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• follow the instructions

• Most internet tools can work with fairly large photos but it is a good idea to compress them to less than 500 kb (no smaller than 80kb)

• Use Microsoft Picture Manager (Win) or iPhoto (Mac)

How to compress photos

http://wheretostartwithwikisandblogs.

wikispaces.com/Photos+in+Blogs+and

+Wikis

Photofiltre (Win, free) http://photofiltre.free.fr/download_en.htm

Picasa (Win, free) http://picasa.google.com/download/thanks.html

Software that might be on your computer

Photo Editor

Picture manager

iPhoto

Microsoft Word or PowerPoint 2007 or 2008

Microsoft Word or PowerPoint 2004

• To Duplicate

– Click on the photo so it is highlighted

– Press Crtl D (Win) or Command D (Mac)

• To Flip (2003 & Mac)

– Click on photo so it is highlighted

– Go to Draw – Rotate and Flip

– Click on Flip Horizontal

• To Flip (2007)

– Click on photo so it is highlighted

– Click on Format Tab

– Click on Rotate button

– Click Flip Horizontal

• To Crop(2003 & Mac)

– Click on photo so it is highlighted (Picture menu will appear)

– Crop a photo or a graphic by clicking on the Crop button

– When you click on the Crop button the Photo will have black Crop markers around it, click on one of the handles and drag in towards the middle of the photo.

• To Crop (2007)

– Click on photo so it is highlighted

– Click on Format Tab

– Click on the Crop button

Mac crop button

Picture Styles Click on a Photo, click on Format and click on a Picture style. Click on the scroll arrow to see more effects.

Add a Photo or a Graphic to an AutoShape:

1. Select an AutoShape. 1. Go to Paint can and then Fill Effects. 2. Click on the Tab Picture. 3. Click on Select Picture. 4. Navigate to your My Picture Files. 5. Select a Photo and click Insert and then OK.

Click on a photo, click on Format, click on a Picture Shape and it will change the shape of the photo.

Add borders and Shadows

1. Click on the Photo 2. Click on the Line Style button and

select a style 3. Click on the Line Colour button and

select a colour

1. Click on the shape to be altered.

2. Click on the Shadow Style button . 3. Select a style.

Enhance your PowerPoint or Word Document by using several different tools to set out your photos

Rotate a photo by clicking once on the photo and placing your mouse over a green rotate circle that has appeared at the top of the photo. Click and drag slightly to the left or right.

While the photo is still selected click on the Line Colour button to select a line and colour. Click on the Line Style button and select a style thickness.

Click on the Shadow Style button to add a drop shadow to the photo

Click on a photo, click on Format, click on Picture Border and it will add a border to the photo. Select a colour

Change the thickness of the borders

by clicking on Weight and choose a

Thickness.

2003 & Mac

Click on photo

Click on Draw – Order

Click on Move to Back (or Front) or Move Backwards (or Forwards) or Move in front or back of text

2007

Click on photo

Click on Format tab

Click on Bring to Front or Send to Back drop down menu

Align Photos

Click on the Insert Picture button or go to Insert – Picture – From File.

Click on the Text Wrapping button and choose Tight

Click and drag on the circular white handles to resize the photo.

Click on Colour button on Picture menu.

Click on Washout

Click on Automatic to change it back to the Original.

Go to Insert – Picture .

Click on the Format tab, then Text Wrapping button, choose Tight

Click and drag on the circular white handles to resize the photo.

Click on the Recolor button

Click on the third button under Color Modes

Click on No Recolor to change it back to the Original.

Inserting Text

Use a photo of a child for the background of the story they write about themselves. This can be done in Word by inserting the photo, click on the Colour button and select Washout. Insert a text box on top of the photo, remove the border and inside fill colour by selecting No Line and No Fill.

Whole page photos Enlarge photos to fill the whole page, change the contrast and brightness if necessary. Type in a textbox with a coloured font, make the textbox see through. Use WordArt for

interesting titles.

Abbie is drawing a picture of her house and her family

with chalk. She has added some flowers to the front of

her house because she likes flowers.

Comic Life

http://plasq.com/downloads/

Math ideas

Scavenger Hunt Give the students a list of items that they should

be able to find within the school grounds.

The students take the photographs within a given

time. These can then be put into a slideshow or

printed out and made into a booklet.

Certain colours

Geometric shapes

Patterns

Video students talking about

what they have found on their

scavenger hunt. Edit them in

Moviemaker or iMovie, save as

Quicktimes and import into

PowerPoint.

Finding shapes

Make a slideshow for children to

find the shapes. The first slide

can show a picture titled “What

shape can you see?” The next

slide shows the outlined shape.

The shape can be outlined in

Paint or KidPix or use the

Autoshapes.

Or if you have a projector, the

children can draw around the

shapes on the whiteboard.

Older children can take photos of

tessellation or reflective shapes

and draw using the whiteboard

and projector.

Video the shapes. Edit

them in Moviemaker or

iMovie, save as

Quicktimes and import into

PowerPoint.

