I have used Google Images extensively before, and yes you do need to be careful about checking out copyright before using any images you download as teaching materials. I have used plant images online in my teaching practice (Horticulture & Environment) via Swinburne’s Image database (Go to: http://images.swinburne.edu.au ). Out of interest I typed my name into the search bar of Google Images and came up with 498,000 hits. When I refined my search by adding Swinburne as a search term I came up with 5190 hits – 19 of the first 20 were images I had put online (see below).
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November 17, 2008 at 4:30 pm
You are quite clearly more important than Swinburne then?
November 18, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Hi Jen,
Somehow I dont think so. Don’t worry, most of my comments are very tongue-in-cheek. It just depends on which of my personalities is most dominant at the moment as to what things come out.