Thought that title might get your attention and no, this isn't a backdoor or loophole for you to seek out to use someone elses intellectual property.  This is an example of how one teacher, Maura Kerkezis, used a creative way to teach students about copyright and to produce their own content based on ideas from others. 

While her students were producing their own Public Service Announcements, Maura notice the majority of students picking photos off of Google Images to use within their projects.  Apparently, this sparked a discussion around whether they could just take someone's photos and the concept of copyright.  Interestingly, she encouraged students create or recreate their own photos.

This is what I would call peripheral learning.  This was not part of the curriculum.  At least, not part of the Health curriculum.  Learning that takes place along side a larger goal, learning that supports the larger goal and subsequent other learning goals. This is one of the concepts I think we, as educators and learners ourselves, need to keep in mind when venturing forth with designing and taking part in new learning experiences. 

Most educators find, while infusing technology into learning experiences, that they learn so much more as an educator and learner. 

When might have your students (or you) experienced peripheral learning?