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[] - Copyright free images, with categories like food, nature, and landscapes. Quoted on website to "download freely," just link back to the page.
 * Images**

[] - " The pictures are free for you to use and you should feel good about doing so. If you enjoy your visit, please tell your friends about Public Domain Pictures.net." Please note that there is also a section that has photos that you can purchase, too. Just watch out where you're choosing your photos.

[] : "Public domain images, royalty free stock photos, copyright friendly free images. Not copyrighted, no rights reserved. All pictures on this site are explicitly placed in the public domain, free for any personal or commercial use." Organized into great categories like "flags of the world" and "food and drink."

[] : Flicker: the Commons is a site that includes images that are either free of copyright, or are from companies who do not wish to exercise their control over the photos. They would like any user to contribute information and comment on photos to help create a well-rounded and informative database of photos. You do have to create a sign-in (or use your Yahoo account) to access most photos, I believe

[]: Pics4Learning - variety of images that you may use. "Pics4Learning is a safe, free image library for education. Teachers and students can use the copyright-friendly photos and images for classrooms, multimedia projects, web sites, videos, portfolios, or any other project in an educational setting. The thousands of photos in this collection are approved for use in the classroom... while the photographers retain the rights to these photos, they have graciously allowed their use through this collection." . []: Images organized in categories like "Travel" or "Technology," they are a part of the public domain. "  **Music and Sound Clips** [|http://musopen.org] : Open domain of downloadable music. "We provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions. Put simply, our mission is to set music free."

[] : "Soundzabound Music Library offers a wide variety of music, audio themes and sound effects for grades K -12 and universities that ensures your copyright safety."

[]: "**Downloadable Sound Effects, Royalty Free Music and Music Loops" **

[] : All music in this site can be freely used, in exchange for credit or a link back to their site. Seems to be great "background" music, because they specialize in sound services for games, TV, and film.

**Cartoon and Animation** []: partially free animator that is very simple to use. Simply choose background and characters, tell them what to say and do, and then chose the camera angles

[] or []: Another simple animation program! "Teachers and students can animate versions of themselves and create other characters according to professions, historical figures, or celebrities."

[]: Stripcreator is a very simple program that allows you to make a basic comic in three frames. Two characters, a variety of backgrounds, thought bubbles, and top narration are allowed! It's also FREE!

[] : Kid-friendly comic book maker where you can choose everything from characters to the number of frames. I love the freedom of being able to drag and drop the elements! However, its black and white stick-drawings.

[]: Another drag and drop option to make a comic strip. To save it, though, you must sign up using an email.

**Other Storytelling Tools** []: create video from still photos and text in a few clicks!

[]: Another site to upload images and videos to edit into a video.

[]: Create a flipbook. In a //very// simplistic "Paint" screen (with a variety of brush sizes and colors), students can draw pages of a book to then watch each frame. This is to mimic the game of drawing pictures in the corner of books, slightly changing each frame, then flipping through it to see the image move. Here is a valentine's day example: []

[|http://www.onetruemedia.com]: Although you need an e-mail to sign on, this website is partially free (3.99/month for longer videos, etc.). Upload video and other media, edit, and share up to 30 sec. for free.

[]: Create a slideshow with captions on each image with this electronic "scrapbooking" software. Can also add audio and other options.

[]: Podcasts too //boring?// Blabberize will take any uploaded photo (animals, machines, people), and create fake "mouths" to talk out of. You can then record your piece online (or upload audio), and the fake mouth will move with your voice! Check out the website for examples!