The Noun Project

Thumbs Up designed by Nick Holroyd from the thenounproject.com I would like to highlight one of my favourite sites ever:The Noun Project. It is incredibly useful in the classroom, and is a delight to use. You can search for anything on The Noun Project and find a graphical representation of it. Designers upload their creations to the…

How to Search for Creative Commons Licensed Images

One aspect of the UWCSEA Profile we can develop with our students is being principled by choosing Creative Commons Licensed images in our work. As mentioned in an earlier blog post, at UWCSEA (and many other leading schools), we believe that ethically, we have a responsibility to teach students (and teachers) about academic honesty and what Rodd…

How to Search for Creative Commons Licensed Images

One aspect of the UWCSEA Profile we can develop with our students is being principled by choosing Creative Commons Licensed images in our work. As mentioned in an earlier blog post, at UWCSEA (and many other leading schools), we believe that ethically, we have a responsibility to teach students (and teachers) about academic honesty and what Rodd…

Creative Commons Explained

cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo shared by A. Diez Herrero As educators, we know that plagiarism is wrong, and we are very careful to share that message with our students. However, if you take a look at the pictures and images on display in most schools and classrooms, you will (probably) find hundreds…

Adding a Picasa Slideshow to Your Blog

To get started, make sure you have the iPhoto to Picasa Web Uploader installed. 1. Select the photos you would like to share from your iPhoto Library. 2. Click on File -> Export 3. Click on Picasa and make sure you have Better Quality selected. 4. Sign in to Picasa with your Google Apps account.   5. Click…

G5 Photography with the iPod Touch

I had a blast with G5 AMC recently, showing them a couple of tips about Photography, together with some iPod Touch Apps for taking/editing pictures. Talking to colleague (and photographer extraordinaire) David Caleb allowed me to share the following key tips: Perspective – try different approaches to a shot. ‘Bird’s Eye View‘ and ‘Worm’s Eye…

Impact Posters in Grade One

What’s an Impact Poster you may ask? I had the exact same question! An Impact Poster uses a powerful image and a short sentence, quote, or piece of text to grab attention and highlight something of importance. This week the Grade one students created Impact Posters to demonstrate their learning. Some classes focused on the current…