Enhancing Learning With Visuals
Identify several resources where digital photos can be found on the Internet and used to create slide shows without actually requiring the user to shoot the digital photo.
Use the photos to create your own slide show. Create the slideshow to answer the following:
Describe the advantages, limitations, and integration of digital images. Once the slide show is completed upload your slide show in Blackboard for this course.
There are a handful of places on the Internet where people can go to use digital photos without having to actually take the photograph. I did a basic google search engine search and here are the results that I came up with.
ReplyDelete• Google
Allows users to search and save photos to their computer
• Freeimages.com
Allows users to browse through photos and save them
• Canva.com
Allows users to browse through photos and create slideshows
• Visuallightbox.com
Allows users to create slideshows
• Flikr
Allows users to reuse images
Resources
H. (n.d.). The Best Places to Find Free, High-Res Images for your Website. Retrieved October 16, 2016, from http://www.labnol.org/internet/find-free-images/24990/
Questions
1. What resources have you used to create slideshows?
2. Why would we want to use someone elses images to create visuals for something that we are creating?
3. How can you implement these in a classroom?
According to Ching, Wang, Shih & Kedem (2006), integrating digital photos into a classroom would facilitate students' reflection on their classroom life and social world. Providing digital photos allows students to interact with their teachers and peers. Digital photos promote exploration and offers freedom for students to explore. Using digital photos improve students socially and personally in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteThere are several resources where digital photos can be found on the Internet:
unsplash.com (Unsplash):
This website allows you to download high-resolution photographs.
google.com (LIFE):
You can find images that are free for personal, non-commercial use.
flickr.com:
Images are now in public field and they can be reused.
picjubmo.com (Picjumbo):
You can find high-quality photos for your personal and commercial use.
·publicdomainarchive.com:
Photos are in public domain and neatly organized in categories.
·freeimages.com :
This is one of the biggest websites of free images and graphics that you can use for almost any desire.
References:
Ching, C. )., Wang, X. )., Shih, M. )., & Kedem, Y. ). (2006). Digital photography and journals in a kindergarten-first-grade classroom: Toward meaningful technology integration in early childhood education. Early Education And Development, 17(3), 347-371. doi:10.1207/s15566935eed1703_3
H. (n.d.). The Best Places to Find Free, High-Res Images for your Website. Retrieved October 16, 2016, from http://www.labnol.org/internet/find-free-images/24990/
Questions:
1/ Do you think using photos from several resources would help leaning process? how?
2/ How teachers can use digital photos in their classroom?
3/ How would you help students to navigate computers to use visual photos?
There are many resources where digital photos can be found on the Internet:
ReplyDelete1. Stock.XCHNG
This site has a library of almost 400,000 free images covering every topic.
2. Unprofound
This site has great photos and You don't have to register to download images.
3. Pixel Perfect Digital
This site includes over 4,000 photos that are hard to find elsewhere.
4. Free Photos Bank
There's no registration required so downloading is easy from free photos bank.
5. Flickr
the biggest photo sharing site on the web, used by some of the best photographers of the worlds.
6. Morguefile
In this site you can filter by categories, keywords, size, rating, even colour.
References
http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/12-best-places-to-get-free-images-for-your-site-624818
questions
what is the best way to use digital photos in your classroom?
How would digital photos sites enhance learning?
what are the advantages of using digital photos in the clas
http://arwa11115.blogspot.com/2016/10/several-resources-where-digital-photos.html
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ReplyDeleteDigital photography can change the way children learn. Integrating digital photos in the classroom is a great way for improving student's interaction both with teachers and other students, and it can also be helpful for visual learners to learn and improve their comprehension.
There are many places where we can find digital photos on the Internet.
For example:
1. Flickr - a place where we can find more millions of free images
2. Shutter Stock - high quality photos can be found here
3. Unsplash - Free high-resolution photos
4. Picjumbo
5. Free digital photos - free download of high quality photos
6. Pixabay
References:
Schiller, J., & Tillett, B. (2004). Using digital images with young children: challenges of integration. Early Child Development & Care, 174(4), 401-414.
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ReplyDeleteAre you looking for free, quality digital images to use for a professional or personal presentation? If so, consider the following sites that feature user-friendly images:
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MorgueFile
Picjumbo
Pixabay
Once you've selected your photos, you can make a slide show using SlideShowCreator.
Digital and traditional visuals (i.e. posters, charts), provide many instructional advantages, including easy access. Digital visuals are easy to download and traditional visuals offer easy preparation (i.e. markers applied to poster board).
Visuals can also simplify complex information centrally displayed in the classroom for all students to view. They can also accommodate classroom brainstorming depending on lesson plan goals.
Digital visuals do have some limitations, including the cost of often bulky hardware needed to display the images (i.e. projectors, scanners, etc.). Both traditional and digital visuals require the appropriate use of white space, to avoid presenting too much information on one slide or poster.
All visuals can complement the integration of any subject matter. For example, a mathematics lesson can use digital or traditional images of graphs or charts, a language arts class can use digital images for story telling (Yang, Cheung, 2011), physical education can illustrate the correct form of exercises and a school orientation can use a digital presentation of the facility layout for new students.
Reference
Yang, R. & Cheung, C. (2011). Using Microsoft Photo Story for Digital Storytelling in the Language Classroom. Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language, (15) (4) p. 1-9.
With the rise of technology in the classroom and our everyday lives, it only makes sense to embrace digital images into our educational practices. While Google, Bing, and Photobucket offer quick access to digital images, I did find a few lesser known digital image libraries.
ReplyDelete• Stock.XCHNG- This site has a library of over 400,000 images that cover almost any and every topic an individual can think of.
• Openphoto- A well categorized site, Openphoto organizes its photos into easy to navigate categories so you can easily find the types of photos you want.
• Freerange- This site had a very diverse collection of digital photos ranging from the typical stock photos to the more abstract, all with high resolution to ensure the quality of the photo is maintained due to cropping and resizing.
• Flickr- One of the most popular photo sharing sites on the internet used by professional and recreational photographers. The only drawback to Flickr is that not all the pictures can be used for free.
Questions:
By using another individuals’ photos or ones found on the internet, what would you do to maintain the original owner of the image is given credit for the image?
How would you teach students to use digital images in a responsible and respectful manner?
How does the usage of digital images enhance content being used in the classroom?
Using digital images in a classroom with students, especially younger learners can help with understanding concepts by giving them a relatable image to help them see the world in a different point of view.
ReplyDeleteI have found the following sites to be helpful, easy to use, and most importantly, free to help teachers use digital images in the presentation of classroom learning.
1. Freerange: Offers high resolution photos free of charge for the public to use.
2. Pexels: Allows the public to use high quality photos to help enhance business, education, and personal graphics use.
3. Flickr: Free to use and photos cover a wide variety of subject matter, allowing the user to find what they are looking for quickly and in high quality.
4. Life of Pix: This site is geared more towards locations, which can help students visualize life in other areas of the world. It also allows amateur photographers the opportunity to showcase their work.
5. Wikimedia: Allows the public to search everything from nature landscapes to historic events.
Top 5 Free Websites for Quality Copyright Free Photographs. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14, 2017, from http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-5-websites-for-free-stock-photographs/
Questions:
1. How do you teach students to cite graphic images in their work?
2. How do you ensure that students treat other people's digital images in a respectful manner?
3. How do digital images make content relatable to emergent learners?