Seats are still available for NERCOMP's upcoming workshop on May 13th:  "Collaboration: Empowering Active Learning through the Application of Technology." 

Who Owns This Image?

Art, Access, and the Public Domain after Bridgeman v. Corel

Public Panel Discussion Cosponsored by: Art Law Committee, New York City Bar Association, College Art Association, ARTstor Creative Commons

Panelists: Dr. Theodore Feder, President, Art Resource, Artists Rights Society Christopher Lyon, Executive Editor, Prestel Publishing William Patry, Senior Copyright Counsel, Google Hon. Richard A. Posner, United States Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit Maureen Whalen, Associate General Counsel, J. Paul Getty Trust Moderator: Virginia Rutledge, Chair, Art Law Committee, New York City Bar

Sophie is a multimedia authoring tool released under a creative commons license that holds a great deal of promise for digital storytelling in education.  A free download is required to create and read Sophie projects.  The idea of the book is the central concept.  The creator can simply drag and drop components (text fields, comment fields, etc.) or resources (images, audio, video, etc.) onto a page.  Objects and pages can all be resized.  There is also a timeline feature that lets you start and stop audio or video as well as make any resource appear or disappear from the page.  The comments component also merits special mention.  While the book is downloaded to the readers machine, their comments can be read by anyone else who "opens" the book.  It's a powerful concept combining an easy to use multimedia interface with the communicative properties of a blog.