PhotoPeach: Learning Object

           I chose to explore ‘PhotoPeach’ as a digital tool that I could potentially use within the classroom. It was advertised to be an easy medium to create rich slideshows filled with pictures and accompanying music. I found that it was an easy tool to use, however it was als

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o quite basic. There were no real opportunities to add dialogue within the slideshow, titles or subtitles to accompany the slides, and there were no options to add citations. For these reasons, I would be hesitant to allow or encourage my students to use this website.When asked to upload photos there were only three options; facebook, picasa, or from the files on your computer. In order to make this tool more efficient, there should have been more options where you could be directed to creative commons licensing websites such as Flickr in order to avoid obtaining copyright photos. This tool would be perfect for personal photos you wish to display, but for academic purposes I found this tool was lacking. Despite its drawbacks, there are some positive aspects of this tool. You have the option of sharing your slideshow with a multitude of platforms, including facebook, blogs, twitter, myspace and so on which can be very useful, and it remains a unique feature of this website compared to other presentation software. As a recommendation for educators who intend to use PhotoPeach, it can be a wonderful way to share visuals but it should be coupled with supplementary information (written text), if used academically. Below I have included an exemplar of a slideshow you can make with this digital tool entitled 'Flowers'.