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Create Pictures from PowerPoint Slides - Save PowerPoint as JPG
Directions to save PowerPoint slides as image files. Useful if you want to create text slides in PowerPoint to include in an Animoto video
flickrCC
Search for Creative Commons images on Flickr and edit in Picnik right from the search
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Search for and edit Creative Commons images from Flickr
- christyinsdesign on 2007-11-15
Donald Clark Plan B: Brilliant 35 studies in media and learning
Great summary of research points on our perceptions of media with implications for using media effectively for learning. For example, audio quality matters a lot, but video quality can be low and still effective. Large, wide screens are preferred over higher quality images on smaller screens.
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35 psychological studies into the human reaction to media all point towards the simple proposition that people react towards media socially even though, at a conscious level, they believe it is not reasonable to do so. They can't help it. In short, people think that computers are people, which makes e-learning work.
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As long as a media technology is consistent with social and physical rules, we will accept it. Read that last part again, 'as long as a media technology is consistent with social and physical rules'. If the media technology fails to conform to these human expectations - we will very much not accept it.
Free Technology for Teachers: 7 Resources for Creating Cartoons and Comics
Online applications for creating comics and cartoons. Lots of possibilities for digital storytelling here.
GlassGiant.com - Make pictures for your Facebook Photos!
Some silly photo editing and image creation tools. More useful ones include creating a keyboard button with any word you want on it (Smite is the example given) and a chalkboard with a message of your choice. I could do these in Photoshop, but this would be easier.
Center for Digital Storytelling: Resources
Articles and other resources about digital storytelling
MOO.com | We love to print
Upload your own pictures from Flickr or use the designer options provided to print mini-business cards, stickers, postcards, etc. I think this would be very cool to have some cards the next time I go to a conference.
Selected Internet Resources --Government Resources for Science Images
Online image databases for science topics. These are government sources and therefore mostly public domain.
US Federal Government Public Domain Images - Primarily Photos
Databases of images from the US government--most are public domain
Where to Find Free Images and Visual for My Blog
Large list of image resources. In spite of the title, many of these also turn up copyrighted images (e.g., Google Image search), but there are some interesting collections for noncommercial use too.
Logic+Emotion: How To Reference an L+E Visual
David Armano on the benefits of sharing his images and how this has built his reputation. He asks that people cite him, but knows that some won't.
Flickr: The Commons
Collaborative project between Flickr and the Library of Congress (and hopefully other institutions in the future) to share and tag public domain images. Currently 3000 images from the Library of Congress collection are available.
Using Images in E-learning - Chapter 1 - Teaching Strategies - Summary - Print Version
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How images can be used for e-learning: for presentation, interaction, and to support specific teaching strategies.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-11-20
3 Sure-Fire Ways to Make Your E-Learning Graphics Sizzle - The Rapid eLearning Blog
- Ideas for making more interesting graphics using cutouts, drop shadows, and changing perspective. - christyinsdesign on 2007-11-20
Find free images online - my list! « HeyJude
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Lots of sources for free, Creative Commons, and public domain images. Most of these were new to me.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-11-15
TP: Images of American Political History
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Small collection (500 images) of photos and political cartoons in the public domain.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-10-08
WorldImages
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Image collection with a global perspective. Photos and art are included. CC-NC license.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-10-08
YouTube - Content Aware Image Resizing
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Very cool technology demo--resize and scale images with software that can detect the important content
- christyinsdesign on 2007-08-31
JSC Digital Image Collection
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Collection of NASA press release photos, mostly not copyrighted (but check the license info). Lots of pictures from the Apollo missions and of the shuttles.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-08-27
Zoomify - Zoomable web images!
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Take an image and add the ability to pan and zoom. The viewer is a small Flash player so people don't have to download anything to view the image. A free version with basic features is available; you can get the .fla files with a paid version of the software.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-08-13
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