Thing 23: The Orgin and Development of 23Things

The 23Things was developed by Shelly Paul in 2006. Her idea was "inspired" by Helene Blower's Learning 2.0-23 Things program designed to teach public librarians how to become familiar with Web 2.0 tools. Shelly Paul saw this idea as a good way to help educators too to become better adapt at using Web 2.0 tools as well. This is an example of useing of another individual's work modified to meet another's needs. Shelly Pauls 23 Things is totally legal as it is using only the idea and not the actual wotk based from an idea as explained in the Disney Fair Use video. Such an method of modification is common in the Creative Common community as people share and edit photos and videos in a close-knit community devoid of heavy legal consequences of copyright violations. As a teacher, I see Creative Commons as a good source of images and educational material that can be easily used without worrying over the possible fees or jailtime I could face by using another's work. My students too would benefit knowing about the Creative Commons licensing as they would be able to use images in class projects.