Cape May County ETTC Finding Graphics for Classroom Web Pages

1. www.2learn.ca/copyright/images.html - Digital Images and Copyrights - has a good tutorial and a copy of a letter that students can use to obtain permission.
2. mciu.org/~spjvweb/guidelines.html - a good set of guidelines for teachers. Has a template for permission mciu.org/~spjvweb/letter.html
3. Look for the terms of use and citation method a web site wants used. See www.animfactory.com/sales/use.htm, http://www.usda.gov/oc/photo/faq.htm and arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/license.html as examples.
4. www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/dos.html - a good reference of Do and Do Not in the world of graphics
5. www.libraries.psu.edu/mtss/fairuse/guidelinedoc.html - Good introduction to Fair Use and Multimedia (excludes web publishing for the most part)
6. www.coedu.usf.edu/inst_tech/resources/CopyrightQuest.htm - A copyright WebQuest
7. www.benedict.com - The Copyright Website

1. Use the mouse cursor to point to the picture to be saved.
2. Right click and choose Save Picture As.
3. Select the place to save the picture and change the file name. Make sure you add the proper extension at the end of the file name (if it is file type JPG - add .jpg to the end of the filename, if it is a GIF file type - add .gif).
4. Click Save.

1. Agricultural Research Service - www.ars.usda.gov/is/graphics/photos/index.html - The Image Gallery is provided as a complimentary source of high quality digital photographs available from the Agricultural Research Service Information Staff.
2. American Memory Collections - rs6.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html - American Memory is a gateway to rich primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. The site offers more than 7 million digital items from more than 100 historical collections. Use the Collection Finder to search for specific pictures.
3. A Visual Journey the 60s - americanhistory.si.edu/lisalaw/ - This photographic exhibition examines themes from the 1960s counterculture. Adults may wish to speak with children about the sixties to help them better understand that era within its own cultural context. Make sure you preview this site before using with students.
4. Photographic Documentation of America's Vanishing Roadside Culture - www.highwayproject.org - The American Highway Project uses photography to document vanishing Americana such as motels, billboards, service stations, highway signs, tourist attractions, drive-in theatres and diners. We are a photographic resource for those interested in the history of transportation and architecture.
5. Animation Factory - www.animfactory.com - often takes awhile to load and check the content, most is OK for students.
6. Awesome Clipart for Kids - www.awesomeclipartforkids.com - We have Teacher, Student & Family-Friendly FREE clipart, coloring pages, backgrounds, banners, fonts, icons, lines, skins, worksheets and wallpaper with aliens, animals, cats, creatures, dogs, education, holidays, robots, sports, toys, weather & more - updated weekly by 13-year-old Tom Brown and his family!
7. Billy Bear Graphics - www.billybear4kids.com/index.html - lots of basic clipart
8. Classroom Clipart - classroomclipart.com - lots of images, does have ads
9. Classroom Clipart Sources - 208.183.128.3/techupdate/classclip.html
10. Creative Insanity Graphic Page - www.execpc.com/~strehlow/Site/Site.html - targeted for Students and teachers, I have not previewed all images, but they seem fine.
11. Discovery School's Clipart - school.discovery.com/clipart - Discovery School now makes it easy to add graphics to your next project, whether it’s for home or school. Choose from hundreds of original clip art pieces, including animations!
12. Exploring Florida's History - fcit.usf.edu/florida/default.htm - lots of photos that can be used for general purposes.
13. Flags of the World - fotw.vexillum.com/flags - Flags of the World (FOTW) is the Internet's largest site devoted to vexillology (the study of flags). Here you can read more than 13,700 pages about flags and view more than 24,500 images of flags. - Please take note of this message and review the site accordingly - "There are many controversial subjects related to flags. For instance, the web site contains flags and news about independentist, anti-governmental, or even racist movements: this fact does not imply we support them."
14. Hoxie High School List and Collection - www.hoxie.org/clipart.htm
15. Images of Political History - teachpol.tcnj.edu/amer_pol_hist - A collection of over 500 public domain images of American Political History.
16. NASA Multimedia Gallery - http://www.nasa.gov/gallery/index.html - Collection of sounds, images, photos and videos
17. NASA Planetary PhotoJournal - photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov - concentrates on the planets and solar system bodies.
18. PageWorks - www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/dos.html - lots of basic graphics, takes a bit to load and has music
19. Public Domain List - mciu.org/~spjvweb/cfimages.html - created by a librarian, lists some good sites.
20. School Clipart - www.school-clipart.com - a list of sites
21. Teacher Files Clipart - www.teacherfiles.com/clip_art.htm - a collection of clipart
22. Teacher's Guide Clipart - www.theteachersguide.com/Freebies.html - a listing of clipart
23. Teacher Parking Lot, Graphics - www.fortunecity.com/skyscraper/dos/1232/graphiclinks.html - a list of links
24. USDA Image Gallery - www.usda.gov/oc/photo/opchomea.htm - and make available, to the people of the United States, useful photography depicting general agriculture, health, economics, resource conservation, forestry, and other programs administered by the agencies of the Department of Agriculture.
25. VikiMouse Graphics www.vikimouse.com - - mainly cute and holiday clipart, I have not found any offensive material

