This past week, we completed our Scavenger Hunt projects. I, along with two other classmates, scavenged campus and took photos that corresponded to our topic. My group was assigned "colors." We didn't have to travel very far from the education building to find these colorful objects. We were required to take a photo of a red object, a green object, a blue object, an orange object, a white object, a gray object, a purple object, a black object, a brown object, and a yellow object.
In completing this activity, we demonstrated our knowledge of...
- how to take photos on a digital device
- how to upload photos onto computer
- how to share those photos with group members
- how to resize images for use on the web 4.5" x 6"
- how to change resolution to 72 for use on web
- how to organize image files in folder
- how to save images as jpeg
- how to share images through Picasa, an online photo sharing tool
- how to share images through Google Presentation
- how to embed Picasa album and Google Presentation onto Website
Although the content of this project was simple (colors), I really enjoyed this particular project because it allowed me to familiarize myself with Picasa and Google Presentation. I can see myself using Picasa in my future classroom to share slideshows of images with students, parents, and other educators. Also, I can most certainly see myself using Google Presentation regularly. Because Google has made so many tools avaliable (Google Docs, Google Presentation, Google Sites, etc.), I can see myself opting to use these tools instead of Word or Powerpoint due to their integrative capabilities. These Google tools are user-friendly, free, and it is so easy to transfer information from one Google tool to another. I LOVE it!
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