For this week, I had a lot of fun playing around with the editing software that was provided. As someone who is more creative, I found myself drifting to the sites that allowed for more fun designs as well as game like formats.

The two I used on these pictures above were Foldplay and BigHugelabs. They both included very inventive designs and formats I feel like would be easy to use for a teacher or librarian as a fun task for students.

Foldplay is mainly different formats and designs that are typically 3d models of whatever pictures the user inputs. They include origami crafts, diy books, or, like my example, a puzzle. The interface was easy to use that I feel like most people could get the hang of it. The only issue I had was sometimes finding pictures small enough to fit their formatting. I thought the different shaped puzzles were a cute idea so I chose a picture of the dome over the tomb of Napoleon since a history teacher could possibly use that as an activity and see who guesses the right location in a lesson about Napoleon while they give hints.

I used the trading card format from BigHugeLabs for my second image because I was immediately was drawn to it as a Pokemon card collector. The interface on this website was easy to pick up as well and they had many different options as well, including a jigsaw puzzle as well. I thought this trading card set would be fun to use in class since teachers could use them as almost study cards since they would include powers relating to actual facts of the historical figure as I did. Once they cover that unit, students could then play tournaments with them. I think that having fun in a classroom setting can have a lasting impact and will allow students to remember facts subconsciously by playing.

References

(2021). George Washington USA American. [Illustration].

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american-34252/?download

Mazilu, A. (2018).[Photograph]. Paris, France

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