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We've spent some time categorizing our favorite sources for free images and organizing them in such a way as to help you find what you're looking for. Here are the criteria we've examined: Subjects: Does a site focus on specific genres of images, or is it a mass collection of various image types? High Resolution: Lots of great image resources emerged in the pre-Web 2.0 phase, but it wasn't until bandwidth dramatically increased that allowed for the uploading of much higher resolution images suitable for editing and printing. License: The licenses vary extremely from source to source. Some are listed as Creative Commons (with variations on attribution and availability for commercial use), others are Public Domain, and still others have unique licenses that maintain copyright while allowing users to download or embed photographs. To better understand Creative Commons licenses, check out our post on Images, Copyright, & Creative Commons. Safety: Government sites and many specific subject collections are extremely safe for students to use. But before you start using one of these sites for student blogging, check out our safety note and examine the site to see if you find it appropriate for students. Some sites are terrible for filtering out inappropriate content, while others display advertising from paid stock-photo websites that can often be questionable, depending on the age level of students.

Instructions for using Creative Commons images in Blog Posts for Primary schools

Easy to understand video for kids on copyright and using Creative Commons

An important part of Digital Citizenship is understanding copyright, especially when it comes to images. SO many students just pull images from any website with no regard for whether they are copyrighted or not. This article has a lot of information on "Copyright curriculum for kids".

Excellent resources and lessons to teach students about the following topics (separated by grade level) - Privacy * Security - Digital Footprint & Reputation - Cyberbullying - Creative Credit & Copyright - Information iteracy - Internet Safety

Interesting notes on some goals to work towards for an "Advanced ipad classroom" Topics discussed include: app fluency, workflow and the "one screen model"

How to search Flickr for free images to use with students/ for students to use. This is something I am really making a big effort to work on this year in class - teaching about copyright and fair use for their presentation.