{"id":1576,"date":"2026-07-09T09:41:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2026-07-09T09:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T16:41:05","slug":"a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/2026\/07\/09\/a-picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words\/","title":{"rendered":"A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ms-rteForeColor-9\">A picture is worth a thousand words! We are posting pictures and using images\u00a0that we find\u00a0online everyday to enhance our multimedia presentations. It is important to teach students to respect copyright and the work that people post on line.\u00a0 Students should be encouraged to use images that are licensed as Creative Commons or public domain.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ms-rteForeColor-9\"><strong>To find these type of images in Google Chrome, follow these steps:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div>1. Type your topic into Google<\/div>\n<div>2. Click on\u00a0<strong>Images<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>3. Click on<strong>\u00a0Tools<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>4. Click on\u00a0<strong>Usage Rights<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>5. Click on\u00a0<b>Creative Commons License\u00a0<\/b>(this ensure that you are using images that are permitted by the person who put the image online)<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1577\" src=\"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/creative-commons-1030x465.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1030\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/creative-commons-1030x465.png 1030w, https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/creative-commons-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/creative-commons-768x347.png 768w, https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/creative-commons-1536x694.png 1536w, https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/creative-commons-1500x678.png 1500w, https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/creative-commons-705x319.png 705w, https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/42\/2026\/07\/creative-commons.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong>\u200bWhat does Creative Commons Mean?\u00a0 Watch\u00a0this\u00a0video to learn:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AeTlXtEOplA?si=E8pB7y_fSbTL6c8q\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>There are also many sites out there that offer Creative commons images free for your use.\u00a0 This article contains links to many of the free image sites:<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"ms-rteForeColor-9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techlearning.com\/tl-advisor-blog\/18-free-image-sites-and-tools-for-schools\"><span class=\"ms-rteFontSize-4\">18 Free Image Sites and Tools for Schools\u200b<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ms-rteForeColor-9\">I usually check them before using the pictures because some of them would like you to put a link to their site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ms-rteThemeForeColor-5-3 ms-rteFontSize-4\">Some good guidelines for using online images:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ms-rteForeColor-9\">1.Give the creator of the images credit for their work (put the link from\u00a0where you got the picture-you may need to actually visit the site that the picture is from as it is not acceptable to give a link to Google Images).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ms-rteForeColor-9\">2. Get the pictures from a place that is designed for pictures to be shared (for example, Pi\u200bxabay).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00008b;\">3.\u00a0 Use pictures at are licensed Creative Commons.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A picture is worth a thousand words! We are posting pictures and using images\u00a0that we find\u00a0online everyday to enhance our multimedia presentations. It is important to teach students to respect copyright and the work that people post on line.\u00a0 Students should be encouraged to use images that are licensed as Creative Commons or public domain.\u00a0\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1576"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1579,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576\/revisions\/1579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn71.ca\/tech-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}