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When-the-Best-is-Free:-Images

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Always wondered where to find great copy"right" photos, images, and clip art?  Interested in primary source images and how to use them in your classroom?  Come join us to learn all about the free image resources out there for you to use in your classroom!

 

Copy"right" Images, Photos, and Clip Art Resources

 

Primary Sources: Images

  • National Archives Experience -  One of the most amazing sites I've ever seen!  This site lets you explore the National Archives in a Digital Vault.  Way too cool to explain.  Just be sure when you find a document you want to use that you click on the Research this article in the ARC to be able to download it.  Also, check out the Pathways challenges at the bottom of the page - you can begin one or create your own.  http://www.digitalvaults.org/
  • LIFE Photo Archive hosted by Google Images - "Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google." http://images.google.com/hosted/life
  • Library of Congress collection on Flickr - "We've been acquiring photos since the mid-1800s when photography was the hot new technology. Because images represent life and the world so vividly, people have long enjoyed exploring our visual collections. Looking at pictures opens new windows to understanding both the past and the present. Favorite photos are often incorporated in books, TV shows, homework assignments, scholarly articles, family histories, and much more.  The Prints & Photographs Division takes care of 14 million of the Library's pictures and features more than 1 million through online catalogs. Offering historical photo collections through Flickr is a welcome opportunity to share some of our most popular images more widely." http://www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/
  • Primary Sources List - My list of all different government primary source sites.  Included are the CDC, American Memory, NASA, etc.

 

Ideas for Using Images in the Classroom

 

Getting Clip Art from Microsoft Online 

  1. Go to Microsoft Online Clip Art site
  2. Search for your clip art or use the navigation at the bottom of the page.
  3. When you find a piece of clip art that you like click in the checkbox under the image.  You will notice on the left side of the page that your Selection Basket will show that the clip art has been added.
  4. Continue selecting the clip art you need.
  5. To download click the Download x items link in the Selection Basket.
  6. It might ask you about a Microsoft Service agreement. 
  7. Choose the appropriate box for your version of Office.
  8. Click download now.
  9. If prompted choose Open.
  10. The clip art gallery will open.  Let it add the clip and then close the window.
  11. Go into My Documents - My Pictures.  There should now be a Microsoft Clip Organizer folder.  Open that.
  12. Inside you will see your image. 

 

Editing Clip Art in Word (this will only work for clip art files that are .wmf)

  1. Open Word.
  2. Insert - Picture - Clip Art. Choose your picture and insert it. (or go to Insert - Picture)
  3. Right-click the image and go to Edit - Picture.
  4. Double-click on the color/object you want to change.
  5. Choose your new color.
  6. More info on how to edit Clip Art: http://www.articulate.com/rapid-elearning/what-you-need-to-know-when-working-with-grouped-clip-art/

 

 

Presentation - WTBImages.pptx

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