There are occasions when a great photograph which you’ve taken, which shows exactly the activity you want to share online, has a part of the picture which stops you doing so. There can be several reasons, whether a piece of text appears in the photograph which might share information which wouldn’t want to be shared (such …
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Geograph the British Isles – combining mapping, photography and gaming in the classroom
Geograph British Isles combines mapping with photography and gaming challenges to encourage practical interaction with maps and of the British Isles. Photographs for every square kilometre of the British Isles Users of Ordnance Survey maps will know that Ordnance Survey maps divide up the geographical area into squares for ease of reference by users sharing locations – called …
Scrambling for cultural resources? Try SCRAN
Scran is a fantastic online resource – an archive of over 360,000 images, movies and sounds from museums, galleries, archives and the media. And all of it comes with embedded attribution text so that schools using the material can be sure of the source of each resource. The rights to use of the resources allows for free use …
What was it like in the olden days? See and add photographs of nearby streets then and now
So how often do teachers get asked: “What was it like in the olden days?” as if they lived through medieval times! What Was there? Well What Was There is a neat free online tool which lets you upload old pictures of any location, add the date, and then pinpoint the location on a map …
Create collage pictures from your photographs with Microsoft Research AutoCollage
Would you like to be able to create a collage of your own photographs where the images blend into one another, but you don’t feel you have the skills to blend them together? Then step up Microsoft Research Autocollage. All you do is put your chosen photographs into a folder on your computer, open the Autocollage …
Creating animated movies with narration with Photostory 3
Microsoft Photostory 3 is a free software download which lets you add photographs and narration to create animated movies with various effects. Create slideshows using your digital photographs. You can modify, crop, or rotate pictures. Add special effects, soundtracks, and your own voice narration to your photo stories. Then, personalize them with titles and captions. For helpful …
Picasa 3 for your Pictures – working with images
Picasa 3 is free downloadable software (from http://picasa.google.com/) which lets you manage and manipulate your photographs. You can apply several effects to each photograph, you can resize, crop and create collages , slideshows or videos. You can create large posters to whatever size you wish from your photograph which prints on the paper in your printer …
Images free for Pupil Projects
How often do you look for images for classroom projects, presentations, blogs and websites? But of course you are concerned that you don’t want to use images in your work you may not have permission to use. Using a search engine like Google or Bing to find an image can, in a couple of clicks, tell you whether …
Add animations to your photographs with Lunapic
Add animated effects to your pictures, edit, crop or apply a wide range of filters using the free online tool www.lunapic.com You can choose from loads of effects, such as rippling water, or rotating dice animations as well as various static effects. And for every result you can further refine the animations or the images …
Image Manipulation Tools
There are many image manipulation tools available for teachers, or their pupils, to use. Many of these for free. Some require software to be downloaded and many are able to be used online. Schools use images in so many ways – both in print form and for use on websites, blogs, or elsewhere. Here are some of the …
