Information and digital literacy in education via the digital path

Reverse image search, also known as search by image or reverse image lookup, is a search technique that involves using sample images to search for similar images on the web. Instead of using textual keywords and phrases, you upload a photo or paste the URL of a photo in the search box of the search engine of your choice and search for images that are identical or similar to your query image. 

If the past few years have taught us all something it’s that “fake news” has found its home on social media.

While “fake” posts are often news stories, they can also be images that people share, sometimes without the knowledge that what they’re sharing isn’t factual.

For instance: Last week French President Emmanuel Macron posted an image along with a post calling for an emergency order to help save the Amazon rain forest.

Unless they're introduced to other options, Google Images tends to be the default image search tool for students and adults. Google Images is convenient, but it's not the best place for students to find images that are in the public domain or to images that have been labeled with a Creative Commons license.

Three ways students can search for Creative Commons licensed images. The CC Attributioh Helpter Chrome extension mentioned in the video is available here htt...

In today's post we are sharing with you four practical Chrome extensions that will enable you to search the web in more efficient and effective ways. More specifically, using these extensions you will be able to easily access and search for scholarly articles, find similar web pages to the page you are currently browsing, initiate a Google search using images, and many more.

Today we created for you this handy infographic featuring some important tips to help you (teachers, educators and students) effectively use Google Images. More specifically, you will get to learn how to use a reverse image search to search for similar images on the web. You will also learn how to use Google Image advanced setting to apply narrow down your image search and filter search results.

If you’re a content creator, you already know that high-quality images make posts more enticing to readers. You’ll find plenty of open source images if you know where to look. The Internet is chock-full of digital images, but which ones are free to use? You can start with looking at the 15 Best Sites for Open Source Images. However, finding them is only the first step. You also need to know how to properly attribute them, and give credit to the image’s copyright holder. Let’s take a look at some of the best places to find open source images, and how to attribute them appropriately.

When following the links/categories contained in this search facility, the media available to you has been asserted by third parties to be either in the public domain, licensed under Creative Commons or GNL licence. When copying or making further use of any copyright protected media, you are responsible for ensuring that you do so according to the licence terms attached to the particular work/image. Please ensure that you understand and adhere to all terms and conditions of the licence for any media that you use. Where any doubt exists, contact the copyright holder for clarification.

Finding free and legal images to accompany your web content has never been difficult, thanks to Creative Commons. The nonprofit organization offers copyright licenses that creators can use to share their work more broadly, while putting them in control of where and how their work can be used, how it should be attributed and more. Now the organization is making it easier to access this content with a new search engine, CC Search, launched into beta this morning.