Cassandra Lopez

SLM 521 – Spring

Clip Art/Image Resources

2/18/05

Clip Art and Image Resources on the Internet

With more and more people becoming computer literate, and digital presentations becoming even more common, it has become increasingly difficult to find copyright friendly images. I have tried to comprise a list of several different types of image resources, from clip art to photography. We all know the old adage, “A picture is worth a thousand words.” These sites allow students and teachers the opportunity to jazz up their projects, presentations and lessons.

Image Resources

Pics4Learning

The Pics4Learning collection provides copyright friendly images for use by students and teachers in an education setting. These images may be used by students and teachers in print, multimedia, and video productions. These could include, but are not limited to, school projects, contests, web pages, and fund raising activities.

http://pics.tech4learning.com/ Date Visited: 2/17/05

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FreeFoto

FreeFoto is one of the largest collections of free photographs for non-commercial use on the Internet. This site features 115 main sections with over 23 sub headings. FreeFoto contains over 63786 images, with new pictures being added every week. The photographs are free to non-commercial users.

http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp Date Visited: 2/17/05

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Discovery School’s Clip Art Gallery

Discovery School makes it easier to create those stellar presentations or lessons. Permission is granted to download no more than ten unaltered different clip art images for use on hard copy documents or web sites. Any use on web sites must credit Discoveryschool.com.

http://school.discovery.com/clipart/ Date Visited: 2/17/05

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Awesome Clipart for Educators!

Awesome Clipart for Educators has FREE educator clipart, banners, backgrounds, fonts, icons, lines, worksheets and wallpaper with aliens, animals, cats, creatures, dogs, education, holidays, robots, sports, toys, weather & more. This site only offers clip art, and the images are very basic, but they would be perfect for those beginner presentations or students.

http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/ Date Visited: 2/17/05

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National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Photo Library Home Page

Well organized site containing albums and catalogs of over 20,000 images. A great site covering 18 different subject categories. Per their site, most NOAA photos and slides are in the public domain and cannot be copyrighted. Use of the photo requires credit to be given to the NOAA. This site offers beautiful and stunning photos from all aspects of science, including severe weather, ocean animals, coral reefs and space.

http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/index.html Date Visited: 2/18/05

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TP: Images of American Political History

This site offers images of American Political History with a collection of over 500 public domain images. These images are great for those social studies lessons or presentations. This site is broken down between historical periods, which simplifies the searching process.

http://teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist/index.htm Date Visited: 2/18/05

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Documenting America: America from the Great Depression to WWII (1935 - 1945)

This site offers some of the most famous documentary photographs from the Great Depression to WWII. These works were created by U.S. Government employees and are not eligible for copyright protection in the United States. These images show every part of America and the people who live there. These images depicted rural life and show the devastation of the Great Depression. A powerful collection that takes us from the Dust Bowl, and up to the mobilization of WWII. A goldmine of historical pictures, that will bring home the past.

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/fsowhome.html Date Visited: 2/18/05

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