Free+Media+Sources

Free Media sources toc

**Digital Librarian: Audio, Video, Multimedia**
=**Music/Sound Effects**= SoundCloud [|__https://soundcloud.com/__]

Jamendo [|__http://www.jamendo.com/__] - Search for Music through CC by genre.

Free Music Archive [|__http://freemusicarchive.org/__]

YouTube Audio Library Creative Commons. Legal Music for Videos [|CC Mixter] [|Internet Archive Audio] [|Classic Cat] [|Public Domain Music]*The LMC also has a large collection of CD's with royalty free music and sound effects.

=**Images**=
 * Google Images filters images by several copyright criteria that can be set up in Search Tools - Usage rights**

By default, Google will search everything. However, if you go to Advanced Search, you can limit your searching to images with specific use rights, including for commercial/non-commercial uses, modify/not-modify, etc.
 * Use [|Google Advanced Search] to specify usage rights (free to use and share)**

Flickr Blue Mountain Studies (fair use historical photographs)

Flickr Creative Commons

Compfight [|__http://compfight.com/__] Similar to Google Images, Compfight will, by default, bring back as many images as it can find. It also includes a filter to limit your results to just those with CC rights.

Creative Commons - Free Images - Photo Pin Creative Commons Image Libraries [|Government Images Databases (UCB Libraries)] 12 best places to get free images [|The Library of Congress - American Memory] [|Pics4Learning] [|Free Images.com] [|FreePixels] [|FreePhotosBank] "Any photos/pictures posted by the author “freephotosbank” are free to use as long as you are using them for a website, book, magazine, etc." [|Free digital photos] History of Arts Wikimedia.org
 * Note the author of the photo - if not freephotosbank - then you need to request permission.**

See how to give credits to creators of images.

=**Free videos**=

Vimeo [|__http://vimeo.com/creativecommons__] Vimeo provides a huge collection of videos, some of which can be modified for your projects.

YouTube [|__https://www.youtube.com/creativecommons__] YouTube also provides access to some videos that carry a CC license.

Free educational videos:
[|TED-Ed] - a variety of topics, great videos to use for introduction of the topic [|Newseum Digital Classroom] - journalism, media, bias, news [|Library of Congress - digital movies] Streaming Video Wikispaces Nature Videos- Science Kids Have Fun with History Archaeology Channel Math on Videos (Brightstorm.com) Oil Spill Animals Videos with oil spill facts and pictures The Conscious Spirit Foundation - clips on religions Religion - BrainPop movie (login) includes general information on Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism. Global Grid For Learning - various subjects and formats including videos (free registration required) PBS African American Lives 2 - Designed for immediate use in middle and high school classrooms, these lesson plans -- which adhere to national learning standards -- contain video segments from AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES 2, comprehensive instructions for classroom implementation, downloadable student handouts, links to relevant and dynamic online resources, and suggestions for cross-curricular extensions. Gift to the Future (Gr. 6-8) - the evidence of the past is a great resource for understading the lives of our ancestors. The Freedom to Fight (Gr. 9-12) - African American soldiers in the Civil War, Rationalizing Race in US History (Gr. 10-12). [|Time.com - Featured and Newest Videos]

**Videos on Bullying**
CastTV - CNN News: Teachers on Calls for Bullying Dear Life Japan (Bullying in Schools) Webisodes on Bullying - Stop Bullying Now! Hero in the Hallway! - Info about bullying with a song - VideoWap Bullying - Whitney Wilcox (a student project on bullying). Cyber Bullying - CBS News Games on Bullying - PBS Kids (only games are available outside the US)

=Editors=

Image Editors
Picadilo [|__http://www.picadilo.com/__] Cost-free, online.

Sumo Paint [|__http://www.sumoware.com/__] Cost-free, online.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Adobe Photoshop [|__http://www.adobe.com/ca/products/photoshop.html__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Free 30 day trial, Education pricing. Industry standard. Proprietary software.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GIMP [|__http://www.gimp.org/__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cost-free, open source, desktop installation for Linux, Windows, Mac.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Windows Paint [|__http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows7/products/features/paint__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Included with Windows. Basic tool set.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Audio Editors
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Audacity [|__http://audacity.sourceforge.net/__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cost-free, open source, desktop installation for Linux, Windows, Mac.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Adobe Audition [|__https://creative.adobe.com/products/audition__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Free 30 day trial, Education pricing. Industry standard. Proprietary software.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">GarageBand [|__https://www.apple.com/ca/mac/garageband/__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Included in MacOS.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ocenaudio [|__http://www.ocenaudio.com.br/__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cost-free, open source, desktop installation for Linux, Windows, Mac. Fewer features than Audacity, but easier to get started.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 19px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Video Editors
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lightworks [|__http://www.lwks.com/__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cost-free, open source, desktop installation for Linux, Windows, Mac.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">iMovie [|__https://www.apple.com/ca/mac/imovie/__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Included in MacOS. Cost-free.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">MovieMaker [|__http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-live/movie-maker__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Windows software. Cost-free.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Adobe Premier [|__http://www.adobe.com/ca/products/premiere.html__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Free 30 day trial, Education pricing. Industry standard. Proprietary software.