Images

There are so many things to do online with photos, it's bewildering! This could surely be a "23 Things" discovery course all on its own... so we decided to downgrade to fun time (that way there's no stress involved). So choose a few of these things and have some fun...

__Start here__: [|Flickr] or [|Photobucket]: (the "meat and potatoes" of online photos) Upload some photos to one of these sites (after creating an account, of course) and see what it has to offer. (The "why" and "how" of this is easily explained by our favorite video giant, [|Photosharing in Plain English].) __Do you like to scrapbook?__ Do you have use for bringing photos together in a fun and aesthetically pleasing manner? Try these: [|Scrapblog] A site to "combine your photos, videos, audio and text to create stunning multimedia scrapbooks" [|Smilebox] Ask for the educator plan (it's a free upgraded level of Smilebox just for educators) [|Animoto] is a web application that produces professional videos using their own patent-pending technology. Animoto is the brain child of producers from ABC, Comedy Central and MTV who definitely know their stuff. Animoto analyzes your images and the music you use and pieces everything together to where it all flows perfectly in sync. If you don't like how your video turns out you can click the Remix this Video button and have Animoto automatically change it up for you or tweak it yourself. [|Letterpop] To create fantastic newsletters and much, much more! Those fantastic motivational posters (or de-motivators)… it's time to make your own! Try one of these sites: [|DIY Motivational Posters] [|Make Your Own Motivational Poster] [|Yearbook Yourself] is a chance for you to superimpose your own image on hairstyles and photos throughout time to see what you would have looked like "way back when". Check out some of these online image generators: (Click around and have some fun... be sure to show us your good times on your blog!) [|The Generator Blog] [|Letter James] [|FD Toys] [|Custom Sign Generator] Also try searching for online generators, text generators or image generators! 1. Play with 2-3 of the applications listed above. 2. Blog about your experience and how it might relate to/work well with education. 3. Be sure to share the product(s) of your labors on your blog (embed, link, whatever! We're excited to see what you've done!)
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