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Little do many people know, you can't just use any images off the internet in your blog posts. Not only is this ethically incorrect but you could leave yourself open to copyright infringement. Explaining Creative Commons and using images in blog posts Wanting to make this process clear to my students, I typed up a document explaining copyright, copyright infringement and Creative Commons while also offering step-by-step instructions on how to use FlickrCC to upload and attribute images in blog posts.

One of the best ways to infuse technology into your classroom experience is to have students create their own primary data with a digital camera. Cameras are an easy to use and motivating tool for students. Instead of searching the Internet for a copyright free image to use, have them create their own pictures whenever possible.

Flickr currently hosts more than 75 million images that are licensed under a Creative Commons license. Depending on the license, you may use the images on your webpage, or make changes to it. There are many things to check. With ImageCodr.org, there is no need to do all this manually, you simply enter in the URL of the picture page (as seen in your browser) you are interested in and ImageCodr.org will generate the ready to use HTML code. It will also display a brief and easy license summary, so you don't get in legal trouble because you missed something.

Not directly Flickr, but sources of free photos, which might be useful.