My Inspiration Map

Scavenger Hunt

In class this week, we completed a scavenger hunt.  We were given a list of shapes and a digital camera and sent out on campus to take pictures that captured these shapes.  Our group then uploaded the photos to Picasa, edited them using Picnik, and each created a slideshow using Google presentation.  Below is the finished presentation, "Shapes at UT."
This gave me an opportunity to use three new tools.  I liked Google presentation, as it was very similar to something like powerpoint and easy to use.  It also has the advantage that it saves all your work online.  Picnik was an easy tool to edit photos, although many of the editing tools were not available for free.  Picasa is a great way to organize and share photos without having to attach each photo individually to an e-mail or upload photos so everyone can see them.  I think I would probably use these tools again.

Digital Collection

This assignment was my first introduction to the online photo sharing program, Picasa.  Picasa was simple to use and quick to upload photos.  It allowed you to edit photos (with Picnik) with just one click, as well as create slideshows and share the albums with friends.
For this assignment, I collected photos from five different sources:  digital camera, scanner, CD collection, online photo, and screenshot.  I had used pictures from all of these sources before (although I hadn't used a picture from a CD collection in a LONG time!).  This project did help me figure out how to configure pictures for best internet usage however by editing size and resolution.  This was a helpful review for using pictures in any of my future technology projects.