I'm hardly one to preach from the heavens about this. In hindsight I've been guilty in the past but it's time to get a bit more serious about what we grab from the web. There is the thought from some that if it's on the web it's there for anyone to command c, command v right? Not quite. Some images, videos, audio can be reused, and some can't. So how do you know. This video explains things about as clearly as possible.
Google images: type in your search query, choose the gear icon in the top right corner then select advanced search. Scroll down to find the option to filter the search for images that suit your needs. Flickr has a similar filter.
Regarding audio there a number of sites containing music for reuse. A few examples are:
Free Music Archive
Jamendo
CCMixter
Even better, record your own.
As a user of Vimeo I am reasonably familiar with how to indentify whether cc licences have been applied to a film. Having selected a video, scroll down the page to see details about the video. If restrictions about its reuse have been applied you will see them. Youtube has similar information towards the bottom of its videos.
As this is intended only for primary teachers or students the list of legalities is fairly brief. I fully admit that there are likely to be areas that I have omitted but at least I have shed the light on some of the dos and don'ts.
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