This is a 120 page guide to using digital storytelling tools in your classroom. The guide offers clear directions for using tools like Audacity, Google Maps, Photo Story, VoiceThread, and other digital media creation tools. Silvia's directions are aided by clearly annotated screenshots of each digital storytelling tool. It also provides a good explanation of digital storytelling in general and the benefits of using digital storytelling in your classroom. You can download the ebook for free on Lulu. You can also purchase a paperback copy of the book for $8.50.
Equipped with an easy file manager and a photo application, icloud lets Marcus organize photos and share slideshows with his friends and relatives. His favorite icloud application is Photos for organizing and sharing photos with his family and friends.
Citrify is a web-based photo editor. There's no bulky software to install or update. It's always available whenever you need it. There are no complicated layers or albums. Simply open your photo, touch-up and apply effects with a few clicks, and save. Citrify is a fresh little web app that can make your photos look better. We have easy to use one-click tools for removing pimples, reducing wrinkles, or applying funky effects.
Learn how to take and edit digital photographs using visual tutorials that emphasize concept over procedure, independent of specific digital camera or lens. Topics range from basic camera tips to advanced techniques.
"We've been stalking people in english class. Wanting to teach the kids in my class about concepts of digital footprint and online safety, I used three people well known from the edusphere as examples: Will Richardson, Jabiz Raisdana and Jeff Utecht. I introduced these three friends to the students in my class by giving them only a photo and a name. I simply told the kids in my class: find out all you can about these three guys."
Clarence Fisher's great project on looking at digital footprints.
"Slideshow Maker, Free Online Slideshows, Edit Photos Easily Create personalized Slideshows
Add Music and Text to your slideshows
Choose from thousands of Special Effects
Burn slideshows to DVD
Share by Email or post to Facebook
Post slideshows on Websites and Blogs
Store and Organize photos online
Edit and Crop photos"
@AppsForEducation. "Steve Jobs announced iCloud along with Lion OS and iOS5 the other day at the WWDC. What is the iCloud and how will it effect the Education sector. iCloud can be explained as the new Digital Hub of our ever increasing digital lives; Photos, Video and Musi"c
In Sydney, 225 photographers made the pilgrimage to Cockatoo Island, while other capital cities across the country had their own walks taking in the sights of the nation. Joining the Sydney walkers was Brian Rose, the Google+ photos community manager, who flew in all the way from Santa Monica.
Another list of photo editing software both online and offline. It has most of the usual suspects plus a few more. The nice things about this list is that it has a discussion on the features each tool offers.
Pictures - Sievers, Wolfgang, 1913-2007. [Two women canning beans on an assembly line], Harvest Melbourne, 1957 [picture] - selection of photos between 1957-1966. Natuional Library of Australia - digital collections
Practice using an SLR camera... Experiment with the lighting, ISO, aperture, shutter, and distance settings while observing the readings in the camera viewfinder Click the "Snap photo!" button Review your photo!
"Students at Het 4e Gymnasium Amsterdam have had their history class infused into their digital lives...The students have built Facebook Timelines for four history subjects:..Historical events were represented by uploading a variety of media including audio, video, photos, maps, and historic documents."
Rememble is a organises your digital bits and pieces. Thread together texts, photos, videos, sounds, scribbles, scans, notes, tweets. The website allows you to upload text, pictures, video, and audio clips from a PC or mobile phone (by texting the multimedia to Rememble's number), then saves the information in a timeline. Users can collaborate with other users and share their Membles
The Studywiz ePortfolio gives students an individual space for capturing progress and achievement while building a sense of pride and accomplishment.
Studywiz ePortfolio enables students to store a variety of rich media materials including digital photos, scanned documents, video and audio clips and to arrange these records of learning in collections for a range of purposes. Teachers are easily able to assess their students' learning progress as well as using collections for formal summative assessment.
Studywiz ePortfolio comprises four areas that enable students to plan for learning and manage their records or evidence of learning. The Studywiz ePortfolio meets the specifications recommended by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC):
From the Make Use Of site here are links to five websites that have copyright free photos that you can use for personal use though each have conditions or requirements attached to them. The fifth site is Flickr.