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When I first read this assignment I wasn't sure I was going to like it, but then I clicked on the Big Huge Lab masher and fell in love with it. As I wrote in one of my previous blogs, I absolutely love pictures and I love to make scrapbooks and collages. This masher is the greatest tool ever invented. Although I love to scrapbook and make other art work from my photos, I'm awful at it. This application allows me to mesh any photo together is several ways and then lets me share it! I'm from Jersey so being this far from home is difficult, especially when I want to share things with my family and friends. Now I can do it in a unique way!
Now I understand why we warned that it could be habit forming, I could spend days on Big Huge Lab without even noticing how much time has passed. I truly think that this website is essential for anyone who loves photos and loves to be creative with them. I only posted two mosaic, I needed to stop myself. I chose my Bella Girl (who we had to put to sleep a month ago) and my wedding. Two very important pieces of my life. I wanted to share them with everyone (especially Bella Girl).
I plan to be a high school English teacher and I could definitely incorporate this site into my lesson, especially if I am teaching a creative writing class. Big Huge Labs allows you to mesh any pictures you want from anywhere. So if we are reading the book, "To Kill a Mockingbird," I can have them to a few things:
- find pictures on the web that depict certain scenes in the book
- take their own pictures that express how they feel about the book
- combine the two ways
- creative freedom
I am a little weary of sharing photos online because people can manipulate them in any way they want to and that can be dangerous for the person who the photo belongs to. Which is why when I upload an album to Facebook I only allow friends to see, but I'm sure even then someone can figure out how to get to my pictures. If I were to use this application in the classroom setting I would do my best to keep the students in a safe setting, but the problem with the internet and posting things, is that it never really is 100% safe. Even if I had them upload the pictures to website I'm going to have them use (www.classpress.com it's the website I gave my presentation on. It is very similar to D2L).
Projects like this, whether for my personal use or for my class, have to be approached caustiously and responsibly. However, I do still beleive that it is a great tool to use in both settings and should be taken advantage of.
Your mosaics came out gorgeous. Your wedding pictures put together look really great. I can also notice that that you really loved your dog. Your right it really is addicting. I can relate being away from home and I will also use this tool to share photos with parents back home.I tried doing the mosaic with my computer, but for some reason it would never work. My lap top is old so that may have been the problem.I ended using the puzzle instead. I still enjoyed the creative ways that mashups can change any image and I would use it for my future classes.
ReplyDeleteI'm always having trouble with some of the apps, so don't worry about it. I loved these assignments because it allowed some creative freedom which is always nice :0)
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