the search engine of their choice and do an image search. This makes sense as it is an incredibly easy... Continue Reading →