A picture says a 1,000 words. The impact of images in the classroom.

In this chapter Brooks-Young they talked about the way that images are used and mostly about how the internet has revolutionized the way that images are shared.  The availability of the technology needed to take pictures and make movies has changed drastically over the past twenty years and it is much easier for people to get their hands on cameras and camcorders.  But with the greater access to this kind of technology you also see a rise in the misuse of this kind of technology, because with every good development that comes you also get a negative side effect.  I know personally I have used the internet to look at pictures or find pictures for projects and presentations.  It makes not only finding pictures easy, but it also makes finding video clips easy.  I know if I am working on a project I will often see if there is a video I can include in my project that will help to emphasize my point or to better help explain whatever it may be that I am talking about.  Things like youtube and google make it easy to find a video or picture for almost any occasion you can think of.  Also with the rise of social networks like facebook and myspace there has been a rise in online photo albums.  Websites like those help you to make your pictures available to all of your friends with a few simple clicks of the mouse.  Aside from pictures and videos that go up on social network sites you can also go to pages like flickr and photobucket and have more pictures then you ever imagined all at your fingertips.  

As well as viewing images and videos online I have also uploaded videos and pictures to the internet.  Most of the videos that I have uploaded have been for school use and to make them easily viewable I placed them on Youtube so that I could retrieve them from any place that had internet access.  I have also used social networking sites to upload photos so that I could share them with friends.  These are great resources to use, but it is important to think carefully about what you post online because you never know who may end up viewing your pictures and videos.  

After taking some time to research creative commons I have learned that it is a type of alternative the strict copyrights that are available.  It was created by people who hoped that the internet could be this place where the resources could be shared and more available to people around the world.  This does not give someone full rights to another persons work, but it allows for people to work with their images without requesting direct permission from the owners.  It was started as a way to open doors and possibilities for people all around the world.