NE Learning #40 - Sept. Aviary and Pixlr

 

original picture taken at Cabela's

School mascot is a bobcat.  I started with this image at Pixir.com and transformed into the following:

On this image I used the Hope filter.

On this image, I used the

Art poster filter- settings:  amount 126  color 283

This is my favorite.  I used the

Kaleidoscope filter  size: 47  Horizonal: 12  Vertical: 50

When I worked on the Aviary.com site I did have some issues exporting the images, kept getting error messages. I took a screen shot of them and saved in Preview. 

I used this image of our school that I shot several years ago and use as a desktop on the school computers. I do like the fact that you can use basic keystrokes to cut, copy, paste, undo, etc. 

Filter: Pointinize

Filter Metal glow

Filter: Erode

Peacock Filter  : 

Effects: canny

Effects: Quilted

Effects: Spiral

At first it is hard to get the hang of getting the two boxes connected.  It certainly is different.  Gives more effects than some programs.  Can spend a lot of time exploring this site.

I liked the Pixir website better.  I can see using this with my students since I didn't run into problems exporting.  Aviary does give you give more options, but is a little more complicated. Students could create an altered picture and then use it to create posters, write a story, or use as part of a project.

Thing #38: Use Things to Market Your Library

After Reading Seven Strategies for Marketing in a Web 2.0 World, I decided to create a Facebook page for my school library.  It is something that I had been thinking about trying anyway.  I had created a Facebook account for myself earlier, just to see what it was like.  Hard to teach students how to be safe on Facebook if I'm not sure about what to expect.

I'm hoping that the school Facebook page will be a place that mainly parents, students (they have accounts anyway), as well as the community can go to find out about what is going on in the library (once school starts again), schedules, new books, etc.  I'm hoping to get the students interested in quick reviews of books that they are reading for others or suggestions that they would like to see available in the library.  

I'm just concerned about monitoring comments that may be inappropriate and the time involved.  This could be very time consuming especially when I'm also the webmaster for the school.  I

Search for Beals School Library 

7 and 1/2 lifelong learning habits reflection

Good steps to follow to get any objective/task done.  The easiest habit for me to follow will be number 7 (Teach/mentor other).  This is one of the reasons that I can trying this out.  I want my students to benefit from the information that I learn about web 2.0.   The hardest one will be to find the time that I would like to play with all the new information ideas/tips.