Finding good, free media to use legally in school projects can be difficult. One strategy is to look for media tagged with a Creative Commons license. There are several flavors of CC licenses, but any should suffice for school projects. All require you attribute the owner. The movie below gives you some good ideas. The links below that can help you research the matter more fully. Always read carefully for conditions.
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General (mostly images)
- EUSD Public Domain page
- EUSD Copyright Friendly Resources
- http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/
- 25+ Sources for Creative Commons Content
- Creative Commons Content Directories
- How to Use and Cite Creative Commons Content
- Flickr Creative Commons Search Site
- Wikimedia Commons (6,000,000 Creative Commons and Public Domain images you can use)
- Wikipedia Public Domain Image Resources
- CC Search
- Behold.cc
Strictly Free Music
- http://www.royaltyfreemusiclibrary.com/free-royalty-free-music/
- http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free.html
- http://www.stonewashed.net/free-music.html (a compendium of free music resources)
- http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
- http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/ (look for free offerings in the left sidebar)
- http://www.seabreezecomputers.com/tips/freemusic.htm (a compendium of free music resources)
- http://derekaudette.ottawaarts.com/music.php
- http://www.flyinghands.com/cat-free_music_clips.html (some free material; read carefully)
- Don't forget MIDI files you can edit in GarageBand (the music needs to be Public Domain, Creative Commons or such)
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