Friday, November 21st, 2008
Why use an image generator?
To create an engaging message that people want to read.
And do this easily!
Thing 15 - you need to use an image generator and create an image to describe your progress with the 23 Things so far.
Then upload the image you created to your blog.
For inspiration - have a look at some of the images created by the original Learning 2.0 particpants at PLCMC.
To do this you can start with the Generator Blog which has links to masses of Image Generators, or just Google “image generators” and have a play with what you find.
Once you have created your Image- most services will give you either of two options:
- to right click and save the image somewhere - eg. your H drive, then upload this image to your Blog like you would with a photo
- to have it hosted on their site - they will have instructions on how to get the html or embed code and you will need to copy this and paste it into your blog using the “Edit html” tab
Note: you will need to remote desktop if you wish to save the image you have created to your H drive
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
Week 6
Join Flickr, then upload the image you used in Thing 13.
Why? To share images online
1. CREATE AN ACCOUNT
Go to Flickr
Select “Create Your Account”
If you are not already a member of Yahoo!, then select “Sign up” at the bottom of the “Sign into Yahoo!” screen and join Yahoo! Enter the required data and select “Create my Account”
When you have successfully signed up, you will see a screen that asks “Ready to experience Flickr?”. Select Continue
Select “Create a new account”.
2. UPLOAD PHOTOS
Select “Upload your first photo”
Step 1. Use the Browse button to immediately browse to the files on your PC.
Double click on the image you want, then select “Upload“.
3. DESCRIBE
Select “Describe your photos”
Add a title, description and some tags.
Separate each tag with a space: cameraphone urban moblog. Or to join 2 words together in one tag, use double quotes: “daily commute”.
Select “Save”
If you want more from Flickr!
You can explore the Flickr toolbox - Flickr Toolbox: 100+ Tools for Flickr addicts
Here you can do things like play around with your background, screen saver and desktop images, get RSS feeds of your friends photos as they add new ones, and get tools that can help you manage your flickr accounts, photos and uploads better.
It also has lots of fun things!
Put comic book word balloons onto your photos, play Hamster Sudoku, make a calendar out of your photos, or play Hangman.
For the truly bizarre - go to the Internet inferno and scroll through Dante’s levels of hell and find pictures that match each level!
You can explore what other Libraries are doing in Flickr!
Libraries Australia and Picture Australia
Picture Australia is working with a Flickr group to get contemporary images of Australia and to get the Australian Public to Re-Picture Australia
You can see photos uploaded to Flickr from the Picture Australia collection - by searching in Flickr for Picture Australia under groups. There are two main groups - Our Town and People, places and events.
Cambridge Libraries in their Flickr photostream have a great photo of their Let it snow book display which is very clever - as each book jacket in the photo links back to that book title in their OPAC!
See where delegates at the ALIA National Library & Information Technicians Conference in 2007 think Australian Libraries will be at in 2017!
Explore what other Libraries are doing with the 365 Library Days Project
Murdoch Uni Library has been contributing to this project - to see the photos we have contributed so far you can look at our photostream
If you want to add to our photos there are instructions on the Common drive - LET - 365 Libs
What’s interesting is to see the photos from before our renovations!
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