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Capturing displays using Photosynth

April 8, 2011 - Technology - By: Chris

Turns out Photosynth is pretty good at recording large displays that are too big to get on one image.

Poetry and Photostories – Evaluative Case Study

February 2, 2010 - Uncategorized - By: Chris

Pic: Hallam Cascade by shanerounce CC on FlickrThe first semester of my MSc is now complete. The final assignment was an evaluative case study on a project using photostories as a way of helping Year 11 students develop their skills in analysing poetry. I’ve posted the document and comments are welcome.

Digital Photography in York

October 14, 2009 - Uncategorized - By: Chris

Pic: York MinsterI was invited last week to support a creative session at the Sheffield Primary Headteachers’ Conference in York on digital imaging. It was run by Rob Walker from Playing for Success with me tagging along and throwing in my tuppence-worth.

I thought I’d share the results with you.

VuVox – Multimedia collage creator

August 13, 2009 - Site of the Week - By: Chris

Pic: vuvox logoHave been having a bit of fun with VuVox today. It’s a nifty wee tool for making a collage of images, videos and music presented in a scolling format.

Keeping it Simple!

February 2, 2009 - Site of the Week - By: Chris

Pic: Image by Karen Biggs - Flickr CCI want to introduce you to 2 web tools which I think are the absolute business…but I’m not going to tell you what they do yet…

Royalty Free Images

September 17, 2008 - Uncategorized - By: Chris

Here’s another link… for finding sites that offer reasonable royalty-free images.
Some of the recommended sites require you to sign up. Always check the terms and conditions. Always read the label. Never feed after midnight and never bring them into