January+19,+2007

Notes from January TIG Meeting:

**Christmas goodies:**
Charlie shared the iPaq

Tonya shared her Wii and some of us had fun playing tennis

We discussed options for using the iPod in a car: fm modulator casette adaptor

Tammy shared that most American airplanes have power adapters, but not in all seats -- go to www.seatguru.com to see where they are. To read more go to Tammy's website: [|http://www.tammyworcester.com] and go to the Odds & Ends area.

MP3 players - UltraHydra 1 gig with voice recorder and fm radio - Scandisk - 1 gig with voice recorder and fm radio

Sites for FREE audiobooks http://librivox.org/ http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:The_Audio_Books_Project http://soundportraits.org/ http://storynory.com http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.com/ http://www.karaditales.com/ http://www.bmw-audiobooks.com/ http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php http://www.fox.com/foxcast/

Places to buy "toys" www.quill.com www.eforceit.com www.handhelditems.com

Microphone - usb microphone - snowball - www.sweetwater.com

- teachers recording class and podcasting for absent students and / or for review for tests

Headphones - Sony noise cancelling earbuds

**Announcements:**
Student technology fair in Manhattan - Kansas Student Leadership Competition - April 11 - http://www.taken.org/kstl/

May 31 & June 1 - Thursday & Friday - ESSDACK Conference in Wichita at Old Town - Free to ESSDACK member schools - Vendor reception on Thursday afternoon

Summer MACE - Bonner Springs - July 26 & 27

**Digital Photography Projects**
presented by Smoke

[|http://www.outsidemywindow.org] - create own stamps - postcard projects - looking for volunteers to organize a valentine exchange - Becky and Shannon??? - if interested in having kids involved, let Becky know

Project idea: - students use TuxPaint to draw - use Publisher or Word to create greeting card using their drawing - design stamp - join exchange and send cards

Adobe Digital Kids Club - http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/ - scan doily and put picture in center

http://www.olejarz.com/arted/imaging03/index.html Digital picture ideas from Harold Olejarz, Art teacher (Photoshop Elements and Photoshop ideas)

Diorama - students take picture of self; print; cut and put into diorama or other 3 dimensional scenes http://drscavanaugh.org/digitalcamera/diorama/diorama_panorama.htm

Art project - take picture of kids doing different actions (swinging) - print; cut out; students draw the appropriate background and props (swingset)

Parts of speech - kids take pictures of all eight parts of speech - print and then categorize - it's a car -- no, it's red!

Kodak -http://www.kodak.com/eknec/PageQuerier.jhtml?pq-path=9998/9933&pq-locale=en_US - kids pictures on magnets -- use to build graphs - pictures for sequencing (for younger kids)

Education World list of ideas - http://www.education-world.com/a_tech/tech/tech148.shtml - pictures of shapes for tessellations, symmetry, etc

Canon - http://www.canonprintplanet.com/kids.shtml - Template for Photo crafts to use in the classroom

Tuanua shared: - student-created pictures - collage using Picassa and PowerPoint - put pictures in WordArt

Cindi shared: - Have students create their own "Find 5 things that are different" between two pictures

Poetry with digital photography - self portrait poem with pictures - my hair is blonde like the sand... - my hands are like a .... - my eyes are like a ... - my expression is like...

Jon shared: - Photography students created collage that tells a story - Students trade collages - Partner writes story based on the collage - Did the picture and the writings tell the same story???

Jaye: - Take pictures of mechanical process so students can review

- Teachers take pictures of buletin boards so they can redo the next year

- Take freeze-frame pictures that retell a story such as Little Red Riding Hood

Management ideas:

- Mobile digital camera lab

- All teachers have own memory card, reader, and battery to make it easier to share cameras

Picassa - Take photo of students - Tint photos and save in four colors - Put together into Andy Warhol - type picture

Color printer issues - money for ink cartridges - work with PTAs - teach parents the skills - parents can help in the classroom and can organize the fundraiser - Christmas Cards - Valentine's Day - Grandparent's Day - do fundrasing make-it-take-it night - use proceeds to buy ink and supplies for classroom

Judy: - Your favorite color - Students take camera home and take pictures of things of their favorite color - Students crop and add borders and practice editing - Posted on website

Free image tools vs. Photoshop? - most are using free at elementary level - high school specific classes (photography,journalism, etc.) classes use Photoshop

Jalbum - http://jalbum.net/ - download and install - choose image folder - make choices for appearance, background, style, etc. - click "Make album" - creates html page!

Picassa Web Albums - need a Google login - Select folder - Click "Web Album" button - choose whether you want it to be listed or not - automatically converts to proper size - can share album - will send email with link - viewers can view without a google login - can add a caption - can order prints

Dean: the Gimp 2.2 - http://www.gimp.org/ - photo editing tools similar to PhotoShop - online tutorials

Dwayne: PhotoStory - for PC only