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Picture It - Information from pictures |
Theme: Sci and Tech Unit for K-2: Picture It - Information from pictures. Using pictures, sounds and language to tell a story. Creating multimedia presentations. Don't be scared to try using programs like Powerpoint with K-2 students. You will be surprised how quickly they will become more adept at using it than you. Just a word of warning about using image search engines with students, there is no way a search engine can decide if the content of an image is appropriate for students. I tend to keep away from using Google image search and others for this reason. Sites Primary School Clip Art and Photos http://www.primaryschool.com.au/productivityresults.php Collection of clip art and photo sites. Astronomy Picture of the Day http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Earth Science Picture of the Day http://epod.usra.edu/ Each day a different image or photograph is featured, with an accompanying caption, that deals with various topics in Earth Science. CNN Picture of the Day http://www.cnn.com/resources/potd/ News or human interest photo of the day. Adflip http://adflip.com/ Picture archive of historic advertisements. Kids Comics http://www.amazing-kids.org/akcomics6-7.htm#top View comics created by young children. Pixar Comics: How We Do It http://www.pixar.com/howwedoit/index.html Demonstrates the process of creating animations. Cooltoons http://www.cooltoons.com/various/ Trivia games, online colour forms and online animation lessons that explain the entire animation process. Tips For Making Your Movie http://education.apple.com/education/ilife/howto/imovie_tips/ Step by step visual instructions for making a movie. Powerpoint http://www.kidzonline.org/TechTraining/video.asp?UnitQry=PowerPoint PowerPoint is a great tool for teachers and students to organize and present information. This series includes videos demonstrating different skills needed to create PowerPoint presentations. Lessons Creating Comic Strips http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/printlessons.cgi/Virtual/Lessons/Arts/Visual_Arts/ARA0005.html Students learn skills of drawing and sequencing drawings by creating comic strips. Making Movie Storyboards http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/storyboarding/ This lesson gives students the opportunity to explore the importance of images in telling a story in film. Students analyze movie clips and identify some visual cues that help them understand the story. Storyboarding With Kid Pix http://www.learningspace.org/prof_growth/training/Kidpix/KidPix2.html Storyboarding is an important part of creating multimedia presentations. Participants will learn how to plan a storyboard, create five slides, and save their slides in a special folder. Tech Training http://www.kidzonline.org/TechTraining/ Online video tutorials for various multimedia activities. Kids Vid http://kidsvid.hprtec.org/index.html Instructional website aimed at helping students and teachers with video production. Includes online storyboarding tool. Create a Creature http://www.afordturtle.com.cnchost.com/CreateACreature/index.html Learn how to draw creatures step by step. Mark Kirstler\'s School of Imagination http://www.draw3d.com/schoolofimagination/school.html Learn how to draw simple cartoons with these animated tutorials. Teacher Reference Suggestions for Sharing Picture Books with Young Children http://www.picturebookart.org/education/resources_sharingbooksyc_ML.asp Ideas for setting up the ideal picture book experience for children. The On-Line Visual Literacy Project http://www.pomona.edu/Academics/courserelated/classprojects/Visual-lit/intro/intro.html This site explains the fundamentals of visual communication and its basic elements as well as the compositional source for all kinds of visual materials, messages, objects and experiences. Visual Literacy in Classrooms http://members.ozemail.com.au/~leemshs/visual.htm Visual Literacy Activities http://www.museumca.org/picturethis/look.html A teaching strategy for looking at and talking about photographs. Visual Literacy Free Resources http://k-8visual.info/ Free teaching materials that can be downloaded for your own professional use in the classroom. Powerpoint In The Classroom http://www.actden.com/pp/ Step by step introduction to Powerpoint. PowerPoint Resources http://main.douglasesd.k12.or.us/wwwrootnew/_TRHandouts/pptresrc.htm Links to general resources, tutorials, sounds and clip art. Digital Cameras in the Classroom http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/sbeck/digital/goingdigital.htm Collection of ideas for using digital cameras in the classroom. Using a Digital Camera in the Elementary Classroom http://www.edzone.net/~mwestern/pix.html These ideas can be modified for your specific grade level. Taking Great Pictures http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=38&pq-locale=en_US Photo tips, steps for e-mailing a picture, or explore black-and-white photography. Photo Tips http://www.photosecrets.com/tips.html Information for beginners about how to take better photos. Adobe Digital Kids Club Lessons http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/lessons/main.html Lesson ideas and tutorials for using Adobe photo products. Windows Movie Maker for Beginners http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/getstarted/default.mspx Step by step guidance to help you put together your first video movie. iMovie Tutorials http://www.apple.com/support/imovie/ List of tutorials for working with iMovie software. |
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