Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Photo Editing Made Easy - PicMonkey.com

Up until recently, I thought Picnik was the easiest online photo editor to use. However, Google bought it and decided to shut it down as of April 19th. I've been looking for a viable alternative and finally found it at PicMonkey.com.

PicMonkey is a free web-based photo editor that you can use without signing up. Once you upload your photo, it keeps things simple by showing the "Basic Edits" which are the seven tools you will most likely need to use.


  • Auto Adjust
  • Crop
  • Rotate
  • Exposure
  • Colors
  • Sharpen
  • Resize

PicMonkey has many more features if you click one of the gray icons to the left of the tool list. The "Touch Up" tools let you fix blemishes, erase wrinkles, add blush or spray on a tan with a click.

Even if all it had was the easy to use crop and resize tools, I'd be very happy with PicMonkey. I can't believe how hard it was to find a program that did these two functions easily and well. PicMonkey does everything I want an online picture editor to do and more!




Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Using Wikis, Journals, and Blogs in a Face-to-face Class

In this audio podcast from NIU, Dan Cabrera and Carol Deemer discuss her use of wikis, journals, and blogs in her face-to-face course.

Click here to play the MP3 file

Other podcasts from NIU can be found at http://teachingwithblackboard.niu.edu/blackboard/podcast/.