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Images that Inspire Storytelling & Writing

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Using visuals to create and support stories is a skill we should encourage and nurture in our students . It should be obvious by now that I consider storytelling an integral part of a teacher’s toolbox. You can read about the Need for Storytelling and Why Storytelling Can/Should Be Anywhere/Everywhere and will understand why storytelling [...]

Filed under: 21st Century Skills, Digital Images, Digital Storytelling, Global Awareness, Images, Literacy, Storytelling, Travel

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Education & Learning Quotes

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

I enjoy creative images, creating visuals from ideas and connecting quotes to a visual representation.
When I found Famous Quotes: Educational Quotes for the 21st Century- Quotes to “Re-Imagine” Schools for the 21st Century, it literally begged me to “Re-Image” these quotes.
You can find them on a Quotes Set on my Flickr account. They are all [...]

Filed under: Images, Quotes

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PhotoPeach- A New Animoto-Type Tool?

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

I checked out PhotoPeach.
Our idea is to help users tell better stories online using photos. Our inspiration for this service came from enjoying sharing photos with friends in real life.
You can create a rich slideshow in seconds to engage your friends or family in a natural way. This is done by allowing two-way commenting right [...]

Filed under: Digital Storytelling, Images, Storytelling, Web-based Tools

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Screen Capturing Tools

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

I have briefly highlighted a few screen capturing tools and keyboard shortcuts on Langwitches before. Here is a quick run down, links to original posts or links to the software website:

Windows Keyboard Shortcut

Capturing the entire desktop: Use the Print Screen button on your keyboard to place the image on your clipboard, then past (CTRL+V) the [...]

Filed under: Blogging, Digital Images, Images, Links, Lists, Reviews

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The Autumn Witch

Monday, March 17th, 2008

the autumn witch
Originally uploaded by Lars van de Goor

I am ready to leave for a short visit to my mother in Buenos Aires. Spring is in the air in Florida (Northern Hemisphere) and I am flying towards similar weather conditions in Argentina (Southern Hemisphere) where fall is about to start.
I found this amazing [...]

Filed under: Images, Personal

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Image Editing Tools

Saturday, March 1st, 2008

My father gave me my first version of Adobe PhotoShop in 1993 and I was hooked with image editing.
The online web-based image editing sites and tools have been exploding in the last few months. It seems that every few days, I can add another cool tool to my growing number of options when I want [...]

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Filed under: Images, Lists, Tools

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