Digital_Photography

=Digital Photography= In the Classroom

**Flickr**
Teaching with Flickr media type="custom" key="3905119" Flickr introduction and setup - done with GoAnimate [|Using Creative Commons Images from Flickr] - How to use great images with the correct credit

Free Photo Sites
//Links from []// [|__Karen Whimsey Public Domain Images__] is a phenomenal public domain gem of clipart, diagrams, sketches, and more for the classroom. Supporting units: // ancient civilizations, world religions, musical instruments, art, silhouettes, vintage fashion, fairy tales, folk tales, Native Americans, explorers, Civil War, geography, food, alphabet, Spanish, art, architecture, Shakespeare, plants, holidays. // [|__Library of Congress Photo Archives__] is a site every teacher should bookmark. With over 1.2 millions images in this database, your students can certainly gather a wide variety of images for their history projects. Each image has different licensing, so look closely. Supporting units: //famous Americans, presidents, civil rights, wars, inventors, authors, and just about any historical American event// [|__NOAA Public Image Library__] is a wonderful resource for science themed drawings, maps, graphics, diagrams, and photos. The database is extensive. Supporting units: animals, volcanoes, weather, biomes, landforms, oceans [|__PD Photo__] is another great image site and does offer a wide variety of images. Supporting units: // geography, landforms, food, space, plants, ocean, grammar, animals // [|__Photos8__] is one of my favorite public domain image sites. The images are high quality, high resolution, and offer an artistic approach. I use many of these for backgrounds in Glogsters and PowerPoints. Supporting units: // geography, landforms, world religions, art, food, insects, plants, grammar (using images to represent parts of speech) // [|__Pics4Learning__] is a great website full of photographs donated by amateur photographers and teachers to help all of us improve our curriculum. Supporting units: // biomes, animals, art, food, world religions, fractals, holidays, space, landforms, geography, Native Americans, colonial America, Civil War, ancient civilizations, mythology, presidents, World War I, World War II // [|__Public Domain Photos__] offers a vast collection of clipart images and high resolution photos. Supporting units: // geography, landforms, US regions, flags from around the world, animals, space, ocean, plants, insects, food, vehicles, desert, // [|__4FreePhotos__] is another site that offers quite a few artistic high quality images. Many of these would be great for backgrounds. Supporting Units: // transportation, food, landforms, geography, art, aircraft, plants, penguins, Spring, // [|__Florida’s Educational Technology Clipart Clearinghouse__] is a true clipart and line drawing gold mine. You definitely want to tag this site as over 46,000 images are in the database. Supporting units: // mythology, math diagrams, money, fairy tales, alphabets, animals, historical figures //

Digital Resources - covers some sites where you can find Creative Commons licensed images and audio.

**Online Photo Editors**
[|15 Online Photo Editors compared] - Includes their features, cost (most are free), format, and other technical information.

Photo Sharing Sites
[|Troovi] -Upload up to 100 images (no size limit) for free and share with others via link. [|Drop.io] - Great sharing site for parents to easily upload photos or condensed videos to teachers for easy access - even from a cell phone. [|Shwup] - Free video and photo sharing site. Teacher creates account and sends email invites to parents. Invitees can upload via the site or email. [|DropShots] - Private photo and video sharing site, up to 500 photos or 2 minutes of video. Registration required for use.