I tried a number of search terms before finally settling on “impressionism” for today’s blog post. Since things that have an expired copyright are easy to find in the public domain, I figured that 19th century art was my best bet. And indeed, I did find some beautiful examples of art. Take, for instance, this:…
I’ve never heard of CreativeCommons prior to this assignment, so I felt like I was at a disadvantage. The “About” page wasn’t extremely helpful, noting that “there is no front door—no tool designed for the general public to facilitate discovery for the purpose of reuse and remix” (CreativeCommons). I noticed this when I went back…
In browsing the Creative Commons, I started by looking through the website. I checked the about page and the search options to get an idea of the kinds of things that were available in the database. As far as I could tell, Creative Commons search offers mostly images. I never got a result that was…
The search bar of CC Search on my computer screen sat below a map of Wyoming that I have hanging up on my wall. So, I searched “Wyoming.” There were over 1,300 results, so I narrowed my search with the Advanced Search tool to only show images I can both “use for commercial purposes” and…
I had a hard time figuring out what to search up in the creative commons. I asked one of my roommates to give me something and she told me ducks. Well, that didn’t give me much except a bunch of pictures of ducks sitting in a pond and some duck statues. While it was interesting to see…
I did my search on the concept of nature and darkness, and used google to search for Creative Commons images, videos, and audio tracks that fit with that idea. Photos were the easiest to find in quantity, though I had to search through them for quality. I noticed on the Creative Commons Search particularly that…
When I came to the search bar I wasn’t sure what I should type in. Like Jordyn I decided to go with something simple and went with “chipmunks” and was surprised to see very little actually come up. There were mostly just wildlife pictures of chipmunks, and then a few that seemed to have nothing…
Creative Commons is a non-profit organization that, “helps you legally share your knowledge and creativity to build a more equitable, accessible, and innovative world” (Creative Commons). My first impression of the website was that it was very colorful and vibrant. Definitely warm and inviting to people looking to share their work and those looking to…
For my Creative Commons search, I chose the keyword “underwater”. I honestly have no idea why I chose this keyword, it was just the first thing that popped into my mind. Throughout my search, I saw a range of different media represented, including photos, videos, academic papers, articles, wiki pages, blogs, and music. The academic…
The Creative Commons website is a “…project [that] will develop and release an open online search and re-use tool that will allow high-quality content from the commons to surface in a more seamless and accessible way.” (CC Search Prototype). For this search through Creative Commons, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to search at first….