Four Creative Commons Photo Sites You Should Know About

Four Creative Commons Photo Sites You Should Know About Grabbing images from Google is one of the easiest things there is to do. You simply search, copy, paste. A no-brainer. However, when using someone else’s photos, how do you know if you have permission? Students need to be taught about copyright and how to find royalty-free images that are ok to use in projects. Pics4Learning Pics4Learning, as the site says, “Is a safe, free image library for education. flickrCC flickrCC is a good place to start for Creative Commons images. Fotopedia Fotopedia has a nice layout with an “endless” scrolling feature. Flickr Storm Flickr Storm is similar to flickrCC. Like this: Like Loading...

12 Useful Image Search Tools The internet is awash with fantastic images. The problem is finding images that are not breaching someone’s copyright, which is often the case. For student projects is also good practice to have them attribute the source of their images. Here’s a few ways of getting images that let you find ones you are actually allowed to use. Google Image Search Google Image Search is excellent for finding images and is often the first place people check, but in it’s default setting it has a scattergun approach to copyright, pulling images in from everywhere. Then under “Usage Rights“, select “Labeled for Reuse“. Flickr Commons and Wikipedia Both Flickr and Wikipedia maintain libraries of creative commons/public domain images that are well worth a look. Wikipedia Commons : commons.wikimedia.org Flickr Commons : www.flickr.com/commons Flickr Search Engines To help find creative commons images, there are several tools now which will let you search Flickr for CC images. Alternatives to FlickrCC Include: Veezzle

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