ANIMOTO

The tool that I chose to explore this week to create a slideshow about copyrights and creative commons is Animoto. Animoto is a creative tool that allows you to develop artistic presentations. I enjoyed the brief tutorial the website provided for first- time users, which made this tool very simple to navigate. The one feature I did not enjoy is that the character limit on each slide which made it difficult to provide information about the topic. However, I did like how professional looking the presentations turned out.

Here was my attempt at my first Animoto slideshow:


Through these activities I leaned the importance of copyrights and how to access copyright free images, such as Flickr. Copyrights protect the creator of any images, speech, music, or artwork. You are responsible for citing any work that is not yours as it is considered stealing. Giving credit for someone else's work demonstrates the understanding of copyright laws. Flickr is another great resource of millions of pictures, the majority of which use Creative Commons licensing. Its a great source to retrieve images where you do not have to worry about copyright infringement. As a digital citizen, we must inform ourselves of all the rules and regulations regarding copyrights because the digital world can be a scary place. 

Sefyang, Mike (2008). Copyright Symbol (Online Image). Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikeblogs/3020966500/ 

Porter, Michael (2008). Creative Commons (Online Image). Retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/libraryman/2799490154/

Chinoco, Daniel (2013). Stealing (Online Image). Retrieved from 
http://cdn.business2community.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/stealing.jpg