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The Ultimate Directory Of Free Image Sources - The Edublogger - 2 views

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    "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 con"
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15 Best Sites for Open Source Images - 0 views

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    "This post offers a few resources on guidelines, and then a list of the top sites for open source images that are safe to get pictures from. "
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10 Great Platforms for Primary Source Documents ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Lea... - 0 views

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    10 different sources for archives - documents, photo etc These platforms offer searching opportunities for access to some great primary resources.
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Historical Inquiry: 20+ Creative Ways History Teachers Can use Primary Sources @coolcat... - 0 views

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    "Historical inquiry helps make history class exciting. History teachers can use primary sources in creative, exciting ways to make history come alive. Many people in history might be dead, but your teaching doesn't have to be. Let's dive in. What is historical inquiry? How can it be used to teach history? How can you use technology, creativity, and exciting projects to teach history? The post explains how."
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World War One - The British Library - 0 views

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    "Supported by over 500 historical sources from across Europe, this resource examines key themes in the history of World War One. Explore a wealth of original source material, over 50 newly-commissioned articles written by historians, teachers' notes and more to discover how war affected people on different sides of the conflict. Collection items featured on this site have been contributed by Europeana 1914-1918 institutions."
Camilla Elliott

The Ultimate Directory Of Free Image Sources - The Edublogger - 0 views

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    Sources for free images and organizing them in such a way as to help you find what you're looking for.
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How do You Choose Good Online Sources? | An Ethical Island - 1 views

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    This is a great visual to back up my teaching. We had a session last week where I was explaining this information to a year 8 science class as they embarked on a major research project. You know some" get it" but others are still struggle with evaluating a source even if the agree as to the why. This is clean and concise.
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Teaching Students to Determine Credibility of Online Sources (Free Student Handout!) | ... - 0 views

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    Ideas for a lesson, complete with handout, about teaching students about critically assessing the credibility of sources they find. It is aimed at secondary school students.
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SIFT (The Four Moves) | Hapgood - 0 views

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    "Information Literacy that works. Give students and others a short list of things to do when looking at a source, and hook each of those things to one or two highly effective web techniques. We call the "things to do" moves and there are four of them: Stop; Investigate the source; Find trusted coverage; Trace claims, quotes, and media back to the original context."
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ConSource: The Constitutional Sources Project - 0 views

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    This site offers a comprehensive, easily searchable, fully-indexed, and freely accessible digital library of historical sources related to the creation, ratification, and amendment of the United States Constitution.
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Online Archives, Collections, and Exhibitions - Research - Moving Image Source - 0 views

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    "The Moving Image Source Research Guide is a gateway to the best online resources related to film, television, and digital media."
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What Constitutes Plagiarism? § Harvard Guide to Using Sources - 0 views

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    "While it may seem obvious that copying someone else's words verbatim and submitting them in a paper with your name on it is plagiarism, other types of plagiarism may be less familiar to you. These more subtle forms of plagiarism are actually more common, and you should make sure you understand all of them, as well as how to avoid them by conducting your research and writing carefully and responsibly."
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4 Strategies to Bring History to Life For Students | Getting Smart - 0 views

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    "You can tansform students from passive to active learners through the power of archives. Timelines, textbooks, PowerPoint presentations and even Wikipedia articles have a role in learning about the past, but it is time to open the archives and unleash the power of primary sources to bring history to life. " 4 strategies for educators explained.
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Culture Victoria - Stories - Collections - Places - 0 views

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    Culture Victoria - worth going to to have a look at her collections of primary source documents from archived collection
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Teacher librarians on borrowed time as pages turn on reading sources - 1 views

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    Age article about the current situation of TL's in schools. Interviews with Di Ruffles and Cindy Tschernitz of SLAV and author Alison Lester
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Collections | The Public Domain Review - 0 views

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    This is a large, curated selection of images, books, audio and film. You can choose to browse the content either by medium ( images, books, film, audio),by time ( from pre-16th t 20th century), by tag or by source. For each of the material you find you will be provided with directions to help you download and save it.
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SmithsonianTweenTribune | Articles for kids, middle school, teens from Smithsonian | tw... - 0 views

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    A daily news site created for student consumption. All sorts on interesting information and an "Ask" section. Created by the Smithsonian Institute so a reliable source.
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Digital Citizenship One Liners | Teacher Tech - 1 views

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    "We all know we need to teach students how to behave appropriately on the internet, avoid scams, be safe and how to be digitally literate. Digital citizenship should be part of every classrooms curriculum, not just the responsibility of a tech class. Common Sense Media has a wealth of resources and lesson plans for teachers on digital citizenship. The presentation in this post is a crowd sourced document of one liners of digital citizenship that can be used in faculty meetings, with students or professional development workshops. You canAdd your own digital citizenship one liners @ http://goo.gl/7mSvhK"
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Free Image Resources for Almost Anything | Tech the Plunge - 1 views

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    The author of the post has created a Symbaloo page of free Image sources. The page is linked from here
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Flickr: Internet Archive Book Images' Photostream - 0 views

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    The photos and drawings are sourced from more than 600 million library book pages scanned in by the Internet Archive organisation. These images have been difficult to access until now. Internet Archive Book Images Visitors to the site are free to copy and make use of the pictures without charge. Most of the images that are in the books are not in any of the art galleries of the world - the original copies have long ago been lost. The pictures range from 1500 to 1922, when copyright restrictions kick in. "
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