Sandbox #2
Creative Commons Play
Throughout my first year as being a library instructional assistant (to no one but myself), I created many monthly displays for our school library. I remember asking a computer science teacher if she could print some images in color that I found for my display. She was more than willing, but did make a comment that Mrs. Hines wouldn’t be as willing due to copyright. At that point, I should have inquired more, but I just kept on developing my display. Next year, I will be sure to give credit where credit is due and make sure the images I use are within the Creative Commons. Above is an image of Martin Luther King, Jr. that I will be able to use for the Black History month display.
I love colors in this yarn photo by Margarida Afonso, it lends itself to play. I uploaded the image to foldplay,http://foldplay.com/polyPuzzle.action and created a puzzle from her image. This tool could be used in the classroom for class projects, in computer design courses, book reports, or just for fun.
I enjoyed creating a collage in piZap. I could definitely spend all day touring around this website. Trying to resize the photos was a bit frustrating in this tool, I am assuming the piZap Pro probably allows more customization. piZap has many tools for editing your photos for social media and blogs.
The Pixlr website was inviting, but not as intuitive to me. I would need to spend copious time familiarizing myself with it’s editor and templates to feel comfortable using this website and it’s tools. I am sure that my 15 year old son could zoom around and create some amazing creations, I would just need some time.
I also experimented with tuxbi, originally I was put off by the website, but wow, it turned out to be a fun generator. I could see using their tools to make certificates, title pages, and playing with images for school reports. Tuxbi also has a mock newspaper generator that would be great for book reports or projects for students. I’m excited to have this in my toolbox.