I love the list…thanks for putting it together. It makes it possible for teachers to introduce responsible image use in their lessons—something that I don’t think happens all that often currently.

One site that social studies teachers will find valuable is Trek Earth (http://www.trekearth.com). It includes AMAZING photography that is sorted by countries, continents—and even regions within countries or continents. Makes studying the world through photography possible.

While the images on Trek Earth aren’t automatically available under Creative Commons licensing, there is something even better: Users with an account can log in and send email requests for permission to the photographers.

This is a great lesson for kids because they can actually craft a request for permission—–emphasizing the idea that ownership of images must be respected—and get a response pretty quickly. In the time that I’ve been using Trek Earth, we’ve never waited more than a day for a response and we’ve never been turned down by a photographer.

Cool stuff—-both the images and the process of requesting permission.

Rock right on,
Bill