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ALT Tags in Blogs
Fri, 02/15/2008 - 18:05 — ejp10FYI - The Blogs at Penn State do allow users to input an ALT tag when an image is uploaded. It's actually generated from the Name field on the image upload form. The default name is the file name, but can be easily changed.
See http://blogger.psu.edu/help/upload/images for details.
Portraits of "Famous People" from Library of Congress
Tue, 02/05/2008 - 11:21 — ejp10I'm trying to track down images of key historical figures from U.S. history and I just found this site from the Library of Congress which lists peoples across the different collections.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/list/235_poa.html
But I have to be honest here and admit that one of the best tools I've found recently is Wikipedia (which does track sources of most uploaded photos).
Anyone else have favorite image sources?
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Combining Media and Text
Wed, 01/09/2008 - 12:37 — ejp10Text can be combined with images, animation, audio or video in a variety of platforms including Powerpoint, Flash, and video.
The Best Choice .... according to the experts
When using visuals, audio or animations, it is best to combine them with text, but only enough to comprehend the content. Too little information may cause students to have problems processing information, but too much information can cause information overload.
Web Images: GIF, JPEG, PNG
Mon, 12/17/2007 - 11:31 — ejp10The Best Choice .... according to experts
- Use the GIF format simple illustrations with large areas of solid color. "The GIF format allows you to pick colors from the color lookup table of the GIF to be transparent. Usually the color selected for transparency is the background color in the graphic" (Lynch & Horton, 1997).
