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FREE Photo Sites for You

Written by Grace 23 December 2010 6 Comments


We've all heard the phrase "Pictures are worth a thousand words" ...so why not embrace that concept and try to incorporate images into everything we are working on -- PowerPoints, blog posts, websites, handouts, homework assignments... you name it.  But to do so, it's important to realize that some images are off-limits. That's why I asked my Twitter PLN (Personal Learning Network) what  copyright-friendly photo websites were available for educators and students to use.
 

The following sites are great for teachers and students to find images and use them for FREE:

  1. Pics4Learning
  2. stock.xchng
  3. Public Domain Photos
  4. FreeFoto
  5. NOAA Photo Librarystudents working with teacher
  6. Classroom Clipart
  7. Karen's Whimsy
  8. FreeDigitalPhotos
  9. MorgueFile
  10. Photos8
  11. FreePixels
  12. FotoPedia
  13. PhotoHome
  14. PD Photo
  15. StockVault
  16. Student Clip Art
  17. EveryStockPhoto
  18. Phillip Martin ClipArt
  19. List of Copyright "Friendly" Images for Student Use

**Children should always be careful when searching on the Internet, so please use with caution.  The sites above all provide images for free, but some inappropriate images may not filter through.

If you know of any other free photo sites, please list them down below in the comments!

6 Comments »

  • Mr Wood said:

    Thanks for those links, it is always tricky finding images searches for children. I also teach my students how to search for creative commons on Flickr and what to do should they see something inappropriate (we can’t hide everything).

    is another new Flickr group building this type of resource.

    I have also started a Flickr group (starting 2011) where students can practice and share their photography with other students. We encourage using creative commons so they images may be reused and mashed.

    23 December 2010 at 3:00 pm
  • links for 2010-12-23 | Stratepedia Blog said:

    [...] FREE Photo Sites for You Lots of places for educators and students to find free, copyright-friendly images online. (tags: free images photography) [...]

    23 December 2010 at 6:12 pm
  • Ron Hileman said:

    I think you need to check your list more carefully before branding it “safe” for students and teachers. I suppose it depends upon how you define safe, but Number 17 on your list :Everystockphoto is not a site I would want my students to go near. It was very easy to find by accident several unacceptable images that were not blocked by our software. This has served to remind me that I need to be ever vigilant even on a site that I thought I could trust.

    24 December 2010 at 3:25 pm
  • Bob Armour said:

    If you’d like to take and share photos of your classroom and students with parents and others in a highly private and permission-based way, check out our site Lifesnapz.com (http;//wwww.lifesnapz.com). The site is free to use.

    28 December 2010 at 10:25 am
  • CJ said:

    People are also welcome to use the free royalty free photos and images available on http://www.cjophoto.com/. The site is safe and easy to use for children and their parents.

    Grace Reply:
    May 23rd, 2011 at 3:53 pm

    Thank you CJ!

    17 May 2011 at 11:11 pm