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Open Content: Share, Remix, Learn
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All of these resources are open-licensed. Please feel free to share with others at your school or district!

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Mashup of open visual and audio resources

OER Backgrounder

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More about open ed resources

Open clip art and photo repositories


 * WPClipart
 * Clip art
 * High quality; easy to search
 * Open Clip Art Library
 * Clip art
 * Bigger collection; more variation in quality
 * Flickr
 * Wide variety of photos, including many places and people
 * If you do a search, use the Advanced search option and check the box at the bottom to only search CC licensed photos.
 * Wikipedia
 * The vast majority of images in Wikipedia are open-licensed.
 * Click the image to find license and source
 * Especially good for historical or academic topics
 * The Open Photo Project
 * Smaller collection of high quality photos
 * Image*After
 * Smaller collection of high quality photos
 * Watch for Dreamstime images in search results; these are ads for commercial photos.
 * morgueFile
 * Smaller collection of high quality photos
 * Stock.XCHNG
 * Smaller collection of high quality photos
 * Wikimedia Commons
 * This is the image collection that Wikipedia draws from.
 * Also include images and video

Open music and sound effect repositories


 * The Freesound Project
 * Sound effects of every type imaginable
 * You must be registered and logged in to download. (It's free.)
 * Searching by tag on the left is the easiest way to find things.
 * Click a sound you like, and you'll get a download link. (Remember you have to be logged in.)
 * MusOpen
 * Mostly classical and acoustic music
 * Click Music and Browse Music to find something you like.
 * ccMixter
 * Mostly contemporary music; a small number are marked "Not safe for work," generally for adult language.
 * To find music, go to "Find Music" on the left side bar. Then try the Tag Cloud.
 * After choosing a genre, you'll get many choices. Each has a download link you can use when you've chosen one.
 * Make sure to record the source.
 * Wikimedia Commons music
 * Variety, but mostly classical; also has videos
 * Good collection, but the file format is ogg, which most programs don't support. (Use Zamzar or YouConvertIt to convert if necessary.)

Open video repositories


 * Teacher's Domain
 * Good collection, register and do an advanced search for open-licensed material
 * Khan Academy (non-YouTube version available here or here)
 * Math movies, mostly secondary
 * Karl Fisch's algebra movies (downloadable versions here)
 * High school algebra
 * K12 Open Ed movies
 * Includes middle school math and preK-2 - literacy

Open educational materials for K-12


 * Kids Open Dictionary
 * Open dictionary with a glossary builder that exports to multiple formats
 * Wikibooks
 * Open textbooks that anyone can edit or add to; Wikijunior is for elementary level.
 * FreeReading
 * Research-based K-3 reading intervention program
 * Curriki
 * Collection of free, open curricula
 * CK12 Flexbooks
 * Free, open textbooks with a focus on high school STEM
 * OER Commons
 * Search engine for a wide variety of OERs
 * Hippocampus/NROC
 * High school online courses with lots of multimedia
 * PhET simulations
 * Interactive science simulations
 * Free High School Science Textbooks and Powerpoint presentations
 * High school math and physical sciences