Flickr and Picnik
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For educational purposes Picnik can be used for editing personal pictures from students or photos that concern a topic they are learning. Just like this one I have zoomed in so the butterfly is more prominent. If I had more time I could enhance the photo so that the butterfly was a different colour directing your focus straight to it.
This sort of manipulation can help develop analysis skills, inspire discussions and support arguments by pinpointing issues. A basic example would be if I were to ask students to manipulate an image in order to analyse it. They could come up with something like this.
This was done on Picnik. There are other softwares available that have more tools to be more creative.
Digital Images can be used to support arguments and understand different places, cultures and identities. A great resource for visual learning and understanding.
- Enhance visual communication skills
- Illustrate concepts and inspire discussions
- Document, support theories and arguments in projects, research and events
- Encourage and support critical thinking.
- Identify emotions and mood
- Can be used to assess students knowledge
- Enhance creative and language skills through analysis of images
Digital images must be used constructively within its context and not just as a visual stimulant.
The manipulation of images through applications such as picnik can be time consuming with little to gain at secondary school level compared to other uses of digital images.
The manipulation of images through applications such as picnik can be time consuming with little to gain at secondary school level compared to other uses of digital images.
- Can engage students as they can relate to the visual stimulants.
- Diverse range of use with positive outcomes
- Copyright issues. Make sure the images can be used and used correctly.
- Safety of students use of digital images
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