Wow! There's a plethora of crazy stuff people are dreaming up out there! And it's really cool to play with them all. Although, I have to admit, I had a tough time getting the mosaic to work at first. So I took a deep breath, walked away from the darn computer, and came back after lunch to a much more cooperative computer. Click here to see the mosaic I made of my niece emily .
I think there are many possibilities to using mashups in the library and beyond! The fun tools in Flickr had so many ways that students could use their creativity to illustrate something for an assignment. And Flickr will even supply them with the photos to use, so not having the right picture or a digital camera can not be used as an excuse! I love it! For example, through the tags and groups a student could find pictures to illustrate the parts of a story including emotions portayed by main characters and the theme of the book. They could put it into a "pocket album" or create a trading card for each story element. And who wouldn't love to make a magazine cover to illustrate some personal achievement or even design one about a country of study or an event in history. The ideas just keep coming!
The only thing I would need to do would be to play with and make sure I know what I'm doing before I let the students loose. (Even though some students may be able to figure it out faster than I can right now!) These tools would definitely put some creativity back into the technological projects students are producing these days.
Emily is precious. What a great Mosaic. Those would make super birthday or mother's day gifts framed.
ReplyDeleteThe baby looks so happy, and she is so pretty in her pink suit! She makes a wonderful mosaic.
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