Saturday, May 31, 2014

Image Editing Assignment

I used the bighugelabs.com website to create a trading card to show how students could use this template to create a book review or character summary. I used Easybib.com to create the citation as well as using Google advanced search to find a picture with a creative commons license.
 
Citation for image: 2011bookscopy. Digital image. Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 May 2014.

 Students could use the "Make Visual Poetry" option on www.imagechef.com when writing their own poem during a poetry unit.
Visual Poetry - ImageChef.com

I also used the breaking news feature on www.tuxpi.com to create an image that could go along with a report during a Famous Americans unit. Students could also use the postage stamp feature for the same type of unit. 

Image Citation: George Washington Feigned Oval Portrait by Rembrandt Peale.jpg. Digital image. Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Foundation, 25 Sept. 2012. Web. 31 May 2014.
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3 comments:

  1. KPJune 1, 2014 at 4:35 PM

    Good job exploring AND citing your sources. Big Plus for this week's participation grade.

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  2. UnknownJune 1, 2014 at 5:38 PM

    Hi Melissa,
    I love all your ideas! Great job! Most students do not like writing poetry, but your idea would make it seem less like a "chore" and more like a fun assignment. It is funny how whenever technology is added to assignments, students generally seem more engaged in the activity. When I taught 2nd grade, the students were assigned a project to write about a famous African American. They were also required to use photos. Using Tuxpi would have been a great tool to add effects to a picture of the famous African American they chose to write about for their project.
    Penny

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  3. AnonymousJune 4, 2014 at 11:43 AM

    I really like the idea of creating trading cards for use in the classroom. Using them to create book reviews is a great idea! I also think I could use the trading cards to create cards for the "I have, who has?" game or even for the "quiz, quiz, trade" game. My students could even create their own cards using bighugelabs.com.

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