Historical researchers rejoice! We can now freely search more than 1.5 images from American newspapers dating from 1789 through 1963. LC Labs’ newly launched Newspaper Navigator leverages machine learning and the substantial digitized resources of the Library’s Chronicling America website. For decades, Chronicling America has allowed users to discover the text of newspapers in its […]
Creative Commons: So much easier to access
January 17, 2020 by Leave a Comment
Creative Commons recently released a new Chrome extension (also available for Mozilla and Opera) that makes it easier than ever to discover Creative Commons-licensed images on the fly, using the updated CC Search released last year. So, as I write this post, I do not have to leave WordPress or any tab on which I am currently working. […]
Artstor shares more than a million images @ library.artstor.com
June 28, 2018 by Leave a Comment
I am an unabashed lover of the Artstor database and I was thrilled to discover a recent Artstor blog announcement sharing that more that one million images, videos, documents, and audio files from public institutional collections are now freely available without a login. You don’t need to be a subscriber. Simply visit http://library.artstor.com . All this lovely new discoverability […]
WalkWoke: an iOS app for your student activists (and a media literacy opp)
May 23, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Your student activists are going to love WalkWoke.The iPhone app allows for the creative of impactful political posters to print, publish or share with meme-style ease.The app was launched in January by Tangelo, a venture studio and an innovation lab with a diverse team–built and founded by immigrant women. Posters were selected for their powerful and empathetic artwork drawn by real […]
On wrapping it up with a meme: reflecting on the semester
May 9, 2018 by 3 Comments
Each semester I ask my Search and the Information Landscape sections to reflect on their learning by thinking about it figuratively and metaphorically, visualizing the landscape and their place in it. This year, I added the option of a meme to the visualization menu. I wonder what would happen if you asked your students to wrap […]
The Noun Project, impressively integrated
May 3, 2018 by Leave a Comment
The Noun Project and I go way back. It’s been my go-to icon-finder for creating infographics and presentations and for online course building. Launched as a Kickstarter in 2010, the site catalogs a huge array of symbols (over a million!) created by designers around the world. Artists agree to select either a public domain mark or a […]
Google Docs and Drive Add-ons for CC0 images
February 16, 2018 by 2 Comments
If you use Google Docs and Slides to create and communicate, you may be interested in how easy it now is to incorporate free, copyright-friendly images into your projects without having to leave your document to search for them. I was surprised to discover my very favorite image portals were available in the form of […]
Thinking about Google Arts and Culture’s “Is your portrait in a museum?”
January 22, 2018 by Leave a Comment
You may remember that the Google Arts and Culture App was selected as an AASL Best App for 2017. The app’s new “Is your portrait in a museum?” feature uses facial recognition to connect your own selected selfie to a Google Arts and Culture doppelganger, a look-alike from among its millions of collected portraits. Introduced quietly […]
PhotoScan for no-glare, super easy archiving of your old pics!
December 2, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Okay, this one may not be for school, but it sure is handy and I will use it to death. I just discovered Google Photo’s new PhotoScan app. If, like me, you’ve got thousands of family photos in albums in your basement or attic, this may be the perfect holiday activity for the gang. The […]
PhotoJet on my list of image faves
January 18, 2016 by 1 Comment
If you know a little about me, you know that I am kind of obsessed with tools for playing with images. I love them for my slides, for social media, and for enhancing lessons. I share these tools with students to encourage a little creativity in web design and presentation. This week I discovered a […]
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