Photolicious Apptivities

What is it? Digital Scrapbooking

!   Another form of capturing and preserving your memories using graphics  and/or photo editing programs to design your pages.  

Why scrapbooking?

!   People taking many photos quickly and easily gives the opportunity to display and share in new and different ways.

!   Preserves memories in a less expensive, faster, easily shareable format with many features.

!   Storage on CDs and/or DVDs easier to maintain.

It’s Been Around For Awhile Photo  Journaling  (yearbooks)  =  Digital  Scrapbooking    So,  digital  scrapbooking  is  the  crea<on  of  a  photo  journal    using  tools  such  as  a  digital  camera,  scanner,  computer,  and  image-­‐edi<ng  programs.            

Curriculum-Based Scrapbooking Projects Require the use of reading, writing, and critical thinking skills, as well as the development of visual literacy and basic technology skills. Explore any topic! !   Re#ective Learning !   Timeline for an Event !   Writing Styles !   Class Field Trip !   Favorite Piece of Literature !   Posters/Flyers for School Events !   Historical Event !   A to Z Alphabet Book !   School and/or Class Milestones !   Documenting an Event

More Projects •  Make  up  a  list  of  categories;  most  

talka<ve,  funniest,  and  so  on.  Poll  classmates  to  find  the  winners,  then  take  pictures,  and  make  them  up  into  a  yearbook.  Include  photos  of  important  school  events.  Start  early.  

•  Tell  a  Story  by  taking  a  series  of  photos  that  tell  a  story.  Can  the  story  be  told  en<rely  without  words?  

•  Is  there  a  spot  in  your  neighborhood  that  tells  what  life  is  like  there?  Can  you  take  pictures  that  capture  that  life?  Think  about  what  happens  at  that  spot  at  different  <mes  of  the  day.  

•  Weather  Watch:  How  many  different  kinds  of  weather  can  you  photograph?  You  could  start  with  sun,  rain  and  fog.  

•  Create  a  photo  map  or  guidebooks:  What  are  the  important  landmarks  in  your  neighborhood?  Create  a  map  or  guidebook  illustrated  with  photographs  that  show  things  a  visitor  should  not  miss.  

•  Nature  Hunt:  What  are  the  animals  and  plants  of  your  neighborhood  or  school  campus?  Can  you  capture  them  with  your  camera?  

•  Metamorphosis:  How  do  things  change  over  <me  and  how  quickly  do  they  change?  Find  something  in  the  class  or  outside  that  you  expect  to  change.  It  could  be  a  caterpillar,  a  flower  bud,  or  a  tree.  Figure  out  how  quickly  it  is  going  to  change,  then  take  pictures  at  regular  intervals  to  show  this  change.  

More Projects    

•  Students  can  incorporate  photos  into  reports  and  mul<-­‐media  presenta<ons.  They  can  also  edit    photos  to  create  all  kinds  of  art.    

•  Some  districts  have  their  students  create  a  design  for  mouse  pads  to  sell  as  a  technology  fund  raiser.  Students  can  embellish  photos  of  themselves  for  the  mouse  pads.  

•  Use  photos  on  the  school  website,  Its  a  way  for  parents  to  be  more  a  part  of  their  child's  day,  and  it's  nice  for  rela<ves  who  may  not  live  near  the  child  to  feel  more  connected.    

•  Encourage  teachers  to  use  the  cameras  with  their  students  to  adopt  a  sec<on  of  our  campus  and  keep  a  photographic  record  of  the  seasonal  change.  

•  Younger  students  can  take  pictures  of  one  another  and  use  them  in  All  About  Me  pieces  at  the  beginning  of  the  year.  They  include  photos  from  field  trips,  photos  of  teachers,  special  ac<vi<es,  and  of  course,  the  kids  themselves.  Teachers  put  this  collec<on  on  CDs  to  give  to  parents  at  the  end  of  the  school  year.    

