ICT 4 ELT Portals

Photos and Animations for Teachers

Compiled and annotated by
Mgr. Lenka Molková,
SVZŠ Plzeň.

This webpage contains links to Photos and Animations that can be used for language teaching.

• Animation Jungle

  http://www.animationjungle.com/

  There are over 2,000 free animations of aliens, arrows, animals, electronics, fire, flags and symbols, food, furniture, geography, holiday, medical, medieval, money, music, nature, office, people, sports, and even modern cartoon which are particularly attractive with children and teenage learners.

• Animation Library

  http://www.animationlibrary.com/

  There are 13,753 animations divided into the following sections: alphabets, computer and technology, food and drinks, holidays, religious, transportation, animals, creatures and cartoons, geography and history, people and jobs, science and body, clothing, hobbies and entertainment, nature, sports.

• Gifanimations

  http://www.gifanimations.com/

  There are more than 20,000 animations, clipart and backgrounds in the following sections: aliens, animals, astronauts, babies, body parts, books, cars, cartoons, computers, creatures, explosives, fire, food, games, holidays, houses, love, money, music, smiley faces, and sports. Only one animation is shown at a time.

• Best animations

  http://bestanimations.com/

  There are more than 3000 3-D animated images, some of them on the black background. Categories: animals, books, careers, cartoons, computers, Earth and space, electronics, fantasy, medieval, flags, food, games, holidays, home and office, people, military, money, music, nature, science, sci-fi, sports, transport.

• WebDeveloper.com – Animated GIFs

  http://www.webdeveloper.com/animations/

  WebDeveloper.com's Animated GIFs Archive includes more than 300 animated GIFs in the alphabetical order. There is up to 20 animations a page, so it is easy to choose from.

• Animation-station

  http://www.animation-station.com/

  There are hundreds of free animations in similar categories as those above, plus Canadian, 4th of July, dancers, dogs, lights, nautical, stars and dancers.

• PageWorks Toonland

  http://www.snowcrest.net/kitty/hpages/ani1.html

  Lots of cute free animations for educational purpose, especially animals, particularly popular with young learners. If you use the animations, you must include the author's credit: animated.gif © Kitty Roach.

• Pleasure Gait Farms

  http://foxtrotters.tripod.com/animate.htm

  Free animations on the following topics: horses, cowboys, cowgirls and western, Pegasus, animals, New Year, Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, USA flags and patriotic signs.

• FreeFoto.com

  http://www.freefoto.com/

  FreeFoto.com is the largest collection of free photographs for non-commercial use on the Internet. It is made up of 76207 images with 127 sections organized into 2611 categories.

• BigFoto.com

  http://www.bigfoto.com/

  The royalty free photo agency offers free use of all pictures (with link or reference). The number of images is limited, but all can be downloaded in large format! Most of Bigfoto's pictures are from amateur photographers who enjoy seeing their images on Internet. You can download all pictures as wallpaper. There is no adult stuff on this site – even pupils can search here.