Sunday, 6 October 2013

Photo aterations

Hello once again!

Two posts in one week?!  I'm obviously on a roll.  Just kidding.

Photo editing has become somewhat of a hobby of mine in the past years.  I work primarily on a mac and have found that, particularly after traveling somewhere interesting, I really enjoy altering the photos to enhance what my camera captured.  We used a few photo sharing sites in classes, which I found helpful.  My personal fave was 'instacollage', which allows you to make collages of photos you've taken on your iphone.  I personally made a mashup of two delightful cookbooks I found at my gramma's house: The Joys of Jello and The Right Touch For Chicken Microwave Cooking. I'm hoping that the reason I choose to make a collage of these specific photos is obvious...



I've also done some thinking about the learning that we're doing in ICT.  We're in a foturnate space while we're taking a computer class specifically designed for educators, but it's gotten me thinking about the advances technology will make while I'm a classroom teacher.  I think it's important for me to realize and understand now, prior to the beginning of my career, that I'll have to continually be aware of software updates and prepared to implement these tools into my classroom.  Below is a photo of my trip to Peru that I was able to edit.




So, there it is.   Photo editing.  Its fun.  Check it out!

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Curating!

Hello!

I'm a little late on the week three bandwagon, but we'll go ahead and blame my lack of entry on the worst cold ever.

We've been talking a whole lot about web tools recently in ICT, specifically curation tools for web-based projects, such as websites and blogs.  These different tools are terrifically useful, both in and out of the classroom.  We've been talking a whole lot in other classes about collaboration.  We've done a lot of group work and many curation sites allow for a similar collaboration.  Sites like Pinterest, Symbaloo, and Pearltrees allow people to share ideas, information, news, and practical advice with each other.  I've used Pinterest before and, fine, I'll admit that I love it (delicious recipes? Hello!!!), but i am genuinely thrilled to have a secondary use for a website I'm already familiar with. 

I'm excited to continue learning new tools and soon enough, I might be able to try some of these ideas out in a real-life classroom! 

Happy Curating!