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Six Top Sources for Free Images, Video, and Audio | Cool Tools

Six Top Sources for Free Images, Video, and Audio | Cool Tools | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
A curated list of resources to help students find high-quality, copyright friendly media for use in projects or presentations.
Beth Dichter's insight:

Are you looking for resources that provide "copyright friendly" images, audio and video for your learners? This post, by Richard Byrne, provides six resources. Each one provides access to materials that are in the public domain.

* The Moving Image Archive. This is part of the Internet Archive and includes over 1.7 million clips.

* The Public Domain Review is a project of the Open Knowledge Foundation and provides access to images, books, films, audio recording and essays.

* The Free Music Archive (FMA) provides access to free music. This collection is curated and provides a range of genres.

* Sound Gator provides free sound effects. Do you need the sound of a horn honking, or whipped cream coming out of a can?  This is a great place to go.

* Pixabay and the Morgue File are both great places to search for images. The Morgue File is a collection of photos, and Pixabay provides high-resolution images in the public domain.

Byrne provides additional details on each of these six resources in the post. Click through to learn more.

Marco Favero's curator insight, May 12, 2015 1:56 AM

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The Best PowerPoint Alternatives for Creating Great Presentations - The Digital Shift

The Best PowerPoint Alternatives for Creating Great Presentations - The Digital Shift | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

"We’ve all endured “death by PowerPoint.” It’s a painful experience for the audience and probably not all that fun for the presenter either. To help my students deliver effective presentations—free of those deadly bullet points—I have my go-to applications."

Beth Dichter's insight:

Richard Byrne shares alternatives to PowerPoint with a twist. He includes additional tools that help students outline their stories; find high quality images that are public domain and/or Creative Commons; and a variety of web-based presentation tools as well as Haiku Deck, and app for the iPad.

In total he shares eight resources providing links to all as well as short descriptions. 

Michael Kleven's curator insight, May 22, 2013 4:15 PM

This isn't directly related to film production. Still, we all are called upon to make presentations. Some great resources here. Perhaps even helpful for producers, directors, DoP's. 

Gary Faust's curator insight, May 22, 2013 9:50 PM

Good ideas to help students add interest.

Dawn Perea's curator insight, January 2, 2014 1:52 PM

very helpful, great tools!

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12 Sources for Free Images to Use on Your Blog and Social Media Posts

12 Sources for Free Images to Use on Your Blog and Social Media Posts | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it
The right image may be just the added touch your blog post or social media update needs to get noticed, but finding free, high-quality photos that you can use is challenging. You'll want to bookmark all of these resources to use time and again.
Beth Dichter's insight:

Finding free images to use online is not always easy. This post provides 12 sources to help you find the image that may be just right for blogging or social media posts. Several of these sources may be new to you, and each is described with some detail so you may find one or two that would meet your needs.

What are the sources?

* Unsplash

* Pixabay

* FreeImages

* PicJumbo

* FreePixels

* Gratisography

* Death to the Stock Photo

* SumALL

* DreamsTime

* Free Range Stock

* ImageBase

* Unprofound

Do you have a favorite site that provides free photos? If so, share it in the comment section.

Katherine Zhang's curator insight, November 18, 2014 7:35 PM

Free images to use for blog, social media post. A great photo can hep you reach more audiences. Save the link as your reference.

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Digital Literacy: Find Free (and Legal) Images for Your Classroom

Digital Literacy: Find Free (and Legal) Images for Your Classroom | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it

"The Internet has made a myriad of material readily available to a vast audience. Along with these seemingly infinite resources  has come a lot of confusion about how images and other content published online should be legally recognized, protected or used. As educators, we often struggle in navigating that road."

Beth Dichter's insight:

Our students often go to Google or Bing to find images for their work...but they do not always know how to find images that are open source. This post provides many resources that you might use with students, as well as a story about what may happen if a student uses an image that is under copyright. 

Bijal Damani's curator insight, April 30, 2013 11:26 PM

A great resource. Explore !!!

Karen Williams's curator insight, July 25, 2013 11:12 PM

Great classroom resource to help find cc images