Microsoft Free tools #2– Photosynth

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>What is Photosynth?</strong></span><br /><br />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. <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>How to get started</strong></span> <br /><br />• Go to <a href="http://photosynth.net/">http://photosynth.net/</a> and join.<br />• It will ask you to download the application on to your computer. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO94m5IM9mCeUlV4MnIDCnslPBcYD5QjMaU_L6pG0bF5gpg93YWx5W5Ozuo88DLbWJctbP_QJZfSkeq5L-ctKTUs0Gp7mH-XdvEWChX4umINxmEV64ojdMmQS198XGfeLlyi0tx9xJm9A/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9n4tM0OBMmLBuqHTfrFQ1DuUY5Ybb8sp8WZzEITHdkR53iUxg_D7soM3WHR_QBvpgyqGrMlGtBz0gnrM03s4g9_TWB9EiiRg2TvLUXvZm7ZfxFW3MO7cLo0zuJxw207fYCzn3M4XssP4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="400" /></a> </div><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Ideas for the classroom </strong></span><br /><br />Give a tour of your classroom. I tried this. <br /><a href="http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=fd71f194-6973-42ca-85f2-f6633b18ab26">http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=fd71f194-6973-42ca-85f2-f6633b18ab26</a> <br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=fd71f194-6973-42ca-85f2-f6633b18ab26&delayLoad=true&slideShowPlaying=false" width="500"></iframe><br /><br /><br />You could create a vocabulary game <br /><a href="http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=5767adbc-f7b8-4d9d-ab38-7aec9558820e">http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=5767adbc-f7b8-4d9d-ab38-7aec9558820e</a> <br /><br /><iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=5767adbc-f7b8-4d9d-ab38-7aec9558820e&delayLoad=true&slideShowPlaying=false" width="500"></iframe><br /><br />This was done by Bart from Belgium (<a href="http://teacherinresidence.wordpress.com/">http://teacherinresidence.wordpress.com/</a><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: PMingLiU; mso-fareast-language: ZH-TW; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">)</span><br /><br />You could show an art exhibition at your school <br /><a href="http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=40bd31ae-4249-477f-8fa9-bb08fa8d2541">http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=40bd31ae-4249-477f-8fa9-bb08fa8d2541</a> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-839fbIb2RbnYaV2F269DE4YFZzupIzAJj5qmxi7yhPaM6lgQIGQWKbBiSkyio2xh75VDEDlOJwatIA2HoC6nuB0YkEMrpfNdEr4xMygy2qOi83Zjj2SqHO68sP1xXvob1BGlbB_8po/s1600/1%2529+art+exhibition.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-839fbIb2RbnYaV2F269DE4YFZzupIzAJj5qmxi7yhPaM6lgQIGQWKbBiSkyio2xh75VDEDlOJwatIA2HoC6nuB0YkEMrpfNdEr4xMygy2qOi83Zjj2SqHO68sP1xXvob1BGlbB_8po/s320/1%2529+art+exhibition.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />Show the vicinity around your school <br /><a href="http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=74c4e358-87ba-4e1a-8273-ffaf440a7749">http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=74c4e358-87ba-4e1a-8273-ffaf440a7749</a> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMte_mR_zeOO0u5-ecGApGpwzRn_5DDIXTqxINpf08M1bmv3phT1wTUO-FP-_b2Oy2BnUN5xbydYz3xOjeS4Ok7C_Ic2jbChzZAqCMbpeqTNgfFuUOL9zV-37I2Jvjki0-7Aka6U9RiY/s1600/1%2529+art+exhinition2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDMte_mR_zeOO0u5-ecGApGpwzRn_5DDIXTqxINpf08M1bmv3phT1wTUO-FP-_b2Oy2BnUN5xbydYz3xOjeS4Ok7C_Ic2jbChzZAqCMbpeqTNgfFuUOL9zV-37I2Jvjki0-7Aka6U9RiY/s320/1%2529+art+exhinition2.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />You could show a panoramic view of an outing<br /><span style="color: white; font-family: "Gill Sans"; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Gill Sans"; mso-bidi-font-family: "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN W3"; mso-fareast-font-family: "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN W3"; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=869b4d72-195a-437c-a1cc-395a544fb4d4">http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=869b4d72-195a-437c-a1cc-395a544fb4d4</a></span><span style="color: white; font-family: "Gill Sans"; font-size: 40pt; language: en-US; mso-ascii-font-family: "Gill Sans"; mso-bidi-font-family: "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN W3"; mso-fareast-font-family: "ヒラギノ角ゴ ProN W3"; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt;"> </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Mnu7w4g2KoolnpQf37wDGdRT4ZtHDXZLAtEPKI10XYYxdLwSezXEYZwTUBNghvHBYyfsO-TT8kwg1gIkh8Q6sqa7Ie99nhZS3oKPxYR_x0cUC4WY35BX2rWX45rZZWDs_n2_AJfTTJA/s1600/1%2529+art+exhibition+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Mnu7w4g2KoolnpQf37wDGdRT4ZtHDXZLAtEPKI10XYYxdLwSezXEYZwTUBNghvHBYyfsO-TT8kwg1gIkh8Q6sqa7Ie99nhZS3oKPxYR_x0cUC4WY35BX2rWX45rZZWDs_n2_AJfTTJA/s320/1%2529+art+exhibition+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Ideas worth trying…</strong></span> <br /><br />•Use it to show around your classroom<br />• Use it for an outing<br />• Show something that is happening at your school.<br />• Use it as a vocabulary lesson<br />• Use it to demonstrate everybody’s work. <br />• Submit your photosynths of views to Bing Maps <br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Microsoft provides plenty of online help for Photosynth</strong></span> <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAXXj7VLa69QsEle2dWYQwxG5p2DAeMAc6NXn3zrUQy4YxLyhTM04FMz5o1iEmL1TP0C18qZtGYeQB4XJADfUDAml8sALvXz677BeyaHtF5oB_ow57xCNLI27WNc-cZX7TH4LDY0UZfVg/s1600-h/image%25255B7%25255D.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmyJbkqNQYjlAhJemoOjw7N6WJcNDS0fVqAs5GZgD4at-RGUns4T24TaPS81lQHUJSE0xms49olOgHUmY6e8nieBBkZA57UiiRJWQFh0Kkxl6cCgpiOWk09kxGz_5c0dJUJlKaafMZPeI/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px currentColor; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="224" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>A video from UK Partners in Learning </strong><strong>‘How to use Photosynth’</strong> <br /><br /></div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/-cAf6m6YZU4" width="420"></iframe></div>

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