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Lookin' for Images in all the wrong places...

Things to consider:

Copyright!!!! Everything online belongs to someone. Make sure they want to share with you!
Fair use Showing a  picture to your class- fine. Putting it on your website- not so fine.
Wild world of searching images online... Tags, titles, keywords and tales of woe. Safe search? Somewhat.
 

Things to look for:

Free is not always free! Read the fine print!
Royalty-Free Content
Public Domain Usage
Creatives Commons licensing
  • Reuse
  • Commercial reuse
  • Reuse with modification
  • Commercial reuse with modification

Sites that can help:

Eric Hadd's site. GEMS> Middle School>Mr. Hadd> Web Page Design Resources
Links to clip art, photos, etc that are actually free to use.
 
 
 
 
Compfight A flickr creative commons search tool. To search for images, make sure that Creative Commons search is turned to only.
 
Google Images Creative Commons Search... coming soon to a browser near you!
 
Picasa has a creative commons search. Go to explore, then search, then click on Options ands choose the level of licensing.
 
Not all copyright free but safe for students to search: PicSearch
 
 
 
And just for fun:
 
Weirdest. Image. Search. Ever. Really. Try it. retrievr

Digital Art Playground

These sites just don't fit anywhere in our discussion... but are way too fun to leave out. If you have a free moment, please explore!
 
The Art Zone National Gallery of Art's creative playground. Flow and Brushter are two favs, but all are very fun.
 
ArtisanCam Very British, very artsy. Try a number of online art projects.
 
Bomomo Click on the white screen. Click on the strange tools. It is mesmerizing.
 
Wordle Wonderful word art without work.
 
Drawtoy A kaleidoscope with an attitude. Kids start thinking mathematically as they create.
 
SketchCast Sketch and explain it as you draw. Then embed it on a web page. Too many possibilities!
 
Grafitti Creator Speaks for itself.
 
Psykopaint Ignore the name and the initial image. This is a wonderfully strange web based image distorter. Upload an image and paint it with the variety of tools provided.
 
CubeScape Do we need virtual legos?
 
The source of many of these finds: WebTools4u2use This wiki is updated frequently and has links to many fascinating and/or useful tools. It also has wonderful rubrics for digital art projects.