Websites for Pictures (Compiled by Linda Burkhart)
do2learn.com
http://www.dotolearn.com/
This is a great site with information and resources as well as free printable
picture symbols and charts to use for visual schedules and steps within tasks.
This site was originally designed for children on the Autism spectrum and children
with learning disabilities, but has wide application to any children who might
benefit from the use of visual supports for learning.
Visual Supports: Helping Your Child Understand and Communicate
http://card.ufl.edu/visual.html
Article with practical strategies for making visual supports for students on
the Autism Spectrum - from The Center for Autism & Related Disabilities
(CARD)
Strategies for Teaching Students with Autistic Spectrum Disorders
http://members.aol.com/Room5/autism.html
Microsoft Clip Art
http://dgl.microsoft.com/
Available to those who own Microsoft products such as Microsoft Word.
See it, Say it, Write it
http://www.seeitsayitwriteit.com/
Click on Kids for simple text recipes with matching digital pictures. The also
have ideas for parents and teachers for curriculum K-12.
Copyright and Fair
Use in the Classroom, on the Internet, and the World Wide Web
http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.html
Copyright information from: University of Maryland University College
Copyright articles
from: Education World
Is Fair Use a License to Steal?
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280b.shtml
Applying Fair Use
to New Technologies
http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280d.shtml/
Scroll down to section on: FAIR USE GUIDELINES FOR MULTIMEDIA PROJECTS
Educational Directories
with Search Features:
http://www.lburkhart.com/middle/student_search.htm
Use these educational search engines to find specific web sites that offer content
intended for educational use. Pictures on these sites may or may not be copyrighted.
Use for individual educational purposes or email the web site for permission.
Beyond Autism Pecs
Pictures/Icons Pages
http://trainland.tripod.com/pecs.htm
Large list of links for picture symbols and already created language boards
available online. Some are commercial sights and some are free sites. Scroll
down to:
“These pages are mainly standard size pecs pictures with icons that are
most commonly used” and “These are the most common standard size for
pecs with imported "real" photographs”
NOTE: It is unclear if these pictures have been posted with or without
copyright permission.
Ditto.com
http://ditto.com/
This is a Visual Web Search Engine that finds images anywhere online. Copyright
restrictions will apply on many of these pictures. Copyright will be held by
the site where the image is located. The first page is sponsored links. The
web images start on the second page of the search.
Web Clip Art
http://webclipart.about.com/
This is a Web clip art search engine that finds clip art online. Copyright
restrictions will apply on many of these pictures.