I have small, self taught experiences that revolve around photo editing. It's an entertaining creative task to manipulate an image or more and turn it into something completely new.
I hadn't really thought of applying my own limited expertise of the medium to the classroom until I came across the blog of Kelly Walsh, an information and technology expert from The College of Westchester.
In one post he focuses on a variety of FREE internet based or downloadable photo editing programs. Not only does he offer some ideas for how to incorporate the technology in the classroom and teaching he also includes a YouTube video that he created to model the functions of 5 different sites' programs.
It's nice to know there are other options out there that can make photo editing feel less coveted - since full editing software tends to run at prices in the hundreds (and even thousands -whaaaaat?!??!?!??).
Using photo editing in the classroom could open up another creative outlet to prove understanding from subject matter (pictures for writing and projects, timelines, collages, poster, build scenes or characters out of a variety of pictures, etc.)
It may also be fun for teachers to change photographs for teaching purposes. To develop oral language students may describe the changes made to a photograph. You could talk about different moods photos may give based on how they are edited.
It's also just fun.
I remember in high school my physics teacher maintained a website for different class information we could access. A special link he added was titled "Morph Mr. P". When clicked you were taken to a site with a picture of Mr. P that you could stretch pinch and pull to turn into some other version of our science teacher.
So, if nothing else, free photo editing may at least be good for a laugh :)
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