Microsoft's free tools #1 - AutoCollage

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I love all the Microsoft programmes that are free to teachers who join the Partners in Learning website. One of my favourites is AutoCollage. Have you tried it?  This is one really great way of capturing all the students in your class in various activities during the school year. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHoa-giOJBAkYmfbF7tPhwC0V7wGtlnZit-utaCAJexIovQgcCq6fqueXbP1EYA_tW-Oo7YLWjQVOmIU7TYlZfnjSH_TE5WbqC6E5GGIJ1kG39QinJ7QVQalDYmuxtGjzsJ5f_3BI8DaY/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlo_oyVX2Y1tqM0kl56xk1WbwtfMgZ8ab1jKfaaxPQIh0JPZxucSzpPJwwH-Sz2jnmHhzxeh-ZC0et5CUy0QKHpKJ89fmprWhIfRd2yG-TRBOO5DOPCvi0X_N-TjG_g_otDGZcZrnAbbo/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How does AutoCollage work?</span></strong><br /><b><br /></b><br /><b>1. Put the photos that you want to use in a folder in My Pictures</b><br />When you open AutoCollage you’ll see that it picks up all the folders of photos in My Pictures. Choose the folder you want and immediately all the pictures in the folder will appear in the middle.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgROrZrPONbqdYrMsNhuP3fQE1HGNjoManSSByka4V6QTPSYxmR-l8vQPFsIpW5gYiqiXQ2Shu2WPHA98k9ZqNZE4e0E-1CQcQ64cZGfumJntzmcbegelza-wGg9l-DR9tInsNdVGyddQs/s1600-h/image%25255B10%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgka-Bg-_3QDGvyzT0NfuJ1Nks6CubwudcjipTm-SQzRcCLegY0QXPCBZBBCwVmOV0IngvRVkS7rbrTmL5-1kMU5XygYAfy_HwZDrnILgiSsj6ieF4odJFHFIwJrh64Zr6fZ72oOhW7MTI/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a></div><b>2. Click on Create</b><br />AutoCollage starts to swirl the pictures around. This is where you make some choices in the settings. Do you want some to be bigger than others, for example?<br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-Y3hypCwpzCJhE6jy9NVBx1THJ1yncg7IypYLmdeKhoJt3lTRVhuueH3oybJAh1SFzpBI3tMjYkQxEKuXz6-qP5fTg9L0yTtY39HdcIUVVxz2ErD_UdqZ1bhtyad7LHKHXY9pnCYxJ4/s1600-h/image%25255B29%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBf6iCn1h8MDG_R5PqI1htX5HYjElYsj8AWFlyHU2_A8behoXEhQslPA6oS67oKtP81fobVKZWC7FjEcqKyl5iOYx4O00WKzqt07Qp5GHZgqthOM_mWdztkcqdF1rqzHEkQmDr49h6wco/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="412" /></a></div><b>3. Your picture starts to take shape</b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjREl4tmp9bAvBu2JvxlCi9xgnN3XN7EqTTSedSRH6luq4gBPTlph_h8ZfsFOU66XIT457wzQGIOIXgwqjHOspSndOwzHz0A62oxkcEfaRtBeTdPhEVm-EWNyxk9_3mHxAefj0XSnbeT-Q/s1600-h/image%25255B32%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggv5mpkW0sqfPmuFrPeuyf_ag0jwuyM-svksugb8Gah147hdiysa3IVTFeHWP0TyMXet3_eWUubS0Y6QLv5Tp6kmMiRcCHTKRSnudpiUVS2D-K6b5tsiACK3fibFzKUTFLbqI1enJ8Oyw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div align="left"><b><br /></b></div><div align="left"><b>4. What’s the verdict?</b></div><div align="left">If you don’t like the resulting picture just click on Create a again and a different arrangement appears.</div><div align="left"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDc0IdVr8X9Rfoa_0E334tQgUOPigog4tdWcs_0g7wOAOHSB3AaN-OuzI9WaEIPNYIbHsUt3X1XFBXL0qbW32PjqCKBlFXItrwHhL4N6Fvc-IPlanT4wYOWcC9Q4xBXQhWP6-SpBo4L0/s1600-h/image%25255B35%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCSRY-6ZqEe8MYWYAPvu39wUQ_EPUw9mkH7s_QHUcz5oMqCiQ1oY6nGBpePmiJ17ENQKyiqOd5krdtlNu8KWKdE_2MqE5zeNrmsurlyBZgTZARGk1QjE_dIM19XEPHzS1fEVAVVG_fygU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Classroom ideas for Autocollage</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></strong><br />1.<b> Create a picture to put on a classroom door that incorporates everyone </b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVXpJJAdKD-Ds2KgyY1l0WUnbvqHBbwY1ph8lO9SrcFEmsHUyHHbXdVPQpIqfUugXNMPPwFJutVgI139wWq9-CRkt8QrX4K98M1Wm26iTznD33MoaTSuKpxBx2TXRz7nZZUf1OuGABda0/s1600-h/image%25255B38%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGb4VNwzxVwqBmxluAjwsthEQvGXKIirbuQpEq00T6PJ5JTeC8GYp5PVMwAdDYhKqqVkOaXSIimlIH_326xmTcls7lB7D2OtZKLB8nL0XTDSIPSx27PvFnPXz9Mz90I0HrVdqB_JrXgCA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><b>2. Use it as a way of capturing everyone’s finished work or to remember names!