Making the News 2 (MTN2) is a website designed to introduce students to the world of online media publishing and broadcasting for the 21st century. Teachers may register, doing so will create a homepage on MTN for their school. The teacher may then create student accounts.
Students can then login and create articles and programmes which will be submitted to the teacher and if approved published on the school homepage. Well rated articles will be added to the National MTN2 site.
Articles may be text and images or they may be video, audio or a sequence of images.
If you're interested in working on whether or not images have power in the contemporary moment, following the (non) event of the reception of the poster depicting Obama as a Zombie is instructive. Images can still offend, but can they make anything happen?
You need to stop reposting this mumbo jumbo - for a start it was not a guide to correct & creative exposure.
I was a hotchpotch of jargon...that did not know what it was talking about.
Whether you're artistically inclined or not, sometimes you just need to whip up an illustrative or entertaining image for a blog post or presentation. The tools
An online image generator - use your own graphics or use theirs and add your text! Hundreds of options to choose from, including sign generators (my favorite)
A website where you edit, upload and store photos. You can make a slideshow of your photos. Basics are free, but a 'paid for' option is available.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Photos+%26+Images
Example - An image can be used to show
what an idea might look like. The picture may be used to illustrate a concept
that is being described within a text or strengthen a point of which the author
is trying to persuade his or her audience
Evidence - An image can be used to add
new information. The picture may be used to represent data that is being
described within a text or highlight one aspect of an argument of which the
author is trying to persuade his or her audience.
Expression - An image can be used
to express a feeling or attitude. The picture may be used to stylize information
that is being described within a text or make an ironic or emotional comment on
the point of which the author is trying to persuade his or her audience.
Suggested
Procedure
awesome dynamic paper from illuminations for use with geometry has spinners, graph paper, tessellations, nets, number lines. You can customize and print or download jpeg for insertion into another file.
"Need a pentagonal pyramid that's six inches tall? Or a number line that goes from ‑18 to 32 by 5's? Or a set of pattern blocks where all shapes have one-inch sides? You can create all those things and more with the Dynamic Paper tool. Place the images you want, then export it as a PDF activity sheet for your students or as a JPEG image for use in other applications or on the web."
This site is designed especially with the young learner in mind with its age-appropriate content and emphasis on visual and auditory learning.
Glossopedia is the kind of site that you can leave open for students to explore and find a fast fact of the day, find their favorite image, or video
Glossopedia Categories
Geography and Places
Nature and the Environment
Technology
Animals
Earth and Space
People and Cultures
Human Body
Chemistry
Natural Forces
This site is simple and visually pleasing. The font size is great for young learners. Words are hyperlinked to an audio pronunciation that is a real person, speaking really slowly at first then more quickly, and finally the written meaning of the word. Images and photos have a print button prominently displayed.