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"This page provides links to some of the better copyright-free and public domain resources....The ideas are intended for educators and librarians who wish to locate quality, copyright-friendly materials for educational, noncommercial, and nonprofit projects. "

"If your students are using images, video, or music in the final products that they are producing for your class, then it is INCREDIBLY important that you introduce them to the Creative Commons -- an organization that is helping to redefine copyright laws." Links to teach kids about copyright and fair use.

This article has a nice video that shows a teacher in class explaining copyright and fair use to students using a document linked from the article. I tend to disagree that teachers making multiple copies for classroom use is a "fair use," however. Always check what the author says, and use Creative Commons if you don't want your ideas ripped off without permission.

List for special instances and deals with copyright issues as well.: "I'd lay odds that most people, including myself, just use Google Image Search when they need to find an image. However, there might be instances when you want to use another tool - perhaps you're a language teacher searching for just the right clip art or photography to illustrate a verb, maybe you have very young students and are concerned about what they might find on Google, possibly you're particularly teaching about copyright issues, or you want your students to easily connect an image to a writing exercise and have them send an E-Card."

"So , as educators and teachers, you would be asking yourself how to ethically use images without having to worry about the copyright issues.Well the answer is very simple you will have to use images licensed under GFLD or Creative Commons especially this latter as it has images that can be used in teaching materials, blogs, wikis, ..ect. How to find such kind of images is what the guide below is all about. It walks you through the different steps on how to locate images licensed under Creative Commons . It contains illustravie snapshots and is ideal for use with your students. The guide is just two pages long but has everything you will need to teach your students about how to get free images in Google Image."

This is a self-paced course (44 pages) that would be an absolute must for an online instructor, who could then pass on the word to students: How do you use copyright fairly, how do you protect your own intellectual property and use other's? This presentation from UC Irvine explains all.

"Click here to download Your Guide to Finding Copyright-Friendly Images for Educational Use" Linked from the site.

"Use this downloadable PowerPoint show, complete with script in the Notes area, to walk students through the process of creating an infographic. The show includes tips on using the tools available in PowerPoint to "build" infographics right on a PowerPoint slide and save it as an image file. Even if you do not use PowerPoint, the tips will apply in any visual tool from Google Docs/Drive Drawing to a full image editing program such as Photoshop. Please note and respect the copyright notice on this show." A nice sample lesson and ideas on constructive criticism and a customizable rubric in Word doc.

Provides interactive and animated presentaions of fundamental history problems and illustrations of historical events and dynamics. Copyrighted, but open to academic users. Based at U of Oregon; includes American, European, Latin American, and African history.

Great source of copyright-free images to use in class projects. Organized by decade from 1860s-1970s when LIFE magazine was published.

The New York Times offers poetry paired with visuals, in this case an animation, and music, as well as two or more related poems. Readers are asked to write what they think, and the comments are very interesting also. Some adult content may be found in the sidebar, so this is for older students, not small children, though the idea is a good one for inspiring writing at any age. You may be able to strip the video and text and use the materials offline (being careful of copyright issues).

Includes quiz=maker, a URL shortener, copyright-free stock photo site, social media aggregator, a pdf file merger, debate platform, etc. Very useful tools.

"A survey of teachers who instruct American middle and high school students finds that digital technologies are impacting student writing in myriad ways and there are significant advantages from tech-based learning." An interesting study showing that teachers gave students lowest ratings on issues of fair use and copyright.

"Jeez, there are sure a ton of ways to find images on the Web, as well as many places where you can find lengthy link lists to image collections. "I'd lay odds that most people, including myself, just use Google Image Search when they need to find an image. However, there might be instances when you want to use another tool - perhaps you're a language teacher searching for just the right clip art or photography to illustrate a verb, maybe you have very young students and are concerned about what they might find on Google, possibly you're particularly teaching about copyright issues, or you want your students to easily connect an image to a writing exercise and have them send an E-Card. (Google has recently added an option in their advanced image search feature - go to the bottom left under "license" and choose "labeled for reuse")" The list includes many academic sites.

Some beautiful websites with video and photos. You'll have to explore for yourself what the copyright issues are. Some of the sites have good search categories for teachers, like "history" and "art." Using emotionally laden and content-rich digital images is a great way to start a writing project or a speaking class.

It's suprisingly easy to search for images by type, size, color, and copyright-free. This training video (5 min) by R. Stannard shows you how to do it.

An interesting visual way to find images--each image found leads to a "swirl" of other related images, usually from the same site. Be aware of copyright issues when using images from the Internet.

http://www.soundboard.com\nThis site helps you find copyright-free sound recordings for all kinds of purposes. Clips are taken from popular movies as well as television programs, news features, etc. Simple search feature by category.

Allows the user to download videos from a variety of sites, such as YouTube, and save them on the desktop. Would be very useful for projects with students. Note: please be aware of copyrights when using Internet videos.

For projects and presentations. These are not copyright-free, but a great educational resource.