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Class 2: Working with Public Domain Images

Working with Public Domain Images

Featured Image by Simon from Pixabay

Class Session

This class will lead off with a  discussion of our first class and assignment. Then we will focus on how to find public domain / copyright free image and how to add images to a WordPress post.

Finding Public Domain / Copyright free images

We will explore search techniques with a focus on finding public domain / copyright free content. For more information on public domain searches visit our Copyright Free Content page.

Featured Images in WordPress

Students will learn how to make a “Featured Image” for their WordPress posts. Then they will create one to add to last week’s post. A WordPress “Featured Image” should have a portrait format image. It appears in the top of the post and serves as an “icon” for the post on WordPress and social media.

Option: Students MAY add text “over” the featured post image using a variety of apps – Canva, Adobe Spark Post, or any other app like PowerPoint or Keynote that lets you add text over images and save as a JPG or PNG file.

  • 1. Click WP gear icon to open settings
  • 2. Click “Post” to change from block settings
  • 3. Drag in Featured image or select from Media libary
WordPress Image blocks

Students will be introduced to WordPress image block styles and how to work with each one.

Image, Cover and Media and Text use a single image.

Image compare uses two images

The other blocks use multiple images.

Assignment 2: Design Two Image-based Learning Activities | Image Activities 21A-2

We will use this assignment as a chance to practice our public domain search skills. It will also involve a bit of curation to decide which images to use. Plus we can explore ways to use images to support instruction.

Students should design a post that features at least two image-based learning activities. (they can be related – but don’t have to be).

Here’s some posts from last spring (but I did not assign the different image blocks).

Post guidelines:

  1. Students should use two different image blocks styles to design two short image-based learning activities.
  2. For example:  vocabulary, pre-reading activity, close reading of image, compare / contrast, continuity / change, activate prior knowledge etc.
  3. Context of lesson – target students (grade, course)
  4. Add an explanation for each activity that would help a student or another teacher would know what to do.
  5. All images should be in the public domain.
  6. All images should have an active hyperlink back to the source. (Always be sure to check your links.)
  7. Interesting title for the post
  8. Featured image for the post

Resources

What does an “Image Compare” look like? More on how to work with image compares.

1897 topographic map of Portland, OR compared to Google Maps

Search for Public Domain Image and add to WordPress Post

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    Class 2: Teaching in the Digital Era

    Teaching in the digital era

    This class will lead off with a  discussion of our first class and assignment. Next, Peter will do a short presentation: “Teaching in the Digital Era” It explores the skills we need to be “digitally literate in the modern world.”

    • Find, decode and critically evaluate information
    • Curate, store and responsibly share information
    Teaching in the Digital Era Handout / 5mb PDFDownload

    To hone our digital literacy skills, we will explore search techniques with a focus on finding public domain or Creative Commons licensed content. For more information on public domain searches visit our edtech Methods Toolkit / Digital Hygiene

    Peter will explain that students would be wise to start using some note taking tools assist them with digital storage and curation. He uses Evernote, but that’s recently become a paid-only app. Good free apps include Apple Notes,  Microsoft OneNote,  and Google Keep.  It’s best to find an app that works across all your devices.

    Assignment 2: Due Jan 27th / Completed work 19-a2

    We will use this assignment as a chance to practice our public domain search skills. It will also involve a bit of curation to decide which images to use. More on curation skills.

    Students should think of a brief learning activity that involves using at least three images. For example:  vocabulary, pre-reading activity, activate prior knowledge etc. (Don’t worry too much about activity – we’re mastering some WordPress skills) See sample post here.

    Use the images in a blog post that serves as a quick guide to how you might use these images in the activity. Be sure to include the images with citations and also have at least one featured image. (Could be one of the images or something different you made with Adobe Spark).

    Students should be sure to check that the images used are public domain or creative commons licensed. Include a hyperlink back to creator / source.

    ~ good digital hygiene

    Focusing your search using a search operator [site:loc.gov]

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    Assignment: Find, Curate, Store

    This assignment follows Class 2 – Jan 26: Digital literacy It will give us a chance to explore a few digital literacy skills – finding, curation,  storage and responsibly sharing non-copyright material.

    To hone our digital literacy skills, we will explore effective search techniques with a focus on finding public domain or Creative Commons licensed content: including images, video, and audio. For more information on public domain searches visit our edtech methods toolkit / Digital Hygiene

    We will incorporate some note taking tools to explore effective digital curation and storage.  I’ll suggest Microsoft OneNote, Evernote, or Google Keep. You may have another way to curate your collection.  This will allow us to also do a comparative analysis of these note taking tools.

    Students should be sure to record the content (image, text, video) the URL, source institution or archive, and check to be sure it is public domain or creative commons licensed for use.

    Here’s a sample image from Flickr showing where some of the information is located on a Flickr page.

    HOMEWORK- Due Feb 2

    Task 1: Now that you know how to find non- copyright images, students should find an image they like to illustrate their first post and update the post by adding a “Featured Image.” Here’s a video how to. 

    Task 2: Many of the titles for the first post were rather “bland.” Consider updating title – It doesn’t need to be total clickbait – “I turned on the document camera and you won’t believe what happened next.” But perhaps a bit more descriptive?

    Task 3: Working as individual (or in pairs) students should:

    1. Identify a topic to guide their source collection.
    2. Use a variety of search tools to locate at least ten public domain or Creative Commons sources related to that topic such as: text,  image, video or audio.
    3. Use one of the note taking tools (or other system) to collect the content – be sure to provide a hyperlink to the source institution or archive. The link should enable you to go back to the source material.

    Task 4: Write a blog post that explores what you learned in this exercise. (Two person teams can cross post the same content.) You might consider reflecting on the task, search, note keep apps or the larger question of the need to teach digital literacy. If your selected note taking tool allows for public sharing, then include a link to your collection.

    Featured image credit: 170/365: I can save myself… by Kit / Flickr

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    Class 2: Digital literacy

    This class will lead off with a review of our thinking on this pilot course design. We will gather our ideas using this shared Google Doc.

    Next, Peter will do a presentation “Teaching and Learning in a Digital World.” It explores the impact of new technologies and answers the question: Digital literacy handout 2.1 MB pdf

    “So what happens in schools, now that life’s become an open book test?” 

    We will explore the “new digital literacy:”

    • Find, decode and critically evaluate information
    • Curate, store and responsibly share information

    To hone our digital literacy skills, we will explore search techniques with a focus on finding public domain or Creative Commons licensed content: including images, video, and audio. For more information on public domain searches visit our edtech methods toolkit / Digital Hygiene

    We will incorporate some note taking tools to explore digital storage and curation – Microsoft OneNote, Evernote, Google Keep and Google Spaces. This will allow us to also do a comparative analysis of these note taking tools.

    Homework

    See assignment page – Find, Curate, Store