There is nothing a kid likes any better than messing with photos. Since the days when that meant drawing a mustache on an image, it has intrigued and engaged kids. First, you need an image. There are a lot out there but Flickr is the quintessential image sharing site. We need to be careful to warn kids that even if they find it online, it does not make it fair game for their use. They can use it for school but they need to cite their source. Someone worked hard to make the image and we need to give them credit.
· Flickr Learn More tour (6 steps)
· Mediamazine Flickr Tutorials
Once they (or you) have an image you can edit it with Fotoflexer, Picnik, or one of many others. Mytheme.com creates animations. That is fun, too.
I am playing with sites that let you make yourself into a cartoon but I am not happy with the results yet. Photo Illustration Maker is pretty limiting and Cartoon Me is similar. I think I expected it would take a photo and make it into a line drawing like on Photoshop and fill in colors but that isn’t how it works.
Next week is vaca and I will not be writing. I hope you have a joyful and restful break.
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