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Keith Wilson

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Dec 19, 2001, 2:42:06 AM12/19/01
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Can anyone suggest a good source of clipart? The main use will be for
school worksheets.

TIA

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John Cartmell

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Dec 19, 2001, 5:13:00 AM12/19/01
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In article <4aeb344ac6...@freeuk.com>,

Keith Wilson <keith...@freeuk.com> wrote:
> Can anyone suggest a good source of clipart? The main use will be for
> school worksheets.

Draw (ie produce your own ;-)
SEMERC Treasure Chest CD
DTP TopicArt CD
Bitfolio ClipArt
Sherston Clip Art Collection
Sherston Curriculum ClipArt CD
Sherston - This Week in History - Millennium resource Pack
SSERC Graphics Collection CD

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Paul F. Johnson

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Dec 19, 2001, 6:36:53 AM12/19/01
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Hiya,

In message <4aeb421...@cartmell.demon.co.uk>
John Cartmell <jo...@cartmell.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <4aeb344ac6...@freeuk.com>,
> Keith Wilson <keith...@freeuk.com> wrote:
> > Can anyone suggest a good source of clipart? The main use will be for
> > school worksheets.
>
> Draw (ie produce your own ;-)
> SEMERC Treasure Chest CD
> DTP TopicArt CD
> Bitfolio ClipArt
> Sherston Clip Art Collection
> Sherston Curriculum ClipArt CD
> Sherston - This Week in History - Millennium resource Pack
> SSERC Graphics Collection CD

AU CD 9
APDL PDCDs

TTFN

Paul

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Tonnie Demarteau

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Dec 19, 2001, 8:57:37 AM12/19/01
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John Cartmell <jo...@cartmell.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:4aeb421...@cartmell.demon.co.uk...

> In article <4aeb344ac6...@freeuk.com>,
> Keith Wilson <keith...@freeuk.com> wrote:
> > Can anyone suggest a good source of clipart? The main use will be for
> > school worksheets.
>
> Draw (ie produce your own ;-)
> SEMERC Treasure Chest CD
> DTP TopicArt CD
> Bitfolio ClipArt
> Sherston Clip Art Collection
> Sherston Curriculum ClipArt CD
> Sherston - This Week in History - Millennium resource Pack
> SSERC Graphics Collection CD
>
Publish Art, Smart 3. Now sold by ADPL as far as I know. Draw and Artworks
versions.

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John Cartmell

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Dec 19, 2001, 8:54:26 AM12/19/01
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In article <3bc949e...@blueyonder.co.uk>,

Paul F. Johnson <paulf....@ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
> Hiya,

> In message <4aeb421...@cartmell.demon.co.uk>
> John Cartmell <jo...@cartmell.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> > In article <4aeb344ac6...@freeuk.com>,
> > Keith Wilson <keith...@freeuk.com> wrote:
> > > Can anyone suggest a good source of clipart? The main use will be for
> > > school worksheets.
> >
> > Draw (ie produce your own ;-)
> > SEMERC Treasure Chest CD
> > DTP TopicArt CD
> > Bitfolio ClipArt
> > Sherston Clip Art Collection
> > Sherston Curriculum ClipArt CD
> > Sherston - This Week in History - Millennium resource Pack
> > SSERC Graphics Collection CD

> AU CD 9
> APDL PDCDs

The critical requirement of clip art in education is that they should be
editable. If you don't make yours appropriate for the circumstance and the
audience then you can't expect the kids to do the same - and you don't give
the kids any marks for using other people's clip art. Do you?

