Picasa-Shawna

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=Section 2= 1) First you need to go to google. 2) Then you need to download picasa. 3) Once you have downloaded picasa your pictures that are on your computer should pop up. 4) Picasa has a lot of different options you could use. 5) Some options you could use is a photo collage, movie presentation or even a fullscreen slideshow. 6) You can also double click on a picture and edit it. 7) You can undo red eyes by clicking on red eye, a box should pop up thats over the red eye and it will eliminate the red eyes. 8) You can also tilt your picture by clicking on the straighten button. 9) You can add an auto contrast that adds fill light and makes the picture brighter. 10)You can add auto color which also makes the picture brighter or darker. 11)There is also a retouch button so you can cover up things in your photo that you dont want visible. 12) You can also add a text to your photo. 13) To add a text you click anywhere on the photo that you want the text and then you can start typing and the text box will show up once you begin typing. 14) Picasa also allows you to edit your photo in picnik. 15) You can also make a photo collage by clicking on the create photo collage button in the top left hand corner of the screen. 16) Once you get there you should select which photos you would like to have in your collage. 17) Drag the photos you would like to use onto the paper on the right hand side of the screen. 18) Now you can rearrange your photos. 19) You can tilt your pictures or make them overlap by clicking on the picture and moving the dial with the mouse you can also make the picture larger by moving your mouse toward you. 20) You can also make a movie presentation. 21) You can add sound effects to your video and change the transition style. 22) To change the transition style click the drop down arrow under transition style and select the effect you would like. 23) You can also speed up or slow down the slide duration by sliding the slide duration bar from side to side. 24) You can also change the dimensions of the pictures by clicking on the drop down arrow under dimensions. 25) You can veiw your video full screen by clicking on the view full screen button in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. 26) You can also add text to your movie by clicking on slide at the of the screen. 27) Then go to the blank box towards the bottom of the screen and type the caption you would like to appear in your movie. 28) You can also change your font size and text color by clicking on the text color circle. 29) You can also share your photos to the public or limit it to who can see them or you could make it so only you can view them by clicking on the drop down arrow under share. 30) Picasa also allows you to import pictures from cameras, scanners or other media.

**Section 3**
Here is one picture that I created with picasa which could be used for education purposes such as in social studies class.

**Section 4**
Here is some ways you could use picasa in your classroom. Some other ways you could use picasa in the classroom is you could make a historical photo album,or if your in newspaper club or like to do journals you could change yur photos to put in a newspaper. You could also take pictures throughout the school year and make a slideshow and present it at open house.

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