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"This guide is intended to assist people who are interested in exploring interesting works which have entered the public domain. It covers: 1. Collecting leads 2. Online Collections 3. Legal Stuff i. Licensing ii. When Does a Work Pass Into The Public Domain? (Overview, 2012.02.15)

"a repository for outstanding public domain images" (Find and share stunning public domain images: Learn more ..., ¶1, 2012.01.22)

"Information on this page 1 Intro to copyright, fair use and images in posts 2 Intro to creative commons 3 Flickr Creative Commons Images 4 Finding Creative commons images 5 Adding images from Compfight to posts 6 Adding images using the Compfight plugin 7 Free and public domain images 8 Attributing free and public domain images 9 Sources of free and public domain images 10 Using own images 11 Using student photos online 12 Your Task "

Wide-ranging public discussion of Creative Commons and related items. Creative Commons runs several lists with more specific charters (e.g., license development, metadata, international porting). See http://creativecommons.org/discuss for a catalog of all public Creative Commons mailing lists.

link to public domain images available for use for projects for school

This video was produced by the New Brunswick Department of Education to stimulate discussion among educators and other stakeholders in public education in the province of New Brunswick. The 21st Century presents unique challenges for education worldwide. In order to keep pace with global change we must focus on 21st Century Skills and public education must adapt to keep students engaged.

The images in Ookaboo are public domain or creative commons and can be used freely for blogs, web sites, schoolwork, publications, and other creative projects. Ookaboo is a free service of Ontology2 © copyright 2009. Images on this site are licensed under various Creative Commons licenses; Image descriptions and metadata are CC-BY-SA.

"The World Factbook provides information on the history, people, government, economy, geography, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues for 267 world entities" (Welcome to the World Factbook, ¶1). "Unless a copyright is indicated, information on the Central Intelligence Agency Web site is in the public domain and may be reproduced, published or otherwise used without the Central Intelligence Agency's permission. We request only that the Central Intelligence Agency be cited as the source of the information and that any photo credits or bylines be similarly credited to the photographer or author or Central Intelligence Agency, as appropriate" (Copyright Notice, ¶1)

This site provides free clip art and some of the art is better than the standard clip art.

"In spite of the creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ license, which is the less restrictive of the options offered by Flickr, this picture, being a screenshot, is obviously in the public domain as copyright law only covers creative works. Transcript: [URL box: creators.ning.com/main/index/banned#] [several toolbars] Page content: YOU HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED FROM CREATORS Sorry, Claude Almansi, you can not access Creators as you have been suspended. If you think you've been suspended in error, you can contact the administrator. Click here to delete your content from Creators. Message to the Administrator: I would have been out in a few hours anyway. You can keep or delete my content yourself. I have archived what I need. I'll just take a screenshot of this page as a souvenir before I hit Send Message. Fare well, though I'm aware it won't be easy to, if you go on working for Ning. Claude Almansi [Send Message button]"

free images, public domain, free photos

This is an interesting image tool. Upload images and annotate. You can other embed media inside the annotations. Annotations pop up as you click or hover over the objects you add. You can embed the annotated image into webpage or blog. This could be a useful tool for teachers and students. Lots of scope for creativity with layers etc. You can share to a group and set editing permissions for public or restricted people/groups for collaboration purposes.

Xtranormal's mission is to bring movie-making to the people. Everyone watches movies and they believe everyone can make movies. Movie-making, short and long, online and on-screen, private and public, will be the most important communications process of the 21st century.

"VoiceThread portal at nypl.voicethread.com where you can find and make copies of VoiceThreads created by the amazing staff of the New York Public Library. These Learning Modules include expert commentary explaining the background of the images and provide a starting point for further exploration and use of these source materials in the classroom."

Shows how public domain content can be used creratively and to add value to a topic - source http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0809057387/writerswrite

Storybirds are short, visual stories that you make with family and friends to share

create a free account to create flash story books using collections of images from contributing artists. Books can be marked public or private, and linked to, but not embedded, in other web pages.