Bromley ICT Forum Blog

(Thanks to the Wirral Grid for Learning)

The following sites are child-friendly and have copyright permissions for educational use.

AHDS (Arts and Humanities Data Service) Visual Arts
Although primarily aimed at further and higher education, the AHDS Visual Arts offers a searchable archive of visual arts images which may be of interest to older pupils. Covering subjects such as art and design, photography and fashion, materials can be used for personal educational and research purposes only in accordance with the terms of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act (1988). You will need to register to use this resource.
http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/

ArtMagick
ArtMagick is a non-profit virtual art gallery displaying paintings from art movements of the 19th and early 20th centuries. It contains over 3,000 paintings by more than 100 artists.
http://www.artmagick.com/

British Pathe
The British Pathe Film Archive covers news, sport, social history and entertainment from 1896 to 1970. The site offers free preview facilities for all users, and English schools can download all content free of charge for use in the classroom.
http://www.britishpathe.com/

CHILDE (Children’s historical literature disseminated throughout Europe)
This project, funded by the European Commission’s Culture 2000 program, promotes wider and more open access to images of early children’s books in Europe. The site contains 1,000 digitised images from books published up to 1890.
http://www.bookchilde.org/

Kids Domain
Kids Domain is a family resource aimed at children (aged 3-12), their families and carers, and teachers. It provides a range of downloadable resources including clipart and icons organised by category such as holidays, sport, animals and seasons.
http://www.kidsdomain.com/

Living Library
Provided by RM, the Living Library provides access to collections of clipart, sound and video, categorised by primary or secondary education. This is a subscription service.
http://www.livinglibrary.co.uk/

Math and Reading Help for Kids Link
Description: Math and Reading Help for Kids is a growing directory of original articles and resources centered on the topic of children’s education.
http://math-and-reading-help-for-kids.org

National Geographic
The website of the National Geographic Society provides access to an online photo gallery, organised by topic.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/

NASA Earth Observatory
The main purpose of this site is to provide free access to new satellite imagery and scientific information about Earth. Images are generally free to use, unless copyright statements indicate otherwise.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

North Chadderton School
The North Chadderton School Global Community Zone provides a gallery of images, organised by topic such as fossils, science, and butterflies. There are 21 albums in total, containing almost 1,400 images which can be used freely for non-profit, educational purposes.
http://www.mywebschool.org/postnuke/

PastPix
The PastPix website provides access to approximately 20,000 original photographic subjects from the 1850s onwards.
http://www.pastpix.com/

Pics4Learning
Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students, consisting of thousands of images that have been donated by teachers, students and amateur photographers.
http://www.pics4learning.com/