Why you should cite images: Coming from publishing experience, I've found that citing a source even if it's in the public domain is necessary for three reasons. One, it's just courteous to the original creator :) Two, it's important to give readers a reference in case they want to further explore the text, photo, etc. for themselves. Three, it's vital for a writer who is revising content in a textbook or any other material to be able to go to the original source, if necessary, to verify info. (by S.R. Samuel in Free Technology for Teachers)
See Citing Resources for helpful information
Avatar - site to create an Avatar for profile pages in Gaggle, etc. (copyright free)
Archive.org - a non-profit digital library of Internet site providing free access to the public
Compfight- images for inspiration or research
Creative Commons - search for images, music, videos with the Creative Common license
Day in Pictures:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/default.stm
EduPic Graphical Resource - free images for educators
Flickr Creative Commons - Locate images for reuse; however, these do not load at the district.
Google Advanced Images - search like google images except at the bottom under usage rights you can have it search for images that are labeled for reuse
Image Base - free stock images and powerpoint templates
Morgue File - free images with the license to remix
Panoramio - locate places, natural wonders or anywhere you might go; these photos illustrate places and many are used within Google Earth
Wikimedia - images with Creative Commons licenses
World Images Portfolio - over 75,000 images hosted by San Jose University under the Creative Commons license for educational use
Wylio - a resource that gives attribution to creative commons images and good for using with blogs or web pages
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By David Kapuler Finding images on the Internet for classroom use has been a problem for many educators for reasons such as copyright privileges, inappropriateness, etc. While there are a number of paid solutions for finding images such as Nettrekker or Discovery Streaming, there are a number of free alternatives that work nicely as well. Keep in mind, however, that most of the sites listed below do not have built-in filters for images. These image search engines should be used either by educators (adults assisting students) or go in hand in hand with a school district filtering solution and Acceptable Use Policy.
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