Category Archives: Creative Commons

Hello, ACAMIS!

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Kristin Fontichiaro

I am delighted to be presenting at the Association of China and Mongolia International Schools in Guangzhou, China, this weekend. Here are the resources we used in the sessions. Friday Session #1: Crowdsourcing an eBook Slides Past crowdsourcing eBook projects … Continue reading →

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The Noun Project: Now With PNG Download!

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Kristin Fontichiaro

I’ve been a fan of The Noun Project since Emily introduced me to it a few years ago. We even included it in this book of ours. It provides a huge stock of black-and-white icons that you can download for … Continue reading →

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New School of Open Courses

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Kristin Fontichiaro

“The Birds of Creative Commons” by Kristina Alexanderson on Flickr. CC-BY-SA. On our campus, we have frequent and significant conversations about the role of open resources in learning. Through our Open.Michigan group, we’ve gotten to work with the folks at … Continue reading →

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Longwood Summer Literacy Institute

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Kristin Fontichiaro

I am delighted to be speaking this morning at the Longwood Summer Literacy Institute at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. What a beautiful campus and town! It’s not every day you get to sleep a room with furniture once used … Continue reading →

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Free Book on Ed Tech Policies, Practices, Procedures

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Kristin Fontichiaro

On behalf of my co-teacher Jeff Stanzler, we are pleased to announce our yearlong ED 504 class project — a book for teachers about ed tech policies, practices, and procedures — has been published! We’re printing copies on our campus … Continue reading →

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Congratulations, Emily!

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Kristin Fontichiaro

Congratulations to my colleague and co-author Emily Puckett Rodgers for being named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker! Emily Puckett Rodgers | Movers & Shakers 2013 — Innovators via kwout Our book introducing kids to Creative Commons, Shared Creations: Making Use of Creative … Continue reading →

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Congratulations, Victoria!

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Kristin Fontichiaro

Congratulations to UMSI student Victoria, who led a never-done-before event blending online learning with face-to-face collaboration for the Creative Commons Power of Open project. Check out what happened on the Creative Commons blog! Open.Michigan leads real world School of Open … Continue reading →

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