What's a diaporama? That's what we used to call a slide show. Photographic competitions all over the world were held for the finest selection of beautifully crafted photographs that were painstakingly sequenced for effect. I know because my sister used to win them. Aged 15 in the adult sections! She was fantastic at it. I never did try my hand, and now I don't have to, because I can do it all on line!
My second encounter with the slide show was with large screened slide advertising that my partner and his mate were marketing in Brisbane in the 80's. They got them into the Brisbane Airport, Toombul Shooping Centre, Chermside and Indooroopilly I recall. It was an excellent idea that they imported from Canada. It never did take off completely though, and was soon superseded by video footage advertising that ran on a loop.
As for my own experience here, I am a little disappointed. My own album of photos just won't load, so I am unable to show you the incredible Raise Your Voice festival that I attended in Brisbane, which is weird because other photos have loaded perfectly. Anyway, I have found an excellent collection of Flikr photos on a singing theme, so they will suffice for now. Stay tuned for the Festival soon!
I think students would get such a kick out of making their own slide shows. It's a wonderful way to jazz up a blog, or web page, and working with photos is just so much fun. Once again they create an immediacy and enthusiasm that is difficult to top. Using Relate-Create-Donate students could even undertake to put together slide shows to showcase different aspects of their school and school life to have running in the admin foyer, or loaded onto the school website. Community organisations may even pay for students to put together themed shows or advertising for their showrooms, waiting rooms and lunch rooms. I can think of at least one lunch room where a relaxing slide show would be an enormous improvement.
These days, the project potential of this simple skill is unlimited. A flow of images tells a million words, and can spark interest where there was none before. I was in a pet shop today where a slide show was running of every animal you could imagine. It was fascinating and having it running there on the counter created a fun atmosphere at the point of sale. Images will always draw the eye and I think there are endless ways in which a slide show could be used not just as an archive, but to engage learning, convey meaning and create atmosphere.
My second encounter with the slide show was with large screened slide advertising that my partner and his mate were marketing in Brisbane in the 80's. They got them into the Brisbane Airport, Toombul Shooping Centre, Chermside and Indooroopilly I recall. It was an excellent idea that they imported from Canada. It never did take off completely though, and was soon superseded by video footage advertising that ran on a loop.
As for my own experience here, I am a little disappointed. My own album of photos just won't load, so I am unable to show you the incredible Raise Your Voice festival that I attended in Brisbane, which is weird because other photos have loaded perfectly. Anyway, I have found an excellent collection of Flikr photos on a singing theme, so they will suffice for now. Stay tuned for the Festival soon!
I think students would get such a kick out of making their own slide shows. It's a wonderful way to jazz up a blog, or web page, and working with photos is just so much fun. Once again they create an immediacy and enthusiasm that is difficult to top. Using Relate-Create-Donate students could even undertake to put together slide shows to showcase different aspects of their school and school life to have running in the admin foyer, or loaded onto the school website. Community organisations may even pay for students to put together themed shows or advertising for their showrooms, waiting rooms and lunch rooms. I can think of at least one lunch room where a relaxing slide show would be an enormous improvement.
These days, the project potential of this simple skill is unlimited. A flow of images tells a million words, and can spark interest where there was none before. I was in a pet shop today where a slide show was running of every animal you could imagine. It was fascinating and having it running there on the counter created a fun atmosphere at the point of sale. Images will always draw the eye and I think there are endless ways in which a slide show could be used not just as an archive, but to engage learning, convey meaning and create atmosphere.
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That appears to be excellent however i am still not too sure that I like it. At any rate will look far more into it and decide personally! diaporama en ligne
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