Thing 9

I used FotoFlexer for editing because I had never used this one before.  Very cool and addicting.

I uploaded a photo from a trip and started using the tools.  Very user friendly, I didn't have to download anything and I didn't have to sign up for an account, all very important if I want to use this with students or teachers at school.  I can see lots of uses for this program at school, editing pictures for presentations, creating posters as projects on different topics, creating visual flash cards and images for studying.  I used a lot of the tools for editing and got a bit carried away, in the end I started over and used just a few tools for  my sample.  I was able to add text to the image, then I also used the poster tool which gave me more places to add text.  I added an animation in one corner and then added a screen shot of a google map of the location where the image was shot.  With the variety of tools I can see all sorts of uses, you can even save them as animated Gifs, great for presentations and web pages. 

Here is what I started with:

Here is my poster:

I decided to check out Picasa since I already use Flickr for my personal photos.  I think it great that it will use my existing blogger/gmail account and it already has my blog images in a separate album.  I like the controls on who can see the images and the ability to just share using a link: http://picasaweb.google.com/bluntkimberly/Trip?authkey=Gv1sRgCOXu3N-pq6WhzAE&feat=directlink

So then I had to try the slideshow feature:


I may have used this before but don't remember liking the features this well.  I can see students and teachers using this as an easy presentation tool for images.