Sunday, December 8, 2013



Assignment Title: Gliffy
Uses in the Classroom:  This activity would be best used for upper elementary grades or higher.  This would work well as an assignment in a history class.  Student would be required to create a Gliffy Map as a biography of a historical figure.  This could be an assignment in itself or part of a project.  It could serve as a timeline or summary of a more detailed written report.  Skills utilized with this activity include  identifying and locating in researching their individual, organizing and summarizing in creating the Gliffy, and constructing, planning and producing in completing the Gliffy.  

Issues to Consider: Intermediate computer skills are required for using Gliffy.  Computer access is needed.

Copyright: This example was created by the blog owner using Gliffy @ gliffy.com.  All photos and information was from the following resources:








Joan Ganz Cooney




Sunday, December 1, 2013

Edit and Animate Photos


Assignment Title: Photo Editing
Uses in the Classroom:  This activity could be used for a variety of ages and skill levels.  Basic photo editing could be an activity easily learned by upper elementary grades.  Advanced photo editing may fit the skills for middle school students and up.  Students could select photos from a photo bank provided by the teacher or the students could edit photos they took themselves.  Skills utilized in this activity include comparing (unedited photos and edited photos), explaining (if the student is required to narrate the process), attributing (when defining what has been changed with editing), critiquing (their edited photos), and designing/producing (the finished product).

Issues to Consider: Basic computer skills are required for beginning photo editing and more advanced skills are required for animation.  Computer access and photo editing software, such as Adobe Photo Shop, is needed.


Copyright: The photos in this example were retrieved from Flickr, taken by Dan X. O’Neill, under Attribution licensing, retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/juggernautco/11145445545/in/photostream/

Pam Bolen

Image Author: danxoneill

http://www.flickr.com/photos/juggernautco/11145445545/in/photostream/

Original:


Example #1 (Black and White with name):



Example #2 (Replacing one color):



Example # 3 (Crop and changing contrast):




Reference:
O’Neill, D.X. (November 09, 2013) Flickr: Chicago skyline from Alder Planetarium. Retrieved from: http://www.flickr.com/photos/juggernautco/11145445545/in/photostream/