Photos for Class allows users to search and download properly attributed, Creative Commons photos for school. One of the issues with using photos from the web in a school project is copyright. Photos for Class searches Flickr for images licensed for a creative commons school use. According to their site they meet the needs for images by providing:
- Safe G Rated Images - All images are appropriate for school setting thanks to Flickr safe Search and our proprietary filters
- Automatic Citation - Downloaded images automatically cite the author and the image license terms
- Creative Commons - All photos shown are to the best of our (and Flickr's) knowledge Creative Commons licensed for school use
With each picture download the citation is automatically added to the photo at the bottom in the black area as seen in the example below.
As with any picture search, the teacher should first search for terms the students would search for their project to determine the "Safe G Rated Images" the website boasts. But this site should help with the question, "Where did this photo come from?"
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