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Image Search and Usage Rights

1/13/2016

source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/audiolucistore/11046688556

One of the great advantages of using the internet is the ease of finding images for exactly what we need, when we need them. Google provides filtering techniques to simplify your search and the ability to check if you have the right to reuse or modify the image you have found.

One of the fun things you can do when you search for an image is to filter your search by color. I love to share this Google Slam that shows an older version of the Google search engine, but it gives you a good idea of what is possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTO6X9vhzQM

The look of the search screen may be different, but the filters are essentially the same. It is easy to search by, size, color, type, time, usage rights and to choose to display the size of the images.

The usage rights drop down helps you find images that are licensed for reuse or not licensed at all. It is easy to see that in the search above, that the filter included blue disco ball images labeled for reuse.

Cite the Source!
It is important to always remember to cite the source of any image used, even if you have the right to reuse it. The accepted format is to include the link for the image, below or nearby the image to allow a reader to go directly to the source of the image.

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Tell All About it with Tellagami

1/12/2016

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The Tellagami app (free or EDU) is a fun, quick way for students to share what they know. One of the things I like about Tellagami is the ease of use and that it is so versatile.

What is it:

Tellagami allows the user to quickly and easily design an avatar (male or female), pick a background, and to either record themselves speaking or to use the text to speech function. The free version allows for 30 second recordings and the EDU version has a 90 second limit.

Why it is so powerful

Students of all ages can easily use this app. As can be seen in the images above, by changing the background image an avatar can be placed in a setting and then share their knowledge of the topic. In the above example the student could be sharing information about child labor at the turn of the century.

But there’s more . . .

One of the most powerful components is the ease of exporting the gamis (the end product) to iMovie and stringing the clips together to make one movie. For example, students could make a report on a topic in Social Studies, such as child labor, by creating several gamis and putting them in iMovie they could easily create a narrated movie on their topic, here is an example using iMovie or click on the video below. What is so great about this concept is that students can focus on the content and not get bogged down in the editing of the movie. This example is a rough cut, but you can get the idea of what is possible.

What will you have students tell the world with Tellagami?

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Uses

Demonstrating Knowledge on any topic under study - see Child Labor example above.
Practicing vocabulary in any LANGUAGE see this example -
Explaining how to something works
Narrating a story, here is an example
Describing a scene or picture - see the World War I Propaganda poster analysis example here.
Narrating a project they have made. Here are first graders describing animals that hibernate and their habitat.
Reporting - Animal reports here is an example and here is another.
Biography - here is a president report and another one here that also uses another app called Yakit
A Shape Walk for younger students -here is an example
Explain a Science Concept -look here
Reading Fluency: example here

How to:

Telegami- screencasts:
1. 5 Mins of Tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2obuptInlQg
2. With an Ausie Accent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4u53Z6K8i0
App Smashing screencast: how to use a greenscreen w/Telagami: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR3irxmj-w0

Sources for examples
http://www.craigbadura.com/2013/10/tellagami-in-classroom.html
http://ouripadclass.blogspot.com/2013/12/the-one-where-we-app-smash-our-reading.html

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