Submitted by Michael Frankfort @mfrank_76
The article “I Got It Off Google Images…” by Mark Anderson discusses the common practice among teachers of using Google Images for classroom resources. Anderson highlights that many images found through Google Images are subject to licensing, making their use potentially illegal. He advises against this practice and suggests using Google’s filtering options to find non-licensed images, though these are often of lower quality.
To solve this issue, Anderson recommends using Pixabay, a website offering a vast collection of free images and videos under Creative Commons CC0. These can be used freely, even for commercial purposes, without requiring attribution. Users can easily sign in with their Google, Facebook, or Microsoft accounts, search for images, and download them in various quality levels. He also cautions to avoid images from Shutterstock ads and to check if any attribution is required before downloading.
