Sally Ride Gliffy

Assignment Title:  Sally Ride Gliffy
Uses in the Classroom:   When we study organisms, students always seem to have a hard time organizing and understanding all the different parts such as archea, bacteria, and protists along with their characteristics.  I would use this to help the students organize each part.
Students will classify the essential details using their textbook and online resources to create a diagram independently.
Issues to Consider: Some students may have a hard time organizing this information independently.  It may be helpful to start one part of it to give them an example of how to use it and make it effective.
Also, some students with needs may need to map it out on paper and get an idea of what they are going to do before putting it on Gliffy.
Copyright:  The websites I used for information and pictures are:
CNN, NASA, Biography.com and Time

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/23/us/sally-ride-dead/index.html

http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_2533.html#.Up_VmcRm84k

http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/ride_gallery/

http://www.biography.com/people/sally-ride-9458284

http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2120274,00.html

Image Editing

Assignment Title:  Image Editing (Climate Regions)

Uses in the Classroom:  In the past, I've had students do a group project where they research a specific climate region and discover different aspects of the temperature, climate, and interesting facts to present.  I could use Photoshop to create (under Creative Commons) a copy of a picture of the landscape from the area they are studying and alter the image in some fashion (maybe making the picture look old, as if it were taken with an old camera).

Also, using a GIF file and having students make their own animation to put on a map of the world, creating links to their presentations is another way to incorporate image editing.

Students will create and change pictures from multiple points of view using creative commons websites to make a presentation on a climate region in small groups.

Issues to Consider:  Groups would have to be smaller, and you could always use more than one location within a climate region.  Students would also need to understand copyright laws and how to properly source their information.

Copyright:  The GIF image was created using a trial version of Photoshop.