POST 5

So for another class we were assigned to mess around with the program Picasa.  I had heard of the program before but while playing around with it I discovered how awesome it is.  Within  ten minutes I had a mash up of photos I had taken throughout a span of a couple of years.  I thought that this would be a really cool program to use with your students in class.  It would be a super easy way for them to make posters or something topic related that you assigned in class.  It also would be a super fun assignment and would allow for a lot of creativity.  Also to go along with the assignment for this other class we were to post our creations on our blogs as well as a google picture website.  Its part of your gmail or google account and you can post pictures and stuff that you want and list the people you want specifically to see it or even make it available to the public.  I thought this would be a fantastic and easy way to assign something and have students post it on their goolge account or blog for you to grade.  This would reduce paper and printing hassles as well as lots of papers for you to grade as a teacher.  You would simply just sign on and check it out and give a grade.  Of course you would probably have to give the students computer lab time at school since not everyone has access to computer and the internet.  I think digital literacy is a super awesome thing and that as teachers we should make ourselves aware of all the possibilities it brings.  I think most lessons should be enhanced with some sort of digital literacy.