Breakout Session: View from the Bleachers: Applied Skills in Finding and Using Free Media Resources. Presented by Barbara Waxer, Santa Fe Community College.
February 2018 scholarly article by Cyndi Landis in Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship
Breakout Session View from the Bleachers Applied S.pdf
Journal of Copyright in Education and Librarianship
Breakout Session: View from the Bleachers
Applied Skills in Finding and Using Free Media Resources
Barbara Waxer, copyright educator, author, and instructor in the Media Arts Department at Santa Fe Community College, filled the room with her engaging visuals and quick-paced presentation that focused on the applied skills and resources needed for using copyrighted works and understanding Creative Commons licensing.
Waxer’s presentation can also be accessed online
Being copyright conscious in today’s online environment can be challenging when public domain works are often hard to find, licensing filters are not always accurate, works are not properly tagged with license information, stock photos cost money and lack diversity, and tracking down the creator to ask permission to use a work seems like a detective’s task.