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Screencast: Finding and using images with non-restrictive licensing.

Posted on April 25, 2012 by John LeMasney

This screen­cast will show you how to find free images on the web that are okay to use under Cre­ative Com­mons licens­ing. We’ll explore what Cre­ative Com­mons (CC) is, what each CC license means, how the image can be used … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Using Pinterest in the classroom

Posted on January 30, 2012 by John LeMasney

Pin­ter­est is quickly becom­ing a pop­u­lar way to visu­ally share arti­cles and images, in great part due to its beau­ti­ful collage-like scrolling inter­face. Visual Book­mark­ing extends Social book­mark­ing ser­vices like http://delicious.com and http://diigo.com to con­tinue to save and share book­marks, … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Lunch & Learn: Research and Writing on the iPad with Will Howarth

Posted on February 17, 2011 by John LeMasney

Will Howarth, Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus of Eng­lish at Prince­ton, spoke to a large Lunch ‘n Learn audi­ence on Feb­ru­ary 16 about how he uses his iPad as an essen­tial com­pan­ion to read­ing, writ­ing, research and travel.
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Tech Spotlights: Finding and Editing Free Images on the Web

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Angel Brady

Here is the pre­sen­ta­tion we gave at our Tech­nol­ogy Spot­light Ses­sion on 4/20/2010. The topic was Find­ing and Edit­ing Free Images on the Web. Cre­ative Com­mons, Flickr, and morge­File were dis­cussed and online free photo edi­tors like pic­nic and pixlr … Con­tinue read­ing →

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The Commons: How to Search for Non-Copyright Restricted Photos in Flickr

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Angel Brady

Flickr has just made it eas­ier for you to search pho­tos that do not have copy­right restric­tions (that are known) on Flickr. The site is called The Com­mons. If you go to http://www.flickr.com/commons and type in a key­word in the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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