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 * Digital Storytelling:** here's a wiki that shares a wealth of sites! http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools

IMAGES, SOFTWARE, ETC. THAT ARE OFFERED FOR FREE USE ARE REFERRED TO AS CREATIVE COMMONS**
 * SITES OFFERING IMAGES THAT YOU CAN USE WITHOUT FEAR OF COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENTS.
 * BELOW THESE OFFERINGS YOU WILL FIND MORE TECHNOLOGY SITES: FREE MUSIC, SOFTWARE TO USE, ETC.**

[] Utter the word Wikipedia in most schools and you'll be met with grumbles, won't you? Most teachers see Wikipedia---the free online encyclopedia maintained by thousands of Internet users---as the root of all digital evil! "It's unreliable!" we cry. "You can't trust the content that you find there." And while some of those arguments may be true, Wikipedia users are some of the most open content creators in the world. Wikimedia connects to a collection of images and videos posted in Wikipedia that are often copyright free---or free for use in most situations with nothing more than a citation of the original source. This site will introduce you to the Wikimedia collection, which is sorted by category and nothing short of impressive.
 * Wikimedia**

[|http://www.morguefile.com] Like Wikimedia, Morguefile is designed as a warehouse of images that are copyright free and available to any user for any project with little restriction. The photographers who share their images in Morguefile are working to create a set of reference images on common topics for the world to use. They take great satisfaction in lowering the barrier to incorporating high quality photography into school-related projects and often only request an image citation or an email for a picture to be used. As described on Morguefile's website, "The purpose of this site is to provide free image reference material for use in all creative pursuits. This is the world wide web's morguefile."
 * Morguefile**

[] Flickr is another one of those websites that has probably earned its share of grumble from teachers and district technology leaders in your community, right? Chances are that it may even be blocked by your district's firewall! And while there are legitimate reasons for concern with Flickr---users can definitely find inappropriate content posted by others!---Flickr also has an absolutely INCREDIBLE collection of images that photographers have made available under [|"creative commons" licensing]. Images found in Flickr's creative commons gallery can literally be used for almost any project that is related to education with nothing more than a credit to the original photographer. Because the quality of the images shared in Flickr are so remarkable---and the size of the Flickr CC collection is huge---this is a resource that teachers are going to want to explore when creating Voicethread presentations.
 * Flickr Creative Commons**

[] One of the most valuable lessons that students can learn by using digital warehouses like Flickr Creative Commons is how to give proper citations to the photographers whose images they use. Often, the importance of giving credit to photographers for images is poorly understood by children, who have grown used to Googling for images and using whatever they find. Image Codr is a free service that can help teachers and students to act responsibly when it comes to the use of Flickr images. By coping and pasting the link to a Flickr image into Image Codr, users are automatically informed of the range of uses allowed by the original photographer and given an automatically generated Creative Commons citation for use in digital projects.
 * Image Codr**

[] Recognizing the changing nature of new media, the Library of Congress is working to make as many images as possible available to users in a digital format. This link connects to the Library of Congress's Print Reading Room, which contains almost a million digital images. What makes these images particularly valuable is that they are grouped into user-friendly categories like "People," "History," and "The Environment."
 * The Library of Congress Print Reading Room**


 * TIPS AND TRICKS**

__**Citation**__ Citation Machine will produce MLA and APA formatted citations for your use. @http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http%3A%2F%2Fprojecthelp.wikispaces.com%2FCiting%2BSources?tab=people&uname=coolcatteacher how to properly put citations in your wiki – and yes! you will need them.

__**Google Earth fun**__ @http://www.gearthhacks.com/

__**Artistic Fun**__ bighugelabs.com/flickr/magazine.php allows users to create magazine covers using Flickr pictures blabberize.com allows users to create talking pictures by selecting an image and recording their own voice-overs kerpoof.com allows users to create their own cartoons

__**Video creation**__ www.animoto.com Quick movies with great music you can embed in your wiki www.xtranormal.com makes text into a movie www.animoto.com quick video production with images and music.

[] [] [] [] [] [] [|http://www.musopen.com/] This site allows you to embed music!
 * Free, Legal Music Sites**

[] One governmental agency that takes remarkable pictures is NASA...and we shouldn't be surprised! Heck, they've got some serious cameras in some seriously amazing places, don't they? This link connects to NASA's image gallery, which contains thousands of pictures that your children will find fascinating. With a few clicks of the mouse, you'll be able to find shots of stars, planets and space craft that will spark your imagination---and (like all images taken by government organizations), these pictures are a part of the common domain and not subject to copyright protections.
 * NASA's Image Gallery**

[] As described on the Trek Earth website: "The underlying theme of TrekEarth is learning more about the world through photography. TrekEarth fosters this by allowing photographers to display their work grouped by regions in a supportive and orderly environment. This is accomplished by an easy-to-use system which encourages people to critique each other's work. Integrated with this system are [|forums] designed to encourage discussion about specific photos, countries, and general topics."
 * Trek Earth**

[] One of the most interesting uses for Voicethread has been to engage students in conversations around political cartoons. The images are interesting to students---and are great ways to teach students about bias and hidden messages. This website is a terrific source of political cartoons from around the world. The images are categorized by topic and the artists are categorized by country. If you decide to work with political cartoons, consider sharing images from artists in different countries who have different perspectives about the same issue.
 * Cagle Cartoons**