Spotlight on the 2002
SIG/Tel Online
Award Winners
| Awards of Special Merit—"The Cyber Golden
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Pics4Learning
Chris
Carey
Vickie Lilly,
David Wagner, Melinda Kolk, Rodger Cook, Dallas Jones and
Carolyn Keeney
Target Audience: K–16
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Educational
Design Studio
(A non-profit designed for the purpose of helping teachers share good
things
they are doing.)
P.O. Box 604
Plymouth, FL 32768-0604
careyc@ocps.net
www.pics4learning.com
407.317.3200, ext. 2514
Project
Summary
Pics4Learning is designed to give educators and students digital
image resources
free of charge for educational use. Need a picture for a project?
Check out
Pics4Learning. This is a website that was started totally because kids
and teachers
need pictures for projects and classroom explanations. No alternative
motive.
Just sharing. Netscape nominated the original website for a Computer
World Smithsonian
award that was received in 1997. Since that time a corporate sponsor
hosts the
site on their server and maintains the project with help from
educators around
the country. Pics4Learning solves many copyright problems for teachers
through
their usage policy. Individuals like you and I can upload images to
the collection.
When we do we are giving permission for teachers and students to use
the images.
The person who owns the image still maintains the copyright. The
current collection
contains over 11,000 images and the quality just keeps getting better
everyday.
Recently several professional photographers have been making
contributions to
the collection. It is very exciting to see professional photographers
willing
to share their livelihood with students and teachers. Pics4Learning is
a great
way to get teachers to begin using technology in the classroom. Low
stress,
low risk and lots of directions. To help educators see the value in
the picture
collection and discover ways to use it with students a series of
lesson plans
have been provided, once again free. All the lesson plans were written
by teachers
and use the pictures from the Pics4Learning collection. Just about all
the resources
you need to replicate the lessons are on hand by just visiting the
website.
Current lesson categories include math, science, language arts and
social studies.
If a teacher has a lesson they would like to submit they can do so and
get a
free copy of the image editing software ImageBlender for their
efforts.
Objectives
- To provide a philanthropic avenue for sharing digital imagery
globally
between educators, students and community members.
- To provide lesson plans to help educators in understanding the
power of
using digital imagery in the classroom.
- To provide digital imaging software to teachers willing to share
digital
imaging lesson plans.
Necessary
Telecommunications Resources
Internet access and a computer capable of downloading and viewing
digital images.
Some lesson plans require the use of general software.
Curriculum Area(s)
Involved
Any and all.
Grade Level(s)
Targeted
Any and all.
Planning Requirements
& Procedures
Dependent on the teacher's use of the website.
Print Materials
Needed
None.
Class Management
Strategies/Required
Activities
Depending on the activity the teacher selects to do students or
teacher can
search the website for appropriate images.
Suggested Class Time
& Project
Duration
Variable depending on how the teacher plans to use the digital images
with
students.
Method(s) for Evaluating
Student
Achievement of Objectives
Lesson plans are provided on the website that were created by
educators.
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