Who would have ever thought the things I did to make my photos better could be used in a teaching- learning context. I can understand the importance of resizing photos now as the 2nd picture here has the properties of 800 pixels width and 599 pixels height and I have resized again once I put it into my blog as it was still too large to fit in its origanal size. However the resized picture at the top, uploaded quicker, one of the advantages of resizing and also takes up less page space.
400 x 300
800x599
I then decided to use Picnik to do some manipulation and came up with a sort of before and after photo. Although not the greatest of qualities it allowed me to see what functions were available and how easily it can be used. This could be a good lesson for students about the validity of the information found on sites and the images that are presented.
Manipulated
Original
I think my thoughts about manipulation and distortion are illustrated perfectly in this youtube clip.
My eyes have been opened up to the many creative outlets that are available online for students to use. Although as the teacher, I must remember it is more then just about having fun and being creative, when implementing them. It is more about achieving the learning outcome the best possible way.
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