Source: Free icons by first-class designers Here are some neat graphics that you or your students can use for free. They are in .svg format, so you’ll have to use an app that supports that format. This would include Boxy SVG or Gravit Designer. You could also convert the graphics with CloudConvert.
Source: Free stock photos · Pexels Much like Unsplash and LibreStock, Pexels is another repository of free photos. What it adds is free video clips that you can use. I am a little hesitant to share Pexels, some of the photos may be unacceptable in your school setting. Use caution when using the site with…
Source: Open Peeps, Hand-Drawn Illustration Library Open Peeps is a CC0 licensed graphic library of people. CC0 is the equivalent of Public Domain, meaning you can do whatever you want with the graphics. The site does require an email to download, but you could download the package for your students first. In the Flat Assets folder…
Source: Free Stock Footage | Royalty Free Videos for Download | Coverr Think of Coverr as Unsplash for videos. There are great looking videos that can be downloaded for free from Coverr. These videos can be used in your’s or your students’ multimedia project to give them an extra panache. And, of course, they can…
Source: Citizen DJ / Homepage Citizen DJ is a project from the Library of Congress offering a way to take samples from th Library of Congress and remix them in to new songs. There is a browser based mixer to combine the beats. Once you have the selection the way you want, you can download…
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I recently came across a book published in 1968 entitled “How to Build a Working Digital Computer” by Edward Alcosser, James P. Phillips, and Allen M. Wolk. Believers in the “learn by doing” philosophy, they show how to construct such a computer using “simple inexpensive components usually found around the house or in a neighborhood…
Source: dig.ccMixter Home Trying to create multimedia without stepping on copyright issues can be difficult, but sites like digCCMixter make it easier. To get started, head on over to digCCMixter and start looking for music that you want to use. When you find a song you like, click on the orange download button. digCCMixter will…
For the first time in its 174-year history, the Smithsonian has released 2.8 million high-resolution two- and three-dimensional images from across its collections onto an open access online platform for patrons to peruse and download free of charge. Featuring data and material from all 19 Smithsonian museums, nine research centers, libraries, archives and the National Zoo, the…