THIS IS A LINK TO ADOBE PAINTCAN
With PaintCan, anybody can paint. PaintCan
helps you paint beautiful artworks from your favorite photographs within minutes. Sure,
this is essentially cheating, and no one gets messy, but imagine using this tool
as an adjunct to your art history class, or some sort
of self-improvement/career enhancement
class. Adobe PaintCan takes your photos that
you have shot and helps add an artistic flair
to them.
As an example in art history, the
challenge can be to replicate and emulate or mimic some of the great painters
brush strokes. Adobe PaintCan offers varying styles of oil paint and brush sizes so that you can create your
own painting using your photos. Advanced level students can certainly
fool anyone into thinking the photo they took is a painting.
Another example is the idea of brushstrokes,
intensity and depth with which they are used
in painting. Adobe paint uses a preset of various paint styles so that the user can emulate such greats as Picasso, or VanGogh,
essentially painting in their style.
THIS IS A LINK TO INSTAGRAM:
Instagram
is an online photo-sharing and social
networking service. It enables users to take pictures and apply digital filters
to them and then share them on social networking sites. Instagram was launched in October 2010 by Kevin Systrom
and Mark Krieger. The service has been immensely popular with people
active on social networking. At present, Instagram has over 90 million users
worldwide. Instagram supports all Apple products like iPhone, iPad, iPod and
all camera phones having the Android operating system.
As an example in class, Instagram
can be used to assign homework, or assignments for your lessons. Instagram can offer opportunities for students to
share photos, apply filters, and make comments. Instagram is all about sharing
pictures, after all how long will you will you
be cherishing your beautiful memories with only yourself.
So what do we gain from sharing? The pictures we share increases our language skills, we interact, give feedback and much
more. Surely this App is more than what it looks.
Another example, in one class, I took a professor mentioned how he was a High School
instructor. He used Instagram to assign math
work. He also accepted assignments via Instagram using hashtags. He did various
hashtag rubric levels, Students who made a certain
grade were divided by their prospective hashtag. It was akin to the grading
system we know and love, but it was made modern by the use of hashtags.
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David - thank you for the introduction to PaintCan! This is a fun app that can be very educational. I could see this being combined with your other suggested app, Instagram. Art and photography classes are obvious applications for both of these apps. I love the suggestions on the Instagram graphic for other education ideas.
ReplyDeleteDavid loved the PaintCan! I can see an application in an adult learning classroom for emerging artists and marketing and branding personnel. It seems like a great way of creating art for the laymen
ReplyDeleteI like your idea of using Instagram for sharing photos. Your idea evoked my thinking about our field trip. One of the activities of our field trip to the Seattle International district is a scavenger hunt. This activity requires each small group to find a street’s name in Chinese, Chinese herbs in Chinese herb stores, and Chinese movie CDs. The winner is awarded to the group that finds the most items or all the items on the list, as well as the fastest within the time frame. I can think of using Instagram to have the students report their findings. When they did report in the past, I met the students in a designated area and they then showed me the photos and check list to prove that they had found the right information. Using Instagram can definitely save time with regard to reporting.
ReplyDeleteWow! This is a really cool example of how to use Instagram in the classroom. I can see this as an effective mechanism for student engagement. I had never heard of PaintCan. Thank you much for introducing us to it.
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