</b></div><div align="left"><b><br /></b></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxl5VDm_lcbNfKevoRGesiwL0LcFxuxBeiyOfDyutOx_KYEI6nbwrnLpci7afWqy0_PamIuB-I_YntviGdiUUmX-m1jX8szi8Hz642Gz4jcmitBWfJsr_xUP9ccK5LAbKpAsABt8V3N8o/s1600-h/image%25255B41%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXXfi2yxm4cMkwz54cMFKr-zcKgZ3AEkeVHlffXJ7xCcwLq3XJ1YbY5uE3_MPMIM7PnIr210fe_U1cN55qWt_1B71xSrG2JdElgtF3LYBmlfVLpHeV8cTlo3tNmfYK7lQZokFzPYa5ywE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><b>3. Use it to collect memories from a project. (This is from Lisa Gair’s Adopt-a-donkey project) </b><br /><b><br /></b><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6IIuu1GZYQQjgOdPihS16Vry-w4nHFrWBmkK0RDIXsC1gUoG1R0_SPWrI6z_b-SzPRZ-038KneipdTqel_mF-R-RRTSFo6MowJ6yvj2ISdkkcTrn1VmbSH7yqX9TC8J6Ps-0whLhMJiY/s1600-h/image%25255B44%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimOldUlSXcyR_oQR9d3iRwVBuwMS0yo4f6P2v3Fa7mCXsiHfJpSwHPHHOo0KN5GdZVGXZs0h8F15Rvpi0r25bIQAjEaVKYqL1jxIwnVog5fSJFp1MOp7VXYZh7Mg__YbbDBWQ2OfQOU7k/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><b>4. Use it for collecting themes about South Africa and writing poems about the theme as was done by the class of 8 year olds at St John’s College in Johannesburg. </b></div><div align="left"><b><br /></b></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7-lxlDdFCnPnrbccTdOOGbOVNEgd8IgdHWncplJJDMDcZWPY7gkqPrkDIZG6Lh5j0UHvV5EhDE0mGcAsv1vJQGZmtO_G8FU-Y7hspHcQzKMzeEmB2z6JgQhZcVTM2ojBO9wxWL6mrib0/s1600-h/image%25255B50%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQpD-Q1z72zFIaJuLT4J6aXTD2Y2OWt1qypCgbH_-a1_H6sASGkY_401I2ZTemRQZ9TTalwoSf9rdok-_B8At4-jn_2Ot7R66zfl7U54HzdyhURv0r9xShWO_RpSNXUlXnes9QjR0xQY/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="244" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="left"><b>5. Use it in Maths for collecting pictures of Shapes</b></div><div align="left"><b><br /></b></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnguY5MheMZBPFf27rGvNxoRED1j0O3Oez0WDrGfCPNEAydXX1pNlDNXSBHdt8aL9XGbpMiLl0Vn1if0v3SC-xfXnjJtQueg2dFzPmDc2HPJbGoMtbixtxYHaWx-6cVm4ukGVpl3NlAPI/s1600-h/image%25255B55%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxuwXSgdIymu8ETi4C1vMDpwr8wfgtepXplTvkUNw9F9Bq27tvxw-Puf_cwWXTW3IKEZ1sQq8Pk3WI9718b7Hdw6IOzmPtVrqXtt9BOUYSaCYMw0txYMAXjjQpvx0nJgqOAC5pP59qdJQ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="240" /></a><br /><b>6. Other ideas that could work</b><br /><b><br /></b><br />• Make a card from the class for some occasion<br />• Creative writing exercises – ‘How does this make you feel?’ ‘Moods and feelings’<br />• Book cover for a planning book<br />• Create a vocabulary exercise using PowerPoint and store it on a blog<br />• Create certificates<br />• A collage of a novel’s characters<br />• Background for a PowerPoint presentation<br />• A record of a lesson with everyone showing their product <br /><br /><b>7. Microsoft has plenty of step by step instruction available on their website </b><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRuh7cM9Myca073uWVMOWdebOtFLp3WtatyqckOiNQfrUSBAedAk362gWn8c2cVgeuIQzii7UuaRB36xawkxcwLowzrKepMYwH4msm8O8Mg8VHJd7JBsA0GkyblEP_l5mdUFjokyF40F4/s1600-h/image%25255B61%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1D8ZRYEUoNLZRaNCr2OPNg7HyqKGEXXT_8YXL6Kn02dvBUFqZHje0pcqjacZPipybSxkDUJgcBtXDCrJfFqI0FPpP9_54x-BwBM_nClSj8Pua2fWv8VJLiwOpBGnUNXhv_yQd-izvZyE/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-width: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="213" /></a> <br /><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">A video from UK Partners in Learning </span></strong><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">‘How to use Autocollage’</span></strong></div><br /><div align="center"><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1GAUW0wRd4A" width="420"></iframe> <br /><br /><a href="http://youtu.be/1GAUW0wRd4A">http://youtu.be/1GAUW0wRd4A</a></div>

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