I used BeFunky.com to make a sketch of a photograph I had. This is a picture of me holidng two kittens (now they are two huge, long haired beasts). I liked the effect - this was "Sketcher". I found this image editor under "Image Editors" in the image editing folder.
I played with many of the tools shown, but I immediately recognized K-12 instruction ideas with these three:
Foldplay - all of the things you could make with pictures were fun here, but I really liked the foldbook. Making books during library classes can be used to accomplish many things, like demonstrating that you know what information appears on the front and back cover of a book or making a "trailer" or synopsis of a book you've read, you could use the book as the final project of a research assignment - you could post what you found out in the book.
Image Chef - I loved this site. There were so many things to do - add frames to existing photographs or do things with words... here are two examples"
I made this using "flower text" on Image Chef. In order to actually put the picture here, though, I had to join the site and email it to myself. I tried to just embed it in blogger, but that didn't work.
With Image Chef, you can make word mosaics (which would help reinforce vocabulary or other information), make signs and posters about anything, summarize and distill what you read or learned into a sign....
BigHugeLabs - this site could be used in K-12 instruction in countless ways. You can create magazine covers to illustrate a time or event in History, a jigsaw puzzle to showcase a painting made in Art, a movie poster that advertises a novel or short story read in English...
I made a "badge" using my cat's picture. This badge could be changed to represent anything - to give biographical information on a famous figure, perhaps, or a fictional character.
A pedicure with goldfish - hmmmmm!
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