Digital+Images

Digital Images

Pics4Learning should be one of the first places you and your students look for photos and other images online. Educators and students have donated thousands of images for Pics4Learning, so anything you find is free for use in the classroom. media type="custom" key="3996019"

Originally a state-based project out of Utah, SURWEB now includes 10,000 images from around the world. Just like other sites, SURWEB provides photos free for use in educational settings. What sets this site apart is the more than 800 categories of images, allowing students to find images on extremely diverse topics.media type="custom" key="3996023"

With a goal of 5 million items -- from speeches to images to video to digitized text and more -- the American Memory project is by far the best source for digital content specific to American History. More than 100 thematic collections make it easy to find images specific to your class's needs. media type="custom" key="3993397"

[|NASA] This is a great site to find free photos from NASA. media type="custom" key="3996027"

Hands On Activity

 * 1) Bookmark the above sites on our delicious account and tag them "photos".
 * 2) Look through these sites and find at least one photo you could use in a lesson.
 * 3) Save them on your desktop.
 * 4) Create a quick one slide PowerPoint presentation and include your photo.

Sample: BONUS SITE: media type="custom" key="3993415"