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Fotopedia: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Posted by Tyler Wall in File Management/Storage, Image Editing, multipurpose on June 15th, 2009
If you’re searching for images on the web there is no end to what you may find. Searching for a set of images can be even worse. Fototopia makes this easy!
You can search for or browse through galleries of photos that users have provided. If you like one you can turn the photo gallery into a widget that you can paste into any html friendly textbox. If the user provided information with the gallery such as google maps, wikipdia pages and links, it will appear in the widget.
You can try adding your own photos to a preexisting gallery and if it gets enough votes it will stay there for everyone to see. This voting system eliminates the chance of albums having low quality or irrelevant photos!
You can also download the free fotopedia application and make your own photos into a widget that you can post anywhere! This widget makes it easy for anyone to view your photos without them having to download any software.
How can this be used in education?
Field trips photos can be made into a slide show that includes a map of where the trip was, wikipedia links to the area, species found there and also a link to other webpages about the location.
If you have some course material that would be enhanced with some imagery you can find the topic, select a gallery and place the gallery widget right into your course.
Alternative photo storage tools are Flickr and Google’s Picasa
Author: Rebecca Mercer
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Image and paint editors
Posted by Tyler Wall in Image Editing, multipurpose on May 4th, 2009
My last article focused on the compression side of image editors and I tried to focus on the easiest to use options for that specific purpose. While writing that article I felt that I needed to focus on image editors that act more like a full featured photo and image manipulation program like Photoshop. So here is a list of a few online editors in order of what I would be most likely to use.
Sumo paint
http://www.sumopaint.com/web/
online painting/photo manipulation program. One of the most robust in its field with a focus on illustration and painting. It’s editing features are in the top of the online field and my choice as the best of the best.
Adobe Express
https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html
A stripped down photoshop that is all online and free (limited). If you create an account you will get access to a few more options and it still remains free. It’s focus is on photo manipulation in a basic way.
Splashup
http://www.splashup.com/
Online image editor that works really well but could be considered on the difficult side if you have never worked with image editors before. It also boasts easy sharing to popular picture sharing sites like flickr, facebook, and picasa. No registration is required to start drawing but to really draw the power of it you should sign up.
Picnik
http://www.picnik.com/
Online image editor that works really well and is very easy. No registration is required to start editing but to fully realize the application requires a paid registration. This one has the most fun filters of them all but lacks some of the other features that make the others really great.
Synfig
http://synfig.org/Main_Page
Synfig is an open source vector animation application very much like Flash. It works on a PC but not Mac as of now and will be a very difficult program to get into for novice and pro alike.
Pencil
http://www.les-stooges.org/pascal/pencil/
Pencil has no image manipulation or fancy filters, its purpose is for frame by frame animation. It’s very old school but still a very fun, easy application and gives you instant gratification.
How can you use these applications for education?
- Create your own graphics for courses
- And you can refer to my last article for some ideas
What are your ideas for useful ways these types of applications can be used in education?
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