What is Photosynth?
Photosynth is a powerful set of tools for capturing and viewing the world in 3D. You can take photos in a 360 degree turn and experience a panoramic view. This is wonderful for school outings or just to capture the fullness of a scene.
How to get started
• Go to http://photosynth.net/ and join.
• It will ask you to download the application on to your computer.
Ideas for the classroom
Give a tour of your classroom. I tried this.
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=fd71f194-6973-42ca-85f2-f6633b18ab26
You could create a vocabulary game
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=5767adbc-f7b8-4d9d-ab38-7aec9558820e
This was done by Bart from Belgium (http://teacherinresidence.wordpress.com/)
You could show an art exhibition at your school
http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=40bd31ae-4249-477f-8fa9-bb08fa8d2541
Show the vicinity around your school
http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=74c4e358-87ba-4e1a-8273-ffaf440a7749
You could show a panoramic view of an outing
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=869b4d72-195a-437c-a1cc-395a544fb4d4
Ideas worth trying…
•Use it to show around your classroom
• Use it for an outing
• Show something that is happening at your school.
• Use it as a vocabulary lesson
• Use it to demonstrate everybody’s work.
• Submit your photosynths of views to Bing Maps
Microsoft provides plenty of online help for Photosynth
A video from UK Partners in Learning ‘How to use Photosynth’
Photosynth is a powerful set of tools for capturing and viewing the world in 3D. You can take photos in a 360 degree turn and experience a panoramic view. This is wonderful for school outings or just to capture the fullness of a scene.
How to get started
• Go to http://photosynth.net/ and join.
• It will ask you to download the application on to your computer.
Ideas for the classroom
Give a tour of your classroom. I tried this.
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=fd71f194-6973-42ca-85f2-f6633b18ab26
You could create a vocabulary game
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=5767adbc-f7b8-4d9d-ab38-7aec9558820e
This was done by Bart from Belgium (http://teacherinresidence.wordpress.com/)
You could show an art exhibition at your school
http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=40bd31ae-4249-477f-8fa9-bb08fa8d2541
Show the vicinity around your school
http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=74c4e358-87ba-4e1a-8273-ffaf440a7749
You could show a panoramic view of an outing
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=869b4d72-195a-437c-a1cc-395a544fb4d4
Ideas worth trying…
•Use it to show around your classroom
• Use it for an outing
• Show something that is happening at your school.
• Use it as a vocabulary lesson
• Use it to demonstrate everybody’s work.
• Submit your photosynths of views to Bing Maps
Microsoft provides plenty of online help for Photosynth
A video from UK Partners in Learning ‘How to use Photosynth’
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