[Maced] Sharing photos in schools

[David Burke]

I've discovered that the Groups folder can be quite tedious for kids  
searching for either a specific photo or even just a picture of  
themselves. The only thing that I don't like about photo albums in  
iWeb, is that you can't drag and drop the thumbnail, instead having to  
click and open the picture. Causes initial confusion for some kids.  
Was made even worse in iWeb '08.

David Burke
Moss Vale PS
Corrimal East PS
Mob: 0437 965 418
http://web.mac.com/daveburke82



On 18/03/2008, at 8:31 PM, SMITH, GARETH wrote:

> I've used the groups folder, I found it easy and it kept the same  
> structure that the kids were getting use to,ie folders for certain  
> events. I found this good for bulk photos and the kids could always  
> find photos of themselves somewhere. It was also really easy for me,  
> create folder and dump, and i think other teachers would be able to  
> do this. The intranet, gallerie and iweb are great for presenting  
> the photos, but have also used some flash creations I've found on  
> the web at different times. Again I think it depends on the purpose.  
> I've also started to muck with flash but it's a pretty steep  
> learning curve, but offers some great opportunities for presenting  
> the photos.
>
> Gareth
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: maced-bounces at zeus.as.edu.au on behalf of Dave Hounsell
> Sent: Tue 18/03/2008 7:18 PM
> To: Macs in Education
> Subject: Re: [Maced] Sharing photos in schools
>
> As well as setting up a central photo repository (FYI we just use a  
> shared folder in the Groups folder) for teachers, I think it's  
> really important to have their own photo collections in their home  
> directories, for use with KidPix, PowerPoint/Keynote, iWeb, Comic  
> Life etc.
> Also, access to lots of cheap digital cameras really promotes  
> ownership of the process.
> With little kids, Macs are so far ahead of windows in terms of  
> digital photo integration into apps, it's like comparing a Honda  
> Accord Euro with a Morris Marina!
>
> Cheers
>
> Dave
>
> Warren McCullough <warren at wazmac.com> wrote: Hi all,
>
> I am interested to hear how others are managing the sharing of photos
> on their school networks. Excursions, special events, etc.
>
> Over the years I have used many options for sharing photos on school
> networks - simply dumping all the photos into a shared folder, the
> original iPhoto's export to a web page, then Galerie, and more
> recently iWeb's photo albums (along with a few other dalliances on the
> way!)
>
> Each has their pros and cons. Though I think that the web album
> option, shared on the Intranet, is probably the way to go. With a new
> network user (eg photos08) created each year to try to make it all a
> bit more manageable. And archivable.
>
> At the moment I am thinking that for up to 100 photos that iWeb is OK,
> if a big "fat". For more than that, then Galerie is a bit more elegant
> and produces pages that load faster than iWeb.
>
> Any thoughts? Other options?
>
> Thanks,
> Warren
>
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