They use it to make their web sites more interesting, more attractive, funnier, to make a point, or just because pictures break up the text. Teachers put clip art in class letters home. Principals pop it onto the monthly newsletters to parents. We all toss a clip art piece onto a memo to catch the reader's attention.
Students use it to inspire writing projects or as decoration. .
Usage of clip art is widespread. Everyone uses clip art but most people complain about it. And of course, there is the problem with copyright. At Lincoln-Eliot art teacher Arlene Bandes came up with a solution. She asked the children to draw pictures to be used as school clip art.