Curating Open-Source Resources for Creative Teaching
This website curates a collection of high-quality open-source images, videos, animations, and music for educators. Each resource is free to use under Creative Commons or public domain licenses, ensuring both accessibility and ethical use. Teachers can integrate these resources into lesson plans, presentations, or creative projects to make learning more engaging.
Image 1: By Leonhard Niederwimmer from Pixabay
Summary: Pixabay provides access to over 2.7 million royalty-free photos, illustrations, and vector graphics. The platform is searchable by topic, making it easy to use for classroom projects. While attribution is not required, it is appreciated.
Teaching Use: Teachers can integrate images into PowerPoint presentations, worksheets, and digital storytelling assignments to enrich learning materials.
License: Public Domain (CC0).
Attribution: CC0 Public Domain (no attribution required, though credit is welcomed).
Images 2: By Tommao Wang from Unsplash
Summary: Unsplash hosts high-resolution, curated photographs contributed by global photographers. It is well known for its modern, high-quality visuals.
Teaching Use: Perfect for background images, research posters, and student creative projects.
License: Unsplash License (similar to CC0, free use with no permission needed).
Attribution: CC0 Public Domain.
Video 1: Circle Time By Caroline from Khan Academy Kids
Summary: Khan Academy is a global nonprofit offering thousands of free instructional videos across math, science, arts, and more. Videos are captioned for accessibility.
Teaching Use: Teachers can assign videos as homework for flipped classrooms or use clips as lesson starters.
License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA).
Attribution: Licensed CC BY-NC-SA 3.0.
Video 2: By Clément Proust from Pexels
Summary: Pexels is a large collection of free stock videos under CC0 license. Videos range from nature clips to urban scenes.
Teaching Use: Can be integrated into student media projects, class presentations, or as visual aids.
License: Public Domain (CC0).
Attribution: CC0 Public Domain.
Music 1: Keeping Time by Jennydee from Free Music Archive
Summary: Free Music Archive is a curated library of music under Creative Commons licenses. Genres vary from classical to modern electronic.
Teaching Use: Ideal for student videos, podcasts, or background music in presentations.
License: Various Creative Commons (check each track).
Attribution: Track from Free Music Archive, licensed CC BY-SA
Music 2: Late Night Radio by Kevin MacLeod from Incompetch
Summary: Kevin MacLeod’s music library includes thousands of royalty-free tracks under CC BY.
Teaching Use: Use in student podcasts, videos, or performances.
License: CC BY.
Attribution: CC BY 3.0.
Animation 1: By Wix from Lottie Files
Powered by Interactive Animated Lottie - a Wix Wiz app
Summary: LottieFiles offers lightweight, scalable JSON animations that run smoothly on web, mobile, and presentations.
Teaching Use: Teachers can use Lottie animations to enhance slides, websites, and e-learning content with engaging visuals that hold students’ attention.
License: Most files use CC BY 4.0 (free to use with attribution). Some are CC0 (public domain) — no credit needed.
Attribution: Animation by Wix, via LottieFiles, CC BY 4.0.
Animation 2: By Wix from Lotie Player
Powered by Interactive Animated Lottie - a Wix Wiz app
Summary: Lottie Player is a lightweight, open-source tool that renders scalable, high-quality animations in the Lottie JSON format. These animations are exported from Adobe After Effects using the Bodymovin plugin and are ideal for web and mobile applications due to their small size and interactivity.
Teaching Use: Lottie Player enhances learning by making presentations and tutorials more engaging, especially in UI/UX design, web development, and animation. It also helps students gain practical skills by integrating animations with HTML or JavaScript.
License: The player is licensed under the MIT License, allowing free use, modification, and commercial distribution with few restrictions. However, animations from platforms like LottieFiles may have different licenses.
Attribution & Copyright: Animations under Creative Commons licenses, such as CC BY 3.0, require proper attribution. Always check the license of each animation to ensure compliance with any restrictions on use or modification.
