Clip Art

Best...	Why is it the best?	Sample
Animated Gifs http://www.gifanimations.com	Over 20,000 animated gifs available for personal use. Organized by categories. Many school appropriate gifs available. All gifs are free to use. Under each category are a variety of gifs so you can find the one that fits your website. Animated gifs are a great way to add interest to your web page. Too many cause distractions. Easy to save to your computer.
Text Builder http://www.3dtextmaker.com/	This website allows you to build text online and transfer it as a title onto your web page. You can make your title slide to the right, zoom, or any number of animations. You can select the font, the size, and the color. They have over 150 different fonts to choose from. you can see the sample font before creating the text. Another great way to add interest to your pages.
Backgrounds http://www.backgroundcity.com/	Ability to apply a variety of textured backgrounds to your web pages. You can save these to your computers as a background and then you have more original and creative backgrounds then just a single color. Searchable through google so you can find exactly what you are looking for.
Clip Art	http://www.clipartconnection.com/ Great free resource for clip art. The most important feature is that the overwhelming database is searchable. Search bar located at the top. All searches brought up appropriate clip art. Right clicking and saving picture as is as easy as it gets.
Clip Art	http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/cat.cfm?type=Clipart Awesome resource for educators. All clipart is educationally appropriate. No search function but it is organized by an index. Great tool to use when developing web pages for student use and viewing. Many pictures available in black and white so they can by copied easily and not be distorted.