This past year, I helped teach AGRO 490, Special Topics in Agriculture and Digital Communications. Today, my teaching colleagues (Andrew Riseman, Kathryn Gretsinger & Cyprien Lomas) and I will be presenting about our course at the Open Ed 2009 Conference. Thanks to Brian Lamb, our colleague in OLT and the Open Ed conference organizer, for …
COMPFIGHT is a powerful new Flickr search tool. It offers all sorts of different searches. tags v full text originals only Creative Commons licensed photos “Safe” searches for those avoiding smut The best thing is that it displays roughly 250 thumbnails at a time, allowing super quick photo picking. Hot stuff. Via Boing Boing!
I’ve found that one of the biggest challenges for those hoping to bring their content online is grappling with copyright. People who aren’t accustomed to working online can find it arduous to work around the laws pertaining to the photo, song or clip they want to use. While Flickr has made finding Creative Commons photos …