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Original Image: Bedruthan sunset
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Before this week's assignment the first thing I would have suggested to my student would be to do a google image search. This is the way I have searched for images ever since I started and I didn't know any other way. The problem with google image searches is that sometimes there are images displayed that are completely unrelated to what you are searching for and some can be very inappropriate. If the student needed images that could be clip art, I would suggest that they search for clip art under the subject that they want on Microsoft Word. If the student asked me how to cite the picture I would have told them just to cite the website that they got it from using MLA or APA style. I never knew there was a formal way to cite a picture so I wouldn't have been able to send that knowledge on to my student.
Now... I would have my students use the creative commons site. At the site there are still links to google images, as well as other browsers images so it can expand the amount of results that the student could get. I would also suggest this site because it is easy to navigate and I would know that the pictures were legitimate. Creative Commons also makes it easier for students to be able to site the pictures they use so that they don't run into problems with copyright. Although I have never had problems with copyright laws it makes me nervous now that I have used hundreds of images from the internet without giving the author credit. With the growing involvement of the digital world in the classroom, I think it is crucial for students to know how to credit all of the sources they use. I would show my students how to correctly cite an image using the example posted above.
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