Digital Photo Tips and Tools


End of the Year Slideshows – Kick ‘Em Up a Notch!
Kristen Nicole describes creative ideas for using digital photo tools to enhance end-of-school-year projects.

15 Online Photo Editors Compared
Josh Lowensohn provides a feature-by-feature comparison of popular online photo editors such as Fotoflexer, Snipshot and Picnik.

How to Squeeze Decent Photos Out of an iPhone
Meg Pickard shares her favorite tips for maximizing the iPhone’s photo features for the best results.

Teaching With Flickr
A SlideShare show with ideas for using Flickr in the classroom. Features of Flickr: photo sharing; searchable tags, online storage and retrieval of your uploaded photos for parents, students and interested community members.

Using Creative Commons Images From Flickr
Describes the six types of Creative Commons licenses, how to tell which type of license a Flickr photo carries, how to find great images, and how to properly credit the author.

Picnik Makes It Easy To Tweet Your Photos
Stan Schroeder describes Picnik’s recently-added feature allowing users to export photos directly from Picnik into Twitter.

 

Online Course Spotlight

EDUC 744 928M Instructional Applications of Digital Photography

3 graduate credits
http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/ digitalphoto/index.html
Explore how digital photography can develop 21st century skills (i.e. inquiry, innovation, critical thinking and media literacy) within your existing curriculum! Course participants will explore connections between emerging literacy skills and today's learners, as well as the fundamentals of digital photography production, editing, sharing and storage and digital storytelling.

What Students Say
 "Instructional Applications of Digital Photography is a resource rich course.  The readings, web resources, and activities were pertinent and up- to-date. They immediately led to a much richer learning environment in the classroom. Anyone interested in adding a powerful teaching strategy to his or her repertoire should consider this course." ~ Technology Education Teacher, Kenosha, WI