Deke McClelland 's 101 photoshop tips

One of the benefits of having a platform on the web is you can park things you want to use! I want to get better at photoshop.

Embedding Google maps

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Classroom idea Here is a little idea that could add interest- embed a Google Map in your wiki of project instructions. If you are studying Chinua Achebe maybe a simple Google map of Nigeria with satellite image . Just look for "link to page" in top right corner of Google maps. Thanks to Joyce Valenza for this idea. Here I show two Butte Montana institutions - Pork Chop John Sandwhich Shops. Don't leave Butte without trying them! The one marked A is more authentic!

Glogster

Glogster http://www.glogster.com/ is a web tool that lets you create a bulletin board style web poster. This tool lets you embed videos and sound.

Here is one work in progress
Classroom idea: This would be an option for almost any poster project. I like the idea of picking and choosing the right images and text to convey a message.

Zoho Notebook

Zoho Notebook

http://notebook.zoho.com/nb/login.jsp?serviceurl=%2Fnb%2Findex.do

Lots of possibilities here for online notetaking, but I like this idea from Digital Inspiration.

Classroom Idea - Create a pathfinder with notes for a class project.

Have students display note taking skills, or use this to have them justify their online source choices.

wordle

I have a fascination with word clouds
Here is another tool for creating them
Wordle http://wordle.net/

Classroom idea:
1.Examine well known literature visually

2. Have students enter two newspaper articles on same subject and contrast and compare.

3. Language learners might see patterns in word use.