Module title

Images for documentation of specific situations 

Notional Learning time

Part 2. Searching for a specific Image: ~ 2 hours

Description of the module

During this module, trainees will

• Perform an image search using a search engine
• Create content using images
• Perform an image-specific Google search for free-to-use images.
• Incorporate an image in a document
• Share data in the form of an image on a blog/web page.

Learning objectives

To practice finding or creating the proper images for the purpose intended and incorporate them and make them public, either in a document or on a blog/website.

Steps

Part 1. Creating Digital Images.

Step 1. Take your cell phone or your camera; find a building or a site in your city that represents your country’s cultural heritage. Take a picture of it and then upload it to your pc.

Step 2. Click on the link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BLfKnkdIpySqEZbiYAYwLuXDtdHrY4XL/view?usp=sharing and download the document to your computer.

Step 3. Complete the name of the city where you have taken this photo and the name of this monument /site.

Step 4. Insert the picture in the document “Local community & tourists together for urban sustainability”.

Step 5. Post the document at the Blog https://www.disk-project.eu/web/the-blog/

Part 2. Searching for a specific Image.

Step 1. Visit the Pixabay web page site, https://pixabay.com/.

Step 2. Search for images from your city and choose one that is representative of your city. 

Step 3. Download it to your computer.

Step 4. Write a blog post on https://www.disk-project.eu/web/the-blog/, using this image and the name of the object of this landmark.

Material

Learning content

1. Overview of image sources (Camera, Smartphone, Scanner, Computer program)
2. Camera or a smart-phone
3. Computer Programs

Learning content type in moodle

1. An article about „Local community &  tourists together for
2. Urban sustainability“, kept on Google Drive.
3. Pictures obtained by the trainees
4. The blog is part of the project website.

Activity/Task

1. Take a picture of a local landmark with a camera/cell phone, incorporate it in a precise digital document and post it on the project’s bog
2. Visit a specific searching machine, find an image from your city and post it on the project’s blog.

External resources

Google Drive
Pixabay web page
Project’s blog

Evaluation

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Skills

Attitudes

Reference to competence map

Reference to competence map

Reference to competence map

Know what an image search engine can do

Learn how to perform an image-specific Google search for free-to-use images.

Respect the copyright regulations

Create content using images

Share data in the form of  an image on a blog/web page

Evaluate search sources and results in terms of their credibility, and cross-check information when necessary.

Evaluation content

Assess the competition of the activities in Part 1 & Part 2