•  More  ideas  on  Educa<on  World    

Student Favorites

!  BFF – A student favorite, this project allows for lots of creativity.

!  Family History !  Personal Journaling !  End-of-Year Friendship Book !  Personalized Cards

Teacher Projects

Back-to-School to End-of-Year Scrapbook !  Take pics from the $rst day of

school to the last day. !  Create scrapbook pages. !  Pages saved as images and

used in videos.

JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) is the default seing for most digital cameras. The format is compressed and $le is fairly small. Will loose pixels when saved each time. TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) is the best choice for scanned images. Take up more space than JPEGs but are not lossy (won’t loose pixels). Best option for scrapbooking. GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) $les are for online use where size is of primary concern. Limited color choices and high compression. Not really appropriate for digital scrapbooking.        PNG (Portable Network Graphic) $les were created in response to limitations with the GIF format. PNG images cannot be animated like GIF images. PNG $les are lossless, which means that they do not lose quality during editing.

 

Digital Image Formats

Planning and Prep

!  Decide on theme or tone. !  Gather all images. !  A storyboard can be used to write a draft of any text

items you will be using. !  Create a layout for each page. This can be sketched.

Working with Images •  Use photos taken by you or students •  Use photos taken by parents •  Use photos taken by someone else (Remember

Copyright) –  Pics4Learning –  FreeFoto –  PD Photo –  Photohome

•  Use clip-art –  Open Clip Art Library –  Public Domain Clip Art –  Clker.com – MorgueFile

Working with Images •  Scan photos and objects

to create digital images. – Any object that $ts in

the scan bed can be scanned.(patches, ribbons, awards)

– Scan souvenirs and mementos that relate to your theme like in the example shown here.

Working with Images No Photoshop, no problem! In place of Photoshop, you can use PicMonkey or Pixlr. These are free online photo editing sites. Pixlr is a favorite since it can be used in a variety of formats. Use in a web browser or download the Android or iOS app for your device. ! Pixlr - Also available as an iOS and Android app. ! PicMonkey - Click here to view video tutorial. ! BeFunky touts snazzy $lters and image effects. ! Creative Kit allows you to crop, rotate, change exposure and edit other features

of pictures you have uploaded. Formerly known as Picnik. ! iPiccy has tons of tools for simple online photo edits and very similar to the once

known Picnik. ! Sumo Paint like Photoshop offers many of the photo editing giant's useful tools. ! Pixlr Express is the basic version of Pixlr, which has a more advanced online photo

editor with tools similar to Photoshop. ! Thumba offers all the basic photo edit necessities.

Working with Text

Be aware of a potential problem called font substitution. This occurs when someone opens a $le that was created by someone else and the $le uses a font that is not on the person’s computer.

Tips for Building a Page

!  You can always add or take away anything before saving the page (slide) as an image.

!  You can put more than one picture per page. (collage) !  Don’t get stuck puing everything in the middle. Move

things around and angle in different directions. !  Make sure your color choice and design $t the theme or

tone of your page.

PowerPoint for Digital Scrapbooking PowerPoint + Backgrounds +Graphics + Pics + Imagination = Digital Scrapbook Advantages:

!   Great for beginners and younger students. !   We already have PowerPoint so no new software is needed. !   Slides can be used to create scrapbook pages. !   Set slides to any size. !   Clip-art readily available. !   Can insert graphics, sounds, and video. !   Rotate, crop, and adjust pics. !   PowerPoint is cross platform running on both PCs and Macs. !   Can animate pics and embellishments.

PowerPoint for Digital Scrapbooking

Disadvantages: !   Printing quality is considered low but gets the job

done. !   Not as many options and features. !   Doesn’t create layers, but you can move images

forward or backwards creating a layered look.

My Favorite Freebie Sites

! hp://freedigitalscrapbooking.com/ ! hp://www.pixelscrapper.com/ ! hp://www.scrapbook#air.com/ (will save as a PSD $le)