Re: [LM_NET] TARGET: Copyright-free images

[Joyce Valenza <joycevalenza@GMAIL.COM>]

Hi All,
We use a pathfinder with the students to help them find Copyright-Friendly
media:
http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/

Also, I recently played around with this WebList:
http://weblist.me/Copyright-friendly-image-search

Hope this helps!
joyce

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On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Naomi Bates <nbates@nisdtx.org> wrote:

> This is some information for everyone out there in LM_NET land : )
>
> creativecommons.org or wikimediacommons are the two I favor when
> finding images to use in presentations.  You MUST attribute who the
> imageholder is and pay attention to the imageholder's permissions, but
> these sites are basically there for you to use images, music et al.
> I also did a search using google images, and if you do that, make sure
> you go to the advanced image search and change the search from "not
> filtered by license" to "labeled for reuse" or "labeled for reuse with
> modification"
>
> Please do NOT think that royalty-free means copyright free!  Just an
> FYI to everyone out there - royalty free usually means that you pay a
> fee for images and then can use what you paid for multiple times in any
> type of presentation and don't have to attribute.
>  Case in point, I paid for and use digitaljuice.com's royalty free
> music and overlays in my trailers.  In this case though, I can use these
> pieces over and over again.
>
> So, if you're looking at shutterstock, sxc.hu, or other royalty-free
> places, keep in mind there is an initial charge for images.....
>
>
>
> Naomi Bates
> Northwest High School Library
> Justin, Texas
> nbates@nisdtx.org
> 817-215-0203
>
>
> >>> "Wenzel, Donna" <DWENZEL@PAPLV.ESU3.ORG> 2/18/2010 3:39 PM >>>
> My History Day students are having a hard time finding copyright-free
> images for their presentations.  What websites do you recommend?
>
>
>
> DWenzel
>
> Media Specialist
>
> La Vista Junior High
>
> La Vista, NE 68128
>
> dwenzel@paplv.esu3.org
>
>
>
>
>
>
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