Images for Podcasting to Improve Vocabulary Development
Image Resources for Students:
In addition to the following resources, textbook images may be scanned. Or students may wish to take a digital snapshot.
Ed1Stop/Discovery Education Streaming
Use the search engine and limit it to "images" for your search
Google Images Directory
- Have students turn on "Strict Safe Search" in the Google image preferences.
- Search Google's web directory for definitions using the define command. Example: define: quiver
- Search Google's image directory using the part of speech and the word. Example: verb: quiver
- Consider collecting images in advance as a time-management strategy. This is particularly helpful if the Google Image Directory is blocked by your school district. Collect more images than what you need, so students will have choices. Place them in a folder for student access.
"Custom Google Search Engine" with copyright-free images suitable for students.
Google Life Photo Archive
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
Discovery Education Clip Art
http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/
Education World Clip Art Directory
http://www.educationworld.com/clipart/
School Clip Art
http://www.school-clip-art.com/
Creative Commons
Many Flickr users have chosen to offer their work under a Creative Commons license, and you can browse or search through photos under each type of license.
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/
CompFight.com
Flickr search tool that allows you to find and view lots of Flickr images quickly with some key filters (like Creative Commons licensing).
Pics4Learning
http://pics.tech4learning.com/
Animal Photos
Images on this site are under creative commons and are free to use on web sites and other projects.
Nettrekker.com
Subscription Required or access through Ed1Stop Portal. Use Image Search Directory
Royalty-Free Clip Art Collection for Foreign/Second Language Instruction
http://tell.fll.purdue.edu/JapanProj//FLClipart/
The Internet Picture Dictionary
Flickr
FreeFoto.com
WebSeek (Content-Based Image and Video Search from Columbia University)
http://persia.ee.columbia.edu:8008/
New York Public Library Digital Gallery
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
Kitzu - digital kits for education from the Orange County Office of Education/CTAP