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What’s the deal with copyright photos?

Michael ChalkLeave a commentUncategorized

..or: “learning to love the Creative Commons license“. Photos can be so useful in class – images get people talking and writing, and can help to find common ground quickly. These days, teachers are expected to reference and cite every image, especially if used in an assessment task. However, photos on the internet are copyright the photographer – unless otherwise marked. Probably. To use an image legally, you either need to get permission from the photographer or author (if “All Rights Reserved”), or find an image that is licensed under Read More …

Working with images and layout (in microsoft word)

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Spent some time last week working with Violeta, who wanted to teach her students about the basics of layout. We started off with putting images on the page. The main issue here of course, is that there are so many different applications, and each has a slightly different way of working with images. So we chose to look at microsoft word, and the basic way of inserting a photo from the “Insert Menu”. You can insert a photo from within the application, or you can drag the photo across from Read More …

Have fun with photos at photofunia

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I found this terrific “photofunia” site via Vivian, one of the teachers at Glenroy Neighbourhood Learning Centre. She uses the site for students when they first join a class there. The idea is that students upload a photo of themselves and do something fun with it, for example turn themselves into the Mona Lisa, or a design on top of a cappuccino. It’s kind of an ice-breaker, but people are also learning basic skills in web browsing and file management (upload, download files, remember where you saved it etc). Teachers Read More …

Have fun with photos at photofunia

Michael ChalkLeave a commentUncategorized

I found this “photofunia” site via Vivian, one of the teachers at Glenroy Neighbourhood Learning Centre. She uses the site for students when they first join a class there. The idea is that students upload a photo of themselves and do something fun with it, for example turn themselves into the Mona Lisa, or a design on top of a cappuccino. It’s kind of an ice-breaker, but people are also learning basic skills in web browsing and file management (upload, download files, remember where you saved it etc). At first, Read More …

Search flickr creative commons via “Compfight”

Michael Chalk2 CommentsUncategorized

i have no idea why they called the site “Compfight“, but it’s a terrific way to search flickr for photos that have a “creative commons” license. What creative commons usually means is that you can use the image freely, as long as you credit the original photographer, and pay attention to the specifics of the license (for example ‘no derivate works’, ‘no commercial use’ etc). Here’s a video screencast in which i show how to use compfight to find some really good images. Let me know in the comments how Read More …