November 14, 2011
by Malcolm Wilson
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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 … Continue reading
October 28, 2011
by Malcolm Wilson
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There are a number of free online tools which let users create artworks on screen as if using paper, brush or pencil. ArtPad ArtPad is a simple to use free tool which lets you choose the size of brush or … Continue reading
August 26, 2011
by Malcolm Wilson
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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 … Continue reading
August 1, 2011
by Malcolm Wilson
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Looking for ideas to help you use online tools in the classroom? Not sure how to make best use of that ICT equipment in your school? Just looking for fresh approaches to using tools with which you are already familiar? … Continue reading
July 31, 2011
by Malcolm Wilson
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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 … Continue reading
March 12, 2011
by Malcolm Wilson
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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 … Continue reading
January 7, 2011
by Malcolm Wilson
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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 … Continue reading
October 27, 2010
by Malcolm Wilson
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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 … Continue reading
July 24, 2010
by Malcolm Wilson
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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 … Continue reading
July 8, 2010
by Malcolm Wilson
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There are now a number of online tools which are free to use to create wordclouds (images made from words) from your own text. These wordcloud images create a visual representation of the chosen text, with the frequency of the … Continue reading
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