Other Graphic Web Sites - Bess Friendly

26. Art By Cheryl - www.artbycheryl.com/index.shtml#libraries - The thousands of images you find here are all unique, hand drawn originals. Designed especially for the web, they are free to use for just a link back to this site!
27. Art Images for College Teaching - www.mcad.edu/AICT/index.html - Art Images for College Teaching (AICT) began as a personal project dedicated to the principle of free exchange of image resources for and among members of the educational community. While the AICT site is maintained and distributed under the general auspices of the Minneapolis College of Art & Design (MCAD), this institution is not responsible for content or use thereof. All work on the AICT project has been voluntary
28. Backgrounds from Absolute Designs - www.absolutedesigns.com/backs/backs.htm - lots of background graphics
29. ButtonLand - www.buttonland.com
30. Clipart.Com - www.clipart.com - large collection of graphic sites, rates the sites and is searchable. May want to check collections before using with students.
31. Corbis - www.corbis.com - lots of photos, a few are free and you must register for the site; good for commercial uses. Please note this from the web site " . Additionally, this site and any Images may include historically and culturally important images and text that may contain subjects that reflect the social attitudes and circumstances of a particular time or location. You should be aware that your search may display results containing content that may seem inappropriate to its context, or text that could be potentially offensive."
32. FreeFoto - www.freefoto.com - FreeFoto.com is one of the largest collections of free photographs for non-commercial use on the Internet. The comprehensive, yet easy to navigate site features 50 main sections with over 1000 sub headings. The photographs are free to private non-commercial users and for sale to other users.
33. George Eastman Online Collections - www.geh.org - George Eastman House collects and interprets images, films, literature, and equipment in the disciplines of photography and motion pictures
34. Icon Bazzar - www.iconbazaar.com - pay and free icons
35. Kids Domain Clipart - www.kidsdomain.com/clip - a number of popup ads appear and one had a camera associated with a woman, but, the clipart is "kid-friendly" J
36. LibrarySpot - very good links - www.libraryspot.com/images.htm
37. MediaBuilder - www.mediabuilder.com/index.html - lots of free and pay clipart and other neat features - I have not previewed all images
38. MultiLinks to Multimedia - www.coedu.usf.edu/inst_tech/resources/multimedia.html lists many resources
39. 1001 Free Backgrounds - www.marketwizz.com/backgrounds - lots of backgrounds
40. Theme Pictures - www.cln.org/themes/pictures.html - This "Theme Page" is unlike most other CLN Theme Pages in that it does NOT have links to curricular resources or instructional materials. It's simply a set of links to web sites that have their own searchable collections of pictures, offer a search engine for finding pictures, or provide a metalist of links to photographs of a particular type. The use of digital pictures can enhance the learning of students of all ages and in many different subject areas - for example in providing resources for report writing. Teachers of all subjects may also find these links useful for supplementing their own lessons. DISCLAIMER: Many of the pictures present on the Internet are protected by copyright. Open Learning Agency, in locating and displaying links to those sites, does not hold, grant, or imply any license to use these images for any purpose other than viewing them on the Web. Any other use of pictures on these external web sites is governed by whatever copyright notices those sites post. We encourage you to look for these notices and advise that it is your responsibility to ensure that you have permission to download any images from one of these external sites.
41. TimePix - www.timepix.com/default.sph/SaServletEngine.class/timepix/home.html
42. Web Resources - www.barnstable.k12.ma.us/Cotuit/webresources.html - nice list of graphic sites

