Digital Images

This week I explored tag galaxy. I loved the layout of this website.. with the different planets representing different categories and being able to zoom in and out as well as being able to move the globe around to view different pictures. I found this website engaging so I imagine a lot of students would also. I've included a screen shot from when I was browsing tag galaxy. I decided to browse for fairy tales as they are often popular in the early years and  are used for learning purposes -Eg. a fairytale unit. While browsing through some of the photos I thought of some ways in which this can be used in early childhood and early primary settings. It could be used to facilitate discussion about - different fairy tales, different ways of interpreting the picture, choosing a focus fairytale for the class etc. It could also be utilised to introduce a fairytale unit -to promote and create interest, engagement or an inquiry based approach. Children could simply explore through the pictures individually or as a class... on an interactive whiteboard where students can easily move the globe, zoom or select pictures by simply using their hand!