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 …
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Paint like Picasso or Draw like Da Vinci? Online artpads
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 pencil, the colour of choice, and then to create an artwork of your own. For …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Just Picture My Words – Wordclouds in the Classroom
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 words in the text determining the relative sizes of each word in the image. Below …
Create animated images online
To quickly and easily create animated images for use on webpage, blog, wiki or Glow group the following free online tools can be used. Users upload images, specify the speed of animation and size of image, and then, once created, save the image for use elsewhere. Make a Gif – http://www.makeagif.com/ Create a Gif – …
