Week 4: Engagement Activity 1

The first photo was taken on my camera.  Its original size was 1.12MB. By using MobaPhoto, it is now 48KB. The second photo of Machu Pichu was taken on an iPhone. The original size was 300KB. By using MobaPhoto, it is now 43KB.  I am blown away by the massive size change possible through MobaPhoto. I now understand that this would make a big difference when someone is downloading an email with these types of photos attached (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  It is amazing that it also takes up less room on your website or wiki (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  This is a very helpful tool.  I think it definitely could facilitate great learning in many ways (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  

It makes it easier for parents to access emails if similar pictures were used, for example, as part of a weekly newsletter (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  It could be utilised to display the students’ art work, for example, on a class webpage (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  It could be used to interact with classes at other schools through an interactive wiki and photos surrounding the class’s current topic (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  This supports collaboration through Social Constructivist learning theory (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  It could be used to help to display field trip photos (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  

It could be used to help display and document steps in a process, for example, cooking as part of class (CQUniversity Australia, 2012). This tool can support Behaviourism learning theory through photograph instructions to assist students to practice and internalise a skill (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  As this form of technology saves space on websites, for example, this allows students to add more photos and content to their own creations (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  This could also support Connectivism learning theory by allowing students to improve their learning using photographs on the internet and computer (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).

Teachers could also use this tool to provide effective e-learning through utilising the TPACK framework including using an effective scaffold and a sufficient understanding of how to utilise images effectively (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  Ethical, legal and safe guidelines should be modeled by the teacher and taught to the students when utilising images and the internet (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).  It is important for the teacher to reinforce crediting sources of the images and asking the copyright owner for permission to utilise an image (CQUniversity Australia, 2012).

References:

CQUniversity Australia. (2012). EDED20491- ICTs for learning design:

            online study guide. Retrieved from  

            http://moodle.cqu.edu.au/mod/page/view.php?id=115238