Editing Images Online

43. Animation Online - www.animationonline.com - create buttons and banners
44. Button Maker - www.coolarchive.com/buttons.cfm
45. Collection of Sites - www.sctboces.org/elmira/bms/tutorials/HOW%20TO%20FOR%20STUDENTS.html - has some good links
46. Cool Text - www.cooltext.com - Cooltext.com is an online graphics generator for web pages and anywhere else you might need an impressive logo without a lot of work. We provides real-time generation of graphics customized exactly the way you want them.
47. Flaming Text - www.flamingtext.com
48. GifBot - www.netmechanic.com/cobrands/zd_dev/accelerate.htm - optimize your graphic file size
49. GifWorks - www.gifworks.com - It's an online GIF image editor. This unique tool is completely on-line -- nothing to download or install. Better yet, it's ABSOLUTELY FREE -- no prepaid tokens or subscriptions.
50. JPEG Wizard - www.jpegwizard.com - The JPEG Wizard demonstrates Pegasus Imaging's ability to shrink and edit JPEG images without the damage of decompression and recompression. The JPEG Wizard Online Optimizer is a free service of Pegasus Imaging to provide the Internet community access to the only true JPEG compression optimization available. The JPEG Wizard Online Optimizer will also rotate/mirror your JPEG file with optimization, or completely without loss. I have not used this service extensively, but it seems to offer what it mentions.
51. LabelMaker - www.acme.com/labelmaker - Create graphics like the old-style labelmakers.
52. Logo Generator - www.coolarchive.com/logogen.cfm
53. 3-D Text Maker - www.3dtextmaker.com
54. Web FX - www.nbswebfx.com - WebFX is a graphics manipulation tool that you use right over the web. No downloads, plug-ins or Java are required! WebFX has eight different categories of effects, with a total of over four-dozen different effects! Many of the effects are animated. Be careful with this tool, you may not be totally copyright OK

 

Searching for Graphics

General Tips

55. Use terms like copyright friendly and public domain, educational, teacher friendly
56. Try using the pipe | and colon : symbols such as image|pencil
57. Image Searching on the web lists and tips - www.amigos.org/aaoc/1999/mar99/tips.html
58. More searching tips - www.linst.ac.uk/library/webimages
59. searchenginewatch.com/facts -good list of general search tips
60. websearch.about.com/cs/clipartsearch and websearch.about.com/cs/clipartimages - list of sites

General Search Engines

61. Google Image Search - www.google.com/imghp?hl=en NOT BESS FRIENDLY
62. Lycos Multimedia Search - multimedia.lycos.com NOT BESS FRIENDLY
63. Yahoo Photography - dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Visual_Arts/Photography
64. Yahoo Gallery - gallery.yahoo.com

Graphic Search Engines

65. About.com Web Clipart Site - webclipart.about.com - catalogs web sites by category and alphabetically. Also includes good reference articles and a small collection of their own.
66. The Amazing Picture Machine - www.ncrtec.org/picture.htm - searches for images
67. Ditto - www.ditto.com (more of a search engine that displays visual results, be very careful with copyright)
68. GoGraphic - www.graphsearch.com - a graphic search directory
69. NARA collections - www.nara.gov/cgi-bin/starfinder/0?path=images.txt&id=demo&pass=&OK=OK - Basic search form which searches only for archival descriptions that link to digital copies. Searches may also be limited by keyword, media type, and/or NARA unit. NARA is an independent Federal agency that helps preserve our nation's history by overseeing the management of all Federal records.
70. www.nara.gov/exhall/picturing_the_century/home.html is an example of one of their collections.
71. NASA Image Exchange (takes long time to load) - nix.nasa.gov - Searches all of NASA's collections.
72. PicSearch - www.picsearch.com - Picsearch is a search engine for pictures and images NOT BESS FRIENDLY
73. The Thinker ImageBase - www.thinker.org/fam/thinker.html - Searched museum collections - watch copyright on images.

last modified September 5, 2002