The first slide can show a

picture titled “What shape

can you see?” The next

slide can show a child

drawing around it with

chalk.

What shape can you see?

I can see a Circle

Geometry in the School

Send students around the school to search for geometric shapes.

Use AutoShapes in Word or PowerPoint to display photos.

Insert an AutoShape, click on the triangle next to the Paint Can button, select Fill

Effects, Click on the Picture Tab, click on Select Picture, navigate to where your

pictures are stored, click on picture, and click OK.

Autoshapes

Counting to ten

Take photos of

children, insert

into

PowerPoint.

Use animation

to show the

numbers. Add

sound by

recording

children’s

voices.

Create a video of

children counting

to 10. Press

Pause after each

child has placed

themselves in the

clip. Edit in

Moviemaker or

iMovie and add

text, voices and

music.

Slideshow by Nathalie Strong, Brookby School

1

One

Add effects to Photos, Graphics or WordArt

Click on the photo, graphic or WordArt to select it Select Custom Animation from the Dropdown menu on the TaskPane Click on Add Effect

You have a choice what you would like the photo to do on Entrance, Exit and you can add an Emphasis. Click on More Effects in each of the menu choices to discover more effects. Each effect will appear in the side panel with icons itemizing what the effect is. To remove an effect, click on the Effect in the Side panel and click the Remove button

Dinosaur Doubles Photographs by Jeremy & Renee

Brookby School

Photograph a toy or video it, stop the video and

place next object, record and repeat. Edit in

Moviemaker or iMovie and add text, voices and

music.

Photographed toys can be put into PowerPoint.

1 and 1 is 2

3 and 3 is 6

Mathematical flash cards

Take photos or videos of groups of familiar objects

to reinforce number or groups of numbers i.e. a

hand for the number 5, legs for 2.

Make a slideshow in PowerPoint, PhotoStory,

MovieMaker or iMovie with voice-overs saying the

numbers.

Make Flash cards.

Groups with 5

Created by Nathalie Strong and children of Brookby School

Reading Ideas

My Favourite Character

Take a photo of individual child.

Put into Inspiration or Kidspiration and make a comparison

chart comparing the child to a favourite book character.

Inspiration

I can read!

Take photos or video well known places (city

landmarks, favourite restaurants, local shopping

centre).

Prepare a book, SlideShow or Movie for children to

read along with.

If you do a SlideShow in PowerPoint you can add the

optional extra of inserting the voice reading the text as

a speaker button on the screen. Children can then click

on the speaker to hear the text read.

Go to Insert Movies and Sounds – Record a Sound.

Record the sound, rename the sound, and click OK.

Record voices

I can see the

Sky Tower

Blue Fishy Socks and

Black Doggy Socks

Little Billy had blue fishy socks. Big Billy had black doggy socks.

And he made people walk the

Plank – he said.

He was the terror of the seven

Seas.

Captain Teachum’s Buried

Treasure

Korky Paul and Peter Carter

He said he made them walk

the…

plank

ship

Blooms Understanding Stage

Word Smart

Picture Smart

See

Examples

He said he made them walk

the…

plank

Hint: what rhymes with ‘bank’?

Oops try again

What would make a ladybird bad tempered?

1.

2.

3.

Blooms Understanding and Applying Stage

White, Black and Red Hat

Word Smart

Picture Smart

Nature Smart

What environment would a ladybird need to be in to be happy?

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Click here to find out some information

Blooms Analysing Stage

White, Yellow and Green Hat

Word Smart

Picture Smart

Nature Smart

See

Examples

Decision, Options and Consequences

Decision

Edmund has to decide whether

He will go to the White Witch’s Castle

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Blooms Analysing Stage

White, Black, Red, Blue, Yellow and Green Hat

Word Smart

Number Smart

See

Examples

Nana’s in the plum tree

By Jan Cartwright

Drawings by Murray Grimsdale

You need 3 people to read this story.

• Nana

• Young girl

• Narrator

“What are you doing up in that tree, Nana?” Nana didn’t even hear me.

Then I saw the bees. I could hear them buzzing. I could see them swarming in

the tree, like a big football made of bees. Nana was right beside them

holding a box.

I didn’t want to look. I didn’t want to see my Nana eaten alive by thousands

of bees.

I put the big box where Nana told me. I still didn’t want to look. But somehow I couldn’t help looking. Nana put her box on top of the big box, right under the swarm of bees. She told me to stand back. I stood back, all right! I hid. I hid behind the shed and peeped out.

riting ideas

A-Z of Zoo Animals By room 2

The African lion is a carnivore that lives in the grasslands of Africa.. They live in prides. The females do most of the hunting but the males eat first. You can hear a lions roar 10 kilometres away.

The Bornean Orang-utan is a mammal that lives in the Rain forests in Asia. They like to live by themselves. They are a highly endangered species.

Writing Prompt

Take photos of children participating in an activity

in the class or on a school trip. Insert the photo

into a Word document with a heading and a

starting prompt for writing.

