Let’s get kids out of Google Images and into Good, Free, Legal Photos

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I echo Grumpy Old Teacher’s sentiments exactly when he says:

Again I say, let’s get our students (and colleagues) to stop using
Google Images, and get some real quality images into their work!

Amen to that, grumpy!

Suggestions, including one new one:

Every Stock Photo — Free search Engine for stock photos including the ability to critique and share your photos. What a great idea. (from Grumpy)
Flickr Storm – (Also from Grumpy)
Creative Commons Search – I’ve been using the built in creative commons searches in Firefox to find ours. (This is what we use.)

What are your places for good, high quality, free photos?

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Vicki Davis

Vicki Davis has been an educator and IT director in Georgia since 2002. Today, she also works as an instructional technology coach, staying side-by-side with active teachers and students so her work stays grounded in real classrooms.

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3 comments

Barb Smith November 4, 2008 - 1:13 pm

I don’t know how high quality they are, but I use Microsoft Office Online and download free clip art and photos.

Wags November 4, 2008 - 10:26 am

Flickr is becoming an incredibly valuable resource for Creative Commons images, and has a really simple search function. If only all Flickr users would be more conscientious with their tagging of images!

Keep up the good work – I’m enjoying your ideas and thoughts.

Wags
RenewEd

eemann November 4, 2008 - 6:41 pm

Behold.cc is simple and searches only creative commons images, my current favorite and highest recommendation

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