As you can see, these images are very different to the originals! And the options on Picnik were vast! Unfortunately a lot were restricted to those who paid, but it was a reasonable membership fee ( I even considered joining). What you get for free, however, is a quality website that allows you to upload photos and edit them using extremely simplistic and easy to operate tools. It was so user friendly that I was even creating using the "advanced" option by the end. You could probably even guess what order I edited these photos in - I was certainly a lot more confident by the third! The site was fast to load and offered some great options. But was it educational? Or could it be used in a way that was? I see its potential existing for lower grade levels and high school English, art and even drama. Photographs can convey many messages, sometimes hidden. If students wanted to create something relating to a theme I think this would be a great place to start. I really surprised myself by seeing value in this activity, especially seeing how damn time consuming it was!
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