Poetry or Writing

A rebus is where pictures represent

words.

Illustrate your writing or poems by

inserting photos in line with the text.

Take photos for a simulation illustrating

the poem using people objects or things.

Turn the writing into a Rebus

Rebus

Blooms Creating Stage

White, Blue and Green Hat

Word Smart

Picture Smart

Nature Smart

See

Examples

Build a story

Add a graphic of an animal. Add a text box and type in a story about what is happening. Duplicate

that slide and add another graphic or two and update the story. Repeat these steps until the

story is told.

It was a bright sunny day and Leo

the Lion was stuck in

Auckland Zoo. He was very

hungry.

Zoo 2.inl

Leo looked up and saw his

friend Ellie the Elephant

coming over to have a chat.

Zoo 2.inl

Ellie complained to Leo that the

Hyena family who had moved in

to the Zoo were keeping her

awake with their constant

laughing.

Zoo 2.inl

Build a story

Add your Wild animal. Add a text box and type in a story about what is happening. Duplicate that

slide and add your friends Wild animals and update the story. Repeat these steps until the

story is told.

Elerhino was walking in the woods minding her own business when…

Mamatrunk suddenly appeared from behind a bush.

Hi Elerhino! I

haven’t seen

you in a while!

How are the

spots?

Elerhino didn’t get on very well with Mamatrunk as she was always teasing here about her red spots.

Yeah hi! Got to

run as I am

meeting up

with Leolite,

and you know

how he gets if

you are late!

Publishing a Recount in Photo Story then saving it as a movie

Photostory

Comic Slideshow

How to play caps

FIRST YOU NEED TWO CAPS!

MINE IS THE GREEN ONE!

YOU FLICK ONE OF THE CAPS ONTO THE GROUND!

OUCH THIS IS GOING TO

HURT!

NOW YOUR OPPONENT TRIES TO HIT YOUR CAP WITH THEIRS.

I HOPE I WIN!

Who am I?

Read the description, guess the answer, click to see if you were right!

I have a hard shell. I am a herbivore.

I am brown. I carry my home with me!

I am a Tortoise.

Class Diary

Write about

•everyday events

•trips out of school

•visitors to school

•new children in the class

•world events that have happened that day.

16 May 2005

Today we went on a class trip to the top of Mount Eden. We could see Auckland City, the Harbour Bridge and the Sky Tower. We learnt that we were standing on a Volcano.

rt ideas

Stained Glass Art Take a photo of a student or scenery; use a photo filter or photo

effects on your photo editing software if it is available to turn the

photo into Stained Glass effect. Mac Users can do this in Word

from the Effects button on the Picture tool bar. Children can

recreate the Stained Glass effect using Black ink and Dye.

Photo Effects

Stained glass pictures

Autoshapes

Ctrl D to duplicate.

Hold the Shift key down when clicking and dragging a shape

to get a symmetrical shape.

Hold down the Ctrl key to move the shape in small increments

Group the objects to move them as one graphic (select them

all and go to Draw - Group.

Make a tessellation

Monet paintings Take photos of gardens or flowers.

Open up a photo editing programme and play around with the effects or if you are a Mac user

open up Word or PowerPoint 2001,X or 2004 insert the photo, click on Special Effects (or

Effects) in the Picture toolbar and choose an effect for your photo.

Print out the photos. Children paint a picture using the photo as their motivation. This is a great

way to stop children from thinking that everything they draw or paint has to be real looking.

Me and ME

Take a black-and-

white headshot of

each student,

Insert it onto a page.

Use the crop tool to

halve the picture.

Students draw the

other half of the

picture.

To make it easier

draw grid lines and

children only draw

what they see in

each grid.

Or import this picture into

Kidpix and finish the

drawing

Jazzed up Portraits

Take photos of individuals, head and shoulder or whole body.

Transform those individuals by importing the photos into KidPix or a Paint

programme.

Use the draw tools to transform the photo.

Distorted Faces Children take

a photo of

each other

and put into a

photo editing

programme

and change

the look of

the image.

Mac Users

can create

interesting

effects by

using Effects

button on the

Picture

Toolbar.

Windows

users can

use Photo

Editor in

Microsoft

Tools

Greeting Card

Take a photo of an individual piece of art work. Create a greeting card in Publisher,

The Print Shop or iPhoto

Tonal Drawings Take a photo of a scene or use the Macro

function on the camera to take close up shots.

Change it to Grayscale by clicking on the Colour

button in the Picture toolbar.

Click on Washout.

Children draw the picture using pencil or ink wash

to show tonal areas.

Artrage

Save the picture and then

Import into a drawing

programme like Artrage

or KidPix.

Using the Macro feature

Look for this symbol on your camera and take close up shots

MACRO

Disclosure

What do you think this is?

Take a super close up of an object with a video camera

or a camera and children make predictions of what it is.

Could show it as a SlideShow with the first slide being

the close up, the next slide could show a little more and

so on until the children discover what it is.

This could be an introduction to a new topic.