Web+Tools+and+Ideas+for+Digital+Images

Here are some tools for you to explore along with some ideas for how to use them in the classroom:


 * **TOOL** || **DESCRIPTION** || **IDEAS** ||
 * [[image:http://www.technolote.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/moz-screenshot-13.png width="155" height="120" link="@http://www.sodasnap.com"]] || Soda Snap is a great little app for sending photos with a typed message beside them - like a postcard. I have used it many times myself to send ridiculous photos of my dogs with silly little quotes next to them of what they dogs might be saying - nothing terribly educational, but there are heaps of great ways you could use it in a classroom. It's a free app that you can use on iPod touch, iPad or iPhone. || Ideas for using Soda Snap in the classroom:
 * Students could take photos of their classroom or their work and send it to the teacher with some comments - or even email it to a student in a partner class.
 * The descriptions or comments that students write for the images could be in any language - there may be a specific topic happening in the class and so students need to tailor their images and descriptions to that.
 * Students could use these images to add to a reflective learning task - they could show their work at different stages with different comments.
 * Soda Snap could be used to create a visual diary of a trip or just of daily life. ||
 * Voicethread || Add images, documents or videos and then have people make audio, written or video comments on each one. A very popular tool. || Ideas for using Voicethread in the classroom:
 * add an image that students need to respond to using the target language
 * students could add images for each other and ask a question that others respond to in the target language - either their real or virtual classmates
 * upload an image of some student work and get some audio feedback from the kids
 * upload a video of students rehearsing a role play and get others students to give them feedback ||
 * [|Animoto] || Add images and then music to make a great looking video on whatever topic you like. || Ideas for using Animoto in the classroom:
 * For promotional videos
 * For funky slideshows
 * For mini projects
 * Photosynth || Create 3D experience from a series of photos - could be a room, or object. Plenty of examples on the website. Stitch lots of photos together to create your 3D tour - you can also zoom in on the images. Watch the tutorial on how to take photos, it's very useful. || Ideas for using Photosynth in the classroom:
 * students create a synth of their classroom and talk about it in the target language
 * create a synth of student work to share
 * create a synth of pictures of words relevant to what you are doing in class ||
 * PicLits || Add words to a given image to make it more powerful. || Ideas for using PicLits in the classroom:
 * students can write descriptive sentences in the target language
 * students can write a story using a series of images - one students writes on one picture and the next student adds to it with another picture and sentence. ||
 * students can write a story using a series of images - one students writes on one picture and the next student adds to it with another picture and sentence. ||