Copyright information, Digital Picture Editing, Free Images for Education

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COPYRIGHT

Intellectual property, copyright and school internet use BECTA home	British Educational Communications & Technology Agency (BECTA) provides very useful information on a number of areas, one of which is copyright.
Copyrightservice UK	Guidelines on registering your own work for copyright
Intellectual Property Rights	Intellectual Property Rights in the UK
10 big myths about copyright explained - Brad Templeton	Brief introduction to copyright Helpful points on copyright issues
Pfaff-Harris, K 1996 Copyright Issues on the Web	Internet TESL Journal Vol 11 No 10

FREE IMAGE RESOURCES

**Free Images advertised for Educational Websites (but please check copyright issues yourself in each case as they vary from site to site & according to use)**
Schooldiscovery.com	clipart animated gifs search facility copyright information
Clipart from Teachnet.com	The clipart is made available for free download provided you do the following: Keep the original image names intact (e.g. educationclipart000.gif) Do not sell the clip art Acknowledge Teachnet.com for providing the clip art used on a website, by adding a link to them if you can.
Free graphics for teachers Animated gif list from Jerrie Cheek, Educational Technology Center Kennesaw State University	very useful, large database clear lists and descriptions Please note that the graphics and animated gifs are usually free only for non-commercial use. Please check the site for further details.
Free clipart, graphics, sounds - 7,000 free images from Educational Cyberplayground	huge selection search facility
Pics4learning - copyright-friendly images for education	images donated by teachers, students, amateur photographs for educational use (see site for more details) browse by topic search facility lesson plans
Worth a thousand words - from Libraryspot.com	list of sites and useful information on images of all kinds for educational users and website builders
Barry's Clipart	'Thousands And Thousands Of Images!!! The Best Free Resource On The Net With Animated Gifs, Holiday Graphics, Clipart And Web Graphics. Plus A Great Color-chooser, Fonts And More. Easy To Navigate And Completely Pop-up Free! - it really is an excellent site!
Microsoft Office Online - Clipart and media	very useful site for those who have a license to use Microsoft Office

DIGITAL PICTURE EDITING

Microsoft Photo Editor Tutorial	Photo Editor comes free with Windows 97 onwards - here's a tutorial, or you can use the Help Menu
Free software from Arcsoft	Arcsoft supplies the photo editor software usually bundled with Canon printers easy to use
Adobe Photoshop Basics About.com	Free course on Photoshop Adobe Photoshop and related products - used by professionals, good but not cheap
Free Photo Editors from About	Top 8 free photo editors - recommended
Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial - from Cornell University	in English/Spanish or French 'Created by the Cornell University Library Department of Preservation and Conservation and funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities, this tutorial provides institutions a comprehensive overview of the issues in converting documents to digital format.'

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