Beyond Google Images

Posted on | November 14, 2007 | 4 Comments

Looking for copyright-free images? Judy O’Connell has posted a great list of sources for you to browse through. As Judy notes:

“It’ not just about copyright – its about being practical, and showing students the wonderful world of possibilities beyond Google images or taking anything they find that is not actually in the public domain – a vital point as more students and teachers move into online environments of blogs, wikis and more.”

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Category: content, copyright, education

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4 Responses to “Beyond Google Images”

John
November 14th, 2007 @ 11:28 pm

Hi John,
It is a really interesting experience trying to explain to 10 year olds the concept of sharing and only using pictures with permission. Especially ones who think pirate is a kind of early release dvd;-)
I try to get my bloggers to attribute cc images or ones released for edu. They find it difficult to find the license details on say wikipedia, I hope their I \’got this picture from wikipedia\’ will been seen as being in the spirit of attribution if not legally correct.
Unfortunately there are still a lot of teachers who thing google images is a appropriate source of images.
John Connell
November 15th, 2007 @ 11:03 am

Ease of use wins over appropriateness, I guess, John. It’s an interesting issue, how we can explain the intricacies of copyright to young children.
Rachel Goldstein
November 20th, 2007 @ 7:06 pm

Great post – here is another list of free stock photography … http://allgraphicdesign.com/graphicsblog/2007/09/16/huge-list-of-free-stock-photos-on-the-net/

Thanks..Rachel
John Connell
November 21st, 2007 @ 12:02 am

Thanks, Rachel – the more the merrier!
John