15 Copyright Rules Every Student Should Know
You might think that liberal arts students are the only ones who need to understand copyright law, but future photographers, animators, writers, and artists are actually the ones who might be suing students one day. As students rush to complete assignments, one of the last things on their minds is copyright law. The temptation to pluck resources from just about anywhere is often too great for some students, and others are simply unaware that rules and regulations protecting the use of art and content even exist.
12 best places to get free images for your site
Adding a few high quality photos is a great way to improve a website, article or presentation - but be careful. A search engine like Google Images will quickly locate just about any shot you could ever want, but using them will almost certainly violate someone's copyright. What's more, search tools like TinEye mean there's a very real chance that the original photographer will find out what you've done. Which could be embarrassing, and maybe expensive, too. Fortunately there's a simple and safe alternative.
Do educational video games actually work? [infographic
Back in the days of Pong, selling the idea that video games would one day be welcome in the nation’s classrooms would have been an uphill battle, but today, more and more educators are taking another look at incorporating educational versions into the classroom. There are concerns expressed by teachers and parents, though, that this might not be such a great trend to follow, and the shadow of constricted budgets means be they beneficial or not, many students simply don’t have the option. Via OnlineCollegeCourses.com. Gaming infographics.
Urban Literature and literacy
BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY? Urban Fiction’s Impact on Black Literacy! My introduction to Urban Fiction in literature began with Mario Puzo’s The Godfather, which I read when I was eight or nine years old. A few years after going nuts over the film version, which released in 1972 and The Godfather II, which released in 1974. My love for The Godfather, led me to seek out gangster films and books with Black people as the heroes, thus became a lifelong (not so) secret love affair with Blaxploitation films and Urban Literature.
