PICASA
PICASA IS AN IMAGE ORGANIZER PICASA IS AN IMAGE VIEWER. PICASA IS AN EDITING DIGITAL PHOTOS. PICASA IS A BLEND BETWEEN PIC (PABLO PICASSO) AND CASA ( H0USE). PICASA IS AN APPLICATION OF GOOGLE SINCE 2004. PICASA WAS BORN IN 2002. PICASA WAS CREATE ORIGINALLY FOR A COMPANY CALLED LIFESCAPE. PICASA WORKS WITH THREE OPERATING SYATEM: WINDOWS, MAC OS X, LINUX.
BENEFITS
THIS APPLICATION HELPS US TO CREATE COLLAGE. PICASA ALSO HAS AN EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE THAT ALLOWS SEARCHING FOR IMAGES THAT CONTAIN CERTAIN COLORS WITH THE COLOR PICASA IS VERY EASY TO USE BECAUSE IS AN INTERACTIVE APPLICATION. WITH PICASA YOU CAN CHANGE THE FORM AND COLOR OF IMAGES THIS APPLICATION AUTOMATICALLY SAVES THE PHOTOS YOU HAVE ON YOUR COMPUTER. IT IS A VERY INTUITIVE TOOL CREATED FOR THE BASIC USER. NO LARGE COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE TO LEARN HOW TO USE IT. IT IS A COMPLETELY FREE APPLICATION AND SERVICE.
IT HAS A FUN FEATURE, FACE RECOGNITION. IDENTIFY ALL FACES OF EVERY PICTURE, AND COMBINE ALL THE PHOTOS IN WHICH THAT PERSON APPEARS.
USAGE IN TEACHING AND LEARNING
THE TECHAER CAN USE THIS APPLICATION IN CLASS, WHERE THE STUDENT WILL DEVELOP THE CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION WITH THE ORGANIZATION OF THEIR OWN PERSONAL PICTURES OR MULTIPLE IMAGES.ALSO THE TEACHER CAN USE PICASA AS GENERATOR OF DECORATION IN CLASS OR STUDENT´S HOUSE.
WHEN YOU HAVE AN EDUCATIONAL OUTPUT. YOU CAN TEACH YOUR STUDENTS THROUGH PICASA TO SELECT, ORGANIZE AND GROUP PHOTOS TAKEN AND TEACH HOW TO TRANSFORM THE PISTURES AGREE TO FORM, SIZE AND COLOR.
THE APPLICATION IS FREE, HOWEVER IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE RESOURCES TO USE PICASA AS THE COMPUTER AND INTERNET
HOW CAN SB ACCESS INTO IT? 1. YOU MUST ENTER TO PRINCIPAL PAGE WEB: GOOGLE. AND WRITE PICASA HERE
2. THEN YOU MUST CLICK ON FIRST OPTION.
3. YOU WILL SEE THIS PAGE AND YOU MUST CLICK ON HERE:
4. THEN YOU WILL SEE A NEW WINDOW WHERE YOU CAN OBTAIN THE APPLICATION AND YOU CAN BEGIN TO USE THE TOOL.
5. FINALLY YOU CAN ACCESS THE APPLICATION AND YOU CAN WORK ON IT.