John Mills

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Dec 19, 2001, 10:12:38 AM12/19/01
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In article <4aeb566...@cartmell.demon.co.uk>, John Cartmell

<URL:mailto:jo...@cartmell.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <3bc949e...@blueyonder.co.uk>,
> Paul F. Johnson <paulf....@ukonline.co.uk> wrote:
> > Hiya,
>
> > In message <4aeb421...@cartmell.demon.co.uk>
> > John Cartmell <jo...@cartmell.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > > In article <4aeb344ac6...@freeuk.com>,
> > > Keith Wilson <keith...@freeuk.com> wrote:
> > > > Can anyone suggest a good source of clipart? The main use will be for
> > > > school worksheets.
> > >
> > > Draw (ie produce your own ;-)
> > > SEMERC Treasure Chest CD
> > > DTP TopicArt CD
> > > Bitfolio ClipArt
> > > Sherston Clip Art Collection
> > > Sherston Curriculum ClipArt CD
> > > Sherston - This Week in History - Millennium resource Pack
> > > SSERC Graphics Collection CD
>
> > AU CD 9
> > APDL PDCDs
>
> The critical requirement of clip art in education is that they should be
> editable. If you don't make yours appropriate for the circumstance and the
> audience then you can't expect the kids to do the same - and you don't give
> the kids any marks for using other people's clip art. Do you?
>
Add to this the Clip Art produced by Angelsoft (http://www.angelsfot.co.uk)
Viewable on the web in gif/jpeg format, they are available in most other formats.
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Keith Wilson

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Dec 19, 2001, 12:24:19 PM12/19/01
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In article <3c209dea$0$224$19de...@news.inter.NL.net>, Tonnie Demarteau
<tonnie.d...@inter.nl.net> wrote:

Thanks to all for the responses. I will contact APDL and see what they
recommend.

Jochen Lueg

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Dec 19, 2001, 11:20:09 AM12/19/01
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In article <4aeb344ac6...@freeuk.com>,
Keith Wilson <keith...@freeuk.com> wrote:
> Can anyone suggest a good source of clipart? The main use will be for
> school worksheets.

I found the Task Force clip art CD of very good quality. Mind you, there
is a lot of American stuff on it and you have to convert all the files.

Jochen

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John Cartmell

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Dec 19, 2001, 7:03:52 PM12/19/01
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In article <ant19153...@JMRiscPC.ntl.co.uk>, John Mills

<jmi...@centre.baglanit.org.uk> wrote:
> > The critical requirement of clip art in education is that they should
> > be editable. If you don't make yours appropriate for the circumstance
> > and the audience then you can't expect the kids to do the same - and
> > you don't give the kids any marks for using other people's clip art.
> > Do you?
> >
> Add to this the Clip Art produced by Angelsoft
> (http://www.angelsfot.co.uk) Viewable on the web in gif/jpeg format,
> they are available in most other formats.

The problem with bit-mapped clip art is that you can't easily modify it -
or do you get the kids to produce reasonable modifications using such clip
art?

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VinceH (real address)

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Dec 20, 2001, 2:00:50 PM12/20/01
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In article <4aeb8e2...@cartmell.demon.co.uk>,

John Cartmell <jo...@cartmell.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <ant19153...@JMRiscPC.ntl.co.uk>, John Mills
> <jmi...@centre.baglanit.org.uk> wrote:

> > Add to this the Clip Art produced by Angelsoft
> > (http://www.angelsfot.co.uk) Viewable on the web in gif/jpeg
> > format, they are available in most other formats.

> The problem with bit-mapped clip art is that you can't easily
> modify it - or do you get the kids to produce reasonable
> modifications using such clip art?

I thought that what John meant by the above was that
the bitmap formats are for previewing purposes. If
someone wishes to use the preview images, rather
than purchase the clip art proper, then the
limitation of bitmap images is the price they pay.

VinceH

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Barry Gray

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Dec 31, 2001, 3:02:30 AM12/31/01
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In message <4aeb8e2...@cartmell.demon.co.uk>
John Cartmell <jo...@cartmell.demon.co.uk> wrote:


> The problem with bit-mapped clip art is that you can't easily modify it -
> or do you get the kids to produce reasonable modifications using such clip
> art?
>

There was a case a few years ago (IIRC) in which an A-level student
submitted a course-work essay on Mahatma Gandhi illustrated with pictures of
Karl Marx because, as he said, there were no pictures of Gandhi on his
clip-art disc. But he had removed the beard....

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