Let's Take a Look at Shutterfly
Classroom Share Sites by Shutterfly are free private websites where teachers and parents can upload photos and videos and share with others. The site can be managed from an app on your mobile device which means you can add photos to the shared site when on a field trip! Free, unlimited photo storage!
Example Site
iPhone App
Android App
Example Site
iPhone App
Android App
Shutterfly PhotoStory - iPad app motivates and empowers students to create self-published books
Video on How to Make a PhotoStory Book
How one teacher uses PhotoStory Book
iPad App
Finding and Citing Images in Google Research
Google Research includes a feature that allows users to perform searches for images, place the image in a Google Document and have the image cited in various formats in a footnote.
- Open a Google Doc
- Select Tools
- Click Research
- Type in your topic in the search box
- Click the triangle under the search window to choose the desired citation format
- Change the image filter option to Free to use, share or modify, even commercially
- Use the drop-down menu to change the citation format
- Drag the image over to the Doc
- The citation will be at the bottom of the page as a footnote
BeFunky Photo Editor
BeFunky is a free photo-editing website that is very easy to navigate.
The BeFunky app is available in the IOS App Store or from Google Play Store. Both can be uploaded here.
The BeFunky app is available in the IOS App Store or from Google Play Store. Both can be uploaded here.
Ideas for Taking Photos to Use in Your Class
Take pictures of:
- flowers
- cloud formations
- signs
- animals
- community buildings
- community workers
- forms of transportation
- people in different careers
- sports equipment
- fruits and vegetables in the grocery store or a market
- old tombstones
Adobe Spark App and Website (formerly Adobe Slate)
Adobe Spark App (free) and Adobe Spark Website - Turn your next newsletter, report, invitation or travel adventure into a gorgeous story. Your Spark web story gets its own URL and can be shared via text message, email, posted on social media accounts or embedded on blogs or personal websites. Students can upload and use their own images or they can do a Creative Commons image search within in the app. The presentation will include a citation for the images used from the Creative Commons search.
Examples:
Tutorial:
Adobe Spark Information by Learning in Hand
Photomyne
Photomyne Scan photos. Position the camera directly over your album pages or a few photos scattered on a table and start taking photos, one after the other.
Dreamscope
Dreamscope Turn your pictures into paintings. Give your selfie the brush strokes and coloring of a Picasso or Van Gogh!
Adobe Capture App
Adobe Capture (free) allows you to turn a photo into a color theme, look, vector graphic or unique brush that can be used in projects. One of our favorite tips for using Adobe Capture is the ability to create a color palette/scheme to use in your projects when you see a color in an advertisement or product that you like. Just point the camera at the product or ad, give the scheme a title and you have a palette of the colors to help you with your designs!
Google Play Store
Google Play Store
Adobe Post IOS App
Adobe Post (free and in-app purchases) is used to easily create professional-looking graphics. Pick a photo, add text and apply design filters to create your design.
Canva Graphic Design (www.canva.com)
Canva is not a presentation tool, however, it is very helpful when trying create professional-looking and creative presentations. Canva is an online graphic design tool that is simple to use to create your own logos, banners, etc. to use in your presentations. There are both free and paid images available, but you should be able to find enough free images to create a professional-looking graphic.
Tutorials:
Canva Tutorials
A Simple Video Guide to Canva
Create Amazing Images with Ease
Write About This IOS App
Write About This ($3.99) includes 125 categorized images and 375 text+voice prompts to get your students writing creatively. Students can upload their own images or use the images included in the app.
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