Working with Images using Powerpoint - Digital Tool #2

During the Week 4 MeL lecture we learnt how to combine two photos together to create a totally different photo. Using Powerpoint! This was a shock to me because I had only ever known Powerpoint to be a tool that you would use for presenting information. But using the program for editing pictures to make a whole new picture was so much fun and so simple! Simple enough for a computer novice to use and simple enough for a younger prep student to use too!

Lego men walking on water!

This is just one example that took no more than 5 minutes to create. Students could use this program in any curriculum area to enhance creativity and it could be used to promote the use of ICT's in the classroom. This would be the perfect program to encourage those students who  might not neccessarily like using technology as it is fun and easy to use.

This program has a lot of pluses and interesting features and hard to fault. I do not have any hesitation in using this in the classroom. Part of that may be due to the fact that I already know how to use it. Just goes to prove that when you know how to use something and use it well you are more likely to implement the use of it in the classroom.

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All photos used have been taking by Shelley Kerr. (c) Shelley Kerr 2012