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Finding Pictures Online
There are many places to find pictures online that can be used for communications systems and educational materials. Please keep in mind that images on the web are protected by copyright. Unless specifically labeled as Public Domain, copyright laws do apply. Please read the copyright sites listed below for a good discussion about the Fair Use of copyrighted material for use in education and multimedia.
Web Sites for Pictures
Copyright and Fair Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World
Wide Web
http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.html
Copyright information from: University of Maryland University College
Copyright articles from: Education World
Is Fair Use a License to Steal?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280b.shtml
Applying Fair Use to New Technologies
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280d.shtml/
Scroll down to section on: FAIR USE GUIDELINES FOR MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS
Copyright: Fair Use Guidelines for Educational Multimedia
http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/
do2learn.com
http://www.dotolearn.com/
This is a great site with information and resources as well as free printable
picture symbols and charts to use for visual schedules and steps within tasks.
This site was originally designed for children on the Autism spectrum and
children with learning disabilities, but has wide application to any children
who might benefit from the use of visual supports for learning.
Visual Supports: Helping Your Child Understand and Communicate
http://card.ufl.edu/visual.html
Article with practical strategies for making visual supports for students
on the Autism Spectrum - from The Center for Autism & Related Disabilities
(CARD)
Strategies for Teaching Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorders
http://members.aol.com/Room5/autism.html
Microsoft clip art
http://dgl.microsoft.com/
Available to those who own Microsoft products such as Microsoft Word.
See it, Say it, Write it
http://www.seeitsayitwriteit.com/
Click on Kids for simple text recipes with matching digital pictures. The
also have ideas for parents and teachers for curriculum K-12.
Educational Directories with Search Features:
http://www.lburkhart.com/middle/student_search.htm
Use these educational search engines to find specific web sites that offer
content intended for educational use. Pictures on these sites may or may not
be copyrighted. Use for individual educational purposes or email the web site
for permission.
Beyond Autism Pecs Pictures/Icons Pages
http://trainland.tripod.com/pecs.htm
Large list of links for picture symbols and already created language boards
available online. Some are commercial sights and some are free sites. Scroll
down to:
These pages are mainly standard size pecs pictures with icons that are
most commonly used and These are the most common standard size
for pecs with imported "real" photographs
Note: It is unclear if these pictures have been posted with or without copyright
permission.
Ditto.com
http://ditto.com/
This is a Visual Web Search Engine that finds images anywhere online.
Copyright restrictions will apply on many of these pictures. Copyright will
be held by the site where the image is located. The first page is sponsored
links. The web images start on the second page of the search.
Web Clip Art
http://webclipart.about.com/
This is a Web clip art search engine that finds clip art online. Copyright
restrictions will apply on many of these pictures.
Graphic and Clipart Links
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/2681/main.html
This is a Web clip art search engine that finds clip art online. Copyright
restrictions will apply on many of these pictures.
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Boardmaker Boards, IntelliTools Activity Exchanges, and Other
Sharing Sites:
IntelliTools Activity Exchange
http://www.intellitools.com/shareyouractivities.html
Montgomery County Public Schools:Teacher Created Resources
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/pep/teachercreate.html
Montgomery County Public Schools: Teaching Ideas for Early Childhood Special
Educators: Sorted by Theme
http://www.mcps.k12.md.us/curriculum/pep/teach.htm
speakingofspeech.com - Materials Exchange
http://www.speakingofspeech.com/generic.html
Aided Language Stimulation Overlays for Books
http://lserver.aea14.k12.ia.us/atteam/at/al.html
You must have Boardmaker from Mayer Johnson Co. or Picture It from Slater
Software in order to print these overlays.
Other premade activities and overlays for a variety of devices and software:
http://lserver.aea14.k12.ia.us/atteam/at/dl.html
Curriculum Resources
http://www.set.gov.bc.ca/res/files/
Resources developed for specific products are sorted by curriculum area.
Click on any of the file names for a description and an option to download.
SET-BC Resources: Boardmaker Files
http://www.setbc.org/res/equip/boardmaker/files.html
BoardMaker On Board: SET-BC
http://www.setbc.org/projects/winram/default.html
IntelliTools Software Exchange: SET-BC
http://www.setbc.org/res/iepgoals/
Early Childhood Thematic Units
http://www.sbcss.k12.ca.us/sbcss/specialeducation/ecthematic/software.htm
Low Incidence Unit - Overlay Activities
http://education.qld.gov.au/tal/liu/support/learn/act_shar/oa_indx.htm
The Dynavox Exchange Page
http://members.aol.com/dds4kids/dynavox.html
Hyperstudio Downloads
http://lserver.aea14.k12.ia.us/atteam/at/hs.html
Mostly simple cause and effect stacks
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