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[edit] Muscogee Public Schools

All of these resources are open-licensed. Please feel free to share with others at your school or district!

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