Today I met with a group of grade 9 students during their community time to explore creative commons resources and free design tools. (Lesson Outline, Slides)
We started by comparing and contrasting the two slides below. Students pointed out the message a slide gives across about the presenter's credibility and how engaging a speaker will be. Students also noticed that the second slide has a creative commons attribution and we spent some time discussing the importance of giving credit where credit is due.
Students had some time to explore these free design tools and media before launching into a digital design challenge to create an album cover for the band Wild's new song Just Begun.
With only 20 minutes to create, I was so impressed by their designs! Most students remembered to use creative commons images and to include an attribution.
In their exit ticket reflections, students walked away with a bank of free resources and reminders to show where they found their media in projects. Whether or not they do this (or go to Google Images and grab the first photo they find) will depend, I think on how often we hold them accountable to this and how we as educators model this practice ourselves.
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