What is it?
Creative Commons is an alternative to copyright that allows creators to give their work away for students to use for education. For free! All these generous artists ask for is a little credit.
Best used for?
Creative Commons is an umbrella for many different services including: Flickr, Google Images, YouTube, SoundCloud. You can get videos, music, sound effects and images through this page without worrying about copyright, lawsuits and un-fun things like that.
What is it?
Flickr is a open repository of images and photography with many high quality Creative Commons pictures.
Best used for?
Flickr has many high quality photographs for use in mashups, PowerPoints, papers and anywhere else to add visual interest. It may not be the best source for graphics.
What is it?
Free Music Archive is a repository of music free for educational uses based in a freeform radio station.
Best used for?
Use this site to find background music for mashups. Good for songs, but no sound effects.
What is it?
Search images from all over the web.
Best used for?
Google Images is more of a mix between graphics and photographic of various qualities. Not as high quality, in general, as Flickr, but with more icons and graphics.
What is it?
Jamendo is a collection of Creative Commons music tracks.
Best used for?
Use Jamendo for background music in a mashup video. Best for full songs; no sound effects.
What is it?
YouTube is the largest video sharing site.
Best used for?
Best used for clips in mashup videos or to add another viewpoint to any media project
What is it?
SoundCloud allows artist to upload tracks for easy sharing.
Best used for?
Use SoundCloud to find background music for your videos.
