Make a Poster!

Last week, Jamie and I were brainstorming ways that we could create a poster size picture from an image saved on a computer.  As we were investigating this idea, I stumbled upon a website called Block Poster, http://www.blockposters.com/

The website allows you to upload an image from your computer and then enlarge it to poster size.  You can make an image up to 5 sheets wide, 108 cm x 154 cm for free.  Or, you can make a larger image, up to 10 sheets wide for a $5 fee, payable by credit card or PayPal.  This is a great service for making posters for your classroom or for exploring the Zoom In protocol from Making Thinking Visible.  You will see a great example of this from Jamie in the hallway walls near the library this week.

Where Do I Find Appropriate, Fair Use Photos??

Students are turning to the internet machine for so many things.  They are researching topics of inquiry and producing products that allow them to easily insert pictures and sounds to support their demonstration of learning.  Where do they turn for appropriate content that is also 'fair use?'  This article from the ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) has some great ideas and resources including:

• Pics4Learning
• Flickr CC
• Flickr Storm
• Soundzabound (for royalty - free music)

As we know, even with filters in place, it isn't safe to ask students to just 'Google' it, especially when searching images.  But the article makes the case that we should also be good examples of finding images that are legal to use and are appropriately cited. 

There are two other articles referenced in the comments section.  One with further resources here.   And another that has a great explanation on Creative Commons  here.

Article and photo:  https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=265&category=In-the-classroom&article=Find%20free%20and%20fair%20use%20photos&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=rsehare&utm_campaign=EdTekHub