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AASL Best Digital Tools 2021: Britannica ImageQuest

AASL released its list of Best Digital Tools for Teaching and Learning 2021! This year’s list took into special consideration how well these tools work for remote/distance students. The resources enhance learning and encourage the following qualities:

  • Innovation/Creativity
  • Active Participation
  • Collaboration
  • User-Friendly
  • Encourages Exploration
  • Information/Reference

We share these resources every year and you can explore our archive of past recommendations here.

This database of curated images does cost money but is a smart choice for students (and even public libraries) who need safe, ad-free, and copyright-cleared images,

Britannica ImageQuest brings lessons, assignments, and projects to life with the best and broadest oering of curriculum-relevant imagery and digital art materials (symbols, educational illustrations, infographics, flags, and conceptual illustrations), all rights-cleared for educational, non-commercial use. Users have access to over 3.25 million images from more than 60 leading collections.”

Grades: K-12

This article from Ed Tech Impact includes reviews, case studies, and plenty of details about using the ImageQuest program. And this review from School Library Journal offers examples of how the program can be useful to teachers and explains the easiest ways to use the program.

Watch this two minute video to see how the program works!

Get free images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art!

Librarians are big fans of Open Access materials! Our whole jobs are about sharing information with our communities – so we love to be able to do it freely!

Taking a massive step in making Open Access materials more useful to us, the Met has made most of their images available to be used by you, by your patrons, by anyone. You definitely want to browse through this material to see what kinds of images will help you in your work!

Open Access Policy

The Metropolitan Museum of Art creates, organizes, and disseminates a broad range of digital images and data that document the rich history of the Museum, its collection, exhibitions, events, people, and activities. Continue reading Get free images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art!