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The links listed below have been chosen based on the following criteria:

	appropriateness for students
	ease of use
	safety
	longevity

Clip Art

Microsoft Design Gallery: This is an excellent comprehensive collection.   It works with the latest Office software.
office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx

UVic's Clipart:  This easy to use collection has about 3000 images in a wide variety of topics.  It is extensive, but you not easy to use because it takes several clicks to get to the thumbnails.
hcmc.uvic.ca/clipart/

Discovery Education:  This is an excellent comprehensive collection.
school.discoveryeducation.com/

Edupics:  This website has a lot more than just a good collection of clipart.  Spend time and explore this site.
www.edupics.com/

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Animated Gifs

Best Animations:  While not extensive, this a good collection of animated gifs.
bestanimations.com/

Prodraw:  A small list of animations that has unusual graphics.
www.prodraw.net/

Free Animations: Well organized large collection of animated gifs.
www.free-animations.co.uk/

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Gif Editors

Picasion Create your own animated gifs easily..
picasion.com/

Gif Ninja: Create your own animated gifs easily.  You can only upload 5 gif files.
www.gifninja.com/

Gif Sun. Create your own animated gifs easily.  Gif Sun creates a watermark on you animated gif.
gifsun.org/

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Image Searches

Google Image Swirl:  Goggle Image Swirl is a great way to pictures find pictures.  It use a graphic organizer to put pictures into categories.
image-swirl.googlelabs.com/

Library of Congress:  This collection from the Library of Congress has photographs and more.  You will find a vast wealth of digital information including audio, video and text.
www.loc.gov

U.S. Government Photos and Images: This is a great site to search Government photo archives.  However, some images may be protected by license. We strongly recommend you thoroughly read the disclaimers on each site before use.
www.usa.gov/Topics/Graphics.shtml

Life Photo Archive:  This joint effort between Google and Life Magazine has a great collection of historical photos.
mages.google.com/hosted/lif

Creative Commons: Make sure to check for non commercial purposes and modify, adapt or build upon before you search.  Then the images you find are legal for you to use for school projects.
search.creativecommons.org/

PicSearch:  A kid safe picture search engine that is very easy to use.  Even though it is kid safe, you should be aware that some inappropriate pictures still get through the filter.
www.picsearch.com/

EduPic:  This a great source for drawings and photographs for a wide variety of academic subjects.
www.edupic.net/index.html

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Banner Makers

MediaBuilder:  This an easy to use 3D text maker. You can create animated 3D banners.
www.3dtextmaker.com/

BannerFans This an easy to use 3D text maker. You can create animated 3D banners.
www.bannerfans.com/banner_maker.php

Cool Text:  Create interesting and creative banners.
cooltext.com/

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Music

Free Music Archive:  Well organized collection of royalty free music.
freemusicarchive.org/

Incomptech: Well organized collection of royalty free music
www.incompetech.com/

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