Pixabay - Images, Videos & Music free to share

 

If you are teaching your students to cite their work properly and are picky about this then you should be just as conscientious about the images they use.  If they are just googled and right clicked then the pictures are not necessarily for public use.  There are a couple ways around this as I posted here and here.  Another source of free and royalty free images, videos and music can be found by clicking here to go to Pixabay.

As far as citing goes you should do is teach your students where to find images that are not copyright protected.  I know most students just use Google Images and copy and paste but if you pick Google Advanced Images, and go to the bottom left and select  USAGE RIGHTS and pick FREE TO USE OR SHARE then your images will be copyright free and then you can right click and save.  If you have any question please come and ask me in the Learning Commons.

Scribble Maps

If you need to get a base map and annotate it or scribble on it, draw some line etc then this site is for you.  Here is what Edshelf has to say about Scribble Maps, "The easiest way to draw and share maps!

We have focused on making a tool that makes it ultra easy to draw on maps, we have polished the user experience using a large amounts of feedback from our users, and we continue to improve on a regular basis. The effort has paid off with Scribble Maps being used in grade school classrooms all the way up to Government agencies. In addition to being able to draw, with Scribble Maps you can:

Add Custom Images / Overlays
Place Text
Place Markers
Create custom widgets
Export to Google My Maps.
Export to Google Earth.
Save as KML/GPX/JPG
Create 3D JPEGs and Widgets
Send Maps to Friends
Print"

To see the website click here.  See the video below for a brief explanation of the website.

 

World Digital Library

If you teach Cultural Studies or History this site hosted by the  US Library of Congress is a great searchable source of primary documents and fabulous images.  You can use the search box or the tools in the top left part of the header.  To see the site click here.

War Propaganda Posters

I have previously posted about war propaganda posters.  To see them click here and here.  Today I am posting about two more websites that have war propaganda posters.  One is from  Learning NC and the other is from Smithsonian.com.  To see these ones click here  or here.

Getty Images

Getty Images now has over 40  million images available for non-commercial use.  The image below shows how the image looks when embedded.  As a track and field coach, I had to search the images for track and field.  I like the fact that the image is  attributed with the the site I got the image from and the author.  Also many of the images are from very current events, so if you are teaching a course that deals with that you might want to start off your class with these images.  Today had images of the aftermath of the Mexican earthquake.  To see the website click here.  Most teachers are worried about plagiarism in their students writing but are not as fussy about the images they use.  They should be.  They should make sure the pictures are creative commons or take a look at another post I made about Photos For Class by clicking here. 

Embed from Getty Images

Photos for Class

If you have your students insert pictures into their projects, how many of you ask if the pictures are properly attributed to the author?  How about when you have a picture in a presentation, did you just right click and "borrow" it from Google Images without proper citation?  Are they Creative Commons?  If you or your students use Photos for Class then this problem is solved.  The photos are age appropriate, have automatic citation and licensed by Creative Commons for public use.  If you are trying to teach your class not to plagiarize then it also includes photos. To see Photos for Class click here.  Below is an example of a "musical note" that I searched.  When you download the image you will get a black band at the bottom with your citation of the name of the author, name of the photo and  a link to the original photo.