Over the last month or so, these images have been floating around on Twitter and other social media, and at this point, the original source for all is not known.
Thought I would share them with you, as each asks us to re-examine our teaching and how we prepare students today for what lies ahead for them.
Yes, images add interest, but they also help to convey your message. We all know the saying, "A Picture is Worth a 1,000 Words."
So, here are 3 posts about why you should use images and where and how to find images, as well as an infographic about copyright infringement myths, which relates to the use of found material on the Internet.
Another place to find images is Pic4Learning, but still Flickr remains my favorite. Just use the Advanced Search feature on Flickr, and you should be set. Open an account to store your own photos in Sets and save the photos you find in Collections. You will then be organized when you need to grab that photo you found months ago or stored ages ago.
I used to recommend PhotoPin, an easy-to-use site, but once you enter a search term, often you are brought right to Flickr.
Now, here is the infographic, which clears up several myths about copyright infringement. The infographic has been circulating on various social networks, so you might have seen it already.
byfloydworx. Explore more infographics like this one on the web’s largest information design community – Visually.
Where do you go to find images for blogs, websites, and other uses? What do you tell students about where to find images to use in their own work?
Do you agree that blog posts and websites benefit from images?
PicMonkeyis a free web-based tool for editing photos, and offers lots of free editing options to transform your photos. You can also create collages with this web tool.
http://www.picmonkey.com/
http://pic-collage.com/
Let me know if you use either of Pic Collage or PicMonkey, and if you use them in the classroom. Check them out if you're not already using them.
Quotes often get the juices flowing. These memorable quotes from Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayo Miyazaki might be ones you can use with your students. The graphics alone accompanying the quotes are also worth showing students to stimulate classroom activities.
Although I have embedded the slides here, you can also open the presentation on SlideShare, where I found them, and show them that way, or embed them in your own class blog or website.
Let me know if you would use any or all of these slides with students.
To advance through the slide show, click the arrows, and also feel free to open the show on Slide Show if it's easier for you to view them there.
Now, what about music? One locator is Creative Commons Legal Music for Videos. Of the sites Creative Commons lists, which have you used? What are your recommendations for locating music to use legally in videos?
My hometown, Long Beach, NY, was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. It's a community with lots of spirit and support. I just caught this new effort. Although many are still homeless or are living in their homes while they undergo major renovations, I'm enamored by their creativity. Project 11561 is just one among many efforts to keep up the spirits of the people. As Valentine's Day approaches, consider how you can run a similar contest in your classrooms and how you might visually represent the works of your students.
The Importance Of Using Images In The Classroom is a short piece that reminds us of the power of images. Check the piece and the use of a famous painting, The Scream, to motivate the writing of a poem.
How are you using images in your classrooms? In reading blogs, do pictures draw you in?
Stuck at home with our snowstorm, I'm on Twitter, Google+, reading class blogs, and just surfing around. One of my Twitter friends, tweeted out about this exciting resource that fits with our course, Integrating Technology and Literacy. The site's title, Literacy Shed, caught my eye, so I started exploring, and invite you to, also. Take a look at what the site offers, and let us know if the site sparks ideas for your teaching or in general. Without further ado, link to the site; just click on the image.
Okay, I know you can get lost in exploring the site, but come back here to post a comment to share what you find and like.
CheckFlickr's Creative Commons to find photos you can freely use on your blog according to the licensing restrictions. Some are free to use unaltered, whereas other can be altered. For most you need to attribute the source, and Flickr makes this easy. If you already have a Flickr account, and want to stockpile photos to use in the future, you can save them as favorites or in a gallery. You don't need a Flickr account, however, if you just want to grab some photos occasionally. Simply use the Flickr Creative Commons to get what you want on as needed basis.
Recently. Flickr wrote a post celebrating the 5th Anniversary of its Flickr Commons. Check the post for information on how to use the Commons to find photos. Here is an example of a photo I found there today that struck me of interest simply because it's eye catching. I used the embed code to place both the photo and attribution easily into this blog post.
Here is what the attribution boxes look like in Flickr for photos that can be shared with attribution. You have two choices.
Method 1: copy the embed code (Attribution HTML), which will copy both the picture and the attribution into HTML screen (see the html option in the Blogger toolbar)
Method 2: Copy the attribution information (Attribution Text), which you can then simply copy in your blog after you have inserted the photo that you have downloaded and inserted.
Illustrations below: Attribution (HTML) or Attribution (text)
