This document provides information about digital scrapbooking or photo journaling. It begins by explaining that digital scrapbooking allows memories to be preserved in a less expensive and more easily shareable digital format using photo editing programs. It then discusses how digital scrapbooking has been around for awhile in the form of photo journals and yearbooks. The document proposes various curriculum-based and personal scrapbooking project ideas and provides tips for planning projects, working with images and text, and using PowerPoint for digital scrapbooking. It concludes by listing some favorite free digital scrapbooking resources.

1. Photolicious Apptivities

2. What is it?
Digital Scrapbooking Why scrapbooking?
! Another form of capturing and ! People taking many photos
preserving your memories quickly and easily gives the
using graphics and/or photo opportunity to display and
editing programs to design share in new and different ways.
your pages. ! Preserves memories in a less
expensive, faster, easily
shareable format with many
features.
! Storage on CDs and/or DVDs
easier to maintain.

3. It’s Been Around For Awhile
Photo
Journaling
(yearbooks)
=
Digital
Scrapbooking
So,
digital
scrapbooking
is
the
crea<on
of
a
photo
journal
using
tools
such
as
a
digital
camera,
scanner,
computer,
and
image-­‐edi<ng
programs.

4. Curriculum-Based Scrapbooking Projects
Require the use of reading, writing, and critical thinking skills, as well as the
development of visual literacy and basic technology skills. Explore any topic!
! Reflective Learning
! Timeline for an Event
! Writing Styles
! Class Field Trip
! Favorite Piece of Literature
! Posters/Flyers for School Events
! Historical Event
! A to Z Alphabet Book
! School and/or Class Milestones
! Documenting an Event

5. More Projects
• Make
up
a
list
of
categories;
most
• Create
a
photo
map
or
guidebooks:
talka<ve,
funniest,
and
so
on.
Poll
What
are
the
important
landmarks
in
classmates
to
find
the
winners,
then
your
neighborhood?
Create
a
map
or
take
pictures,
and
make
them
up
into
guidebook
illustrated
with
photographs
a
yearbook.
Include
photos
of
that
show
things
a
visitor
should
not
important
school
events.
Start
early.
miss.
• Tell
a
Story
by
taking
a
series
of
• Nature
Hunt:
What
are
the
animals
and
photos
that
tell
a
story.
Can
the
story
plants
of
your
neighborhood
or
school
be
told
en<rely
without
words?
campus?
Can
you
capture
them
with
• Is
there
a
spot
in
your
neighborhood
your
camera?
that
tells
what
life
is
like
there?
Can
• Metamorphosis:
How
do
things
change
you
take
pictures
that
capture
that
over
<me
and
how
quickly
do
they
life?
Think
about
what
happens
at
change?
Find
something
in
the
class
or
that
spot
at
different
<mes
of
the
outside
that
you
expect
to
change.
It
day.
could
be
a
caterpillar,
a
flower
bud,
or
a
• Weather
Watch:
How
many
different
tree.
Figure
out
how
quickly
it
is
going
kinds
of
weather
can
you
to
change,
then
take
pictures
at
regular
photograph?
You
could
start
with
intervals
to
show
this
change.
sun,
rain
and
fog.

6. More Projects
•
Students
can
incorporate
photos
into
• Younger
students
can
take
pictures
of
one
reports
and
mul<-­‐media
presenta<ons.
another
and
use
them
in
All
About
Me
They
can
also
edit
photos
to
create
all
kinds
of
art.
pieces
at
the
beginning
of
the
year.
They
• Some
districts
have
their
students
include
photos
from
field
trips,
photos
of
create
a
design
for
mouse
pads
to
sell
teachers,
special
ac<vi<es,
and
of
course,
as
a
technology
fund
raiser.
Students
the
kids
themselves.
Teachers
put
this
can
embellish
photos
of
themselves
for
collec<on
on
CDs
to
give
to
parents
at
the
the
mouse
pads.
• Use
photos
on
the
school
website,
Its
a
end
of
the
school
year.
way
for
parents
to
be
more
a
part
of
• More
ideas
on
Educa<on
World
their
child's
day,
and
it's
nice
for
rela<ves
who
may
not
live
near
the
child
to
feel
more
connected.
• Encourage
teachers
to
use
the
cameras
with
their
students
to
adopt
a
sec<on
of
our
campus
and
keep
a
photographic
record
of
the
seasonal
change.

7. Student Favorites
! BFF – A student favorite, this project allows for lots of
creativity.
! Family History
! Personal Journaling
! End-of-Year Friendship Book
! Personalized Cards

8. Teacher Projects
Back-to-School to End-of-Year
Scrapbook
! Take pics from the first day of
school to the last day.
! Create scrapbook pages.
! Pages saved as images and
used in videos.

9. Digital Image Formats
JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) is the default seing for most digital
cameras. The format is compressed and file is fairly small. Will loose pixels when saved
each time.
TIFF (Tagged Image File Format) is the best choice for scanned images. Take up more
space than JPEGs but are not lossy (won’t loose pixels). Best option for scrapbooking.
GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) files are for online use where size is of primary
concern. Limited color choices and high compression. Not really appropriate for digital
scrapbooking.
PNG (Portable Network Graphic) files were created in response to limitations with the
GIF format. PNG images cannot be animated like GIF images. PNG files are lossless,
which means that they do not lose quality during editing.

10. Planning and Prep
! Decide on theme or tone.
! Gather all images.
! A storyboard can be used to write a draft of any text
items you will be using.
! Create a layout for each page. This can be sketched.

11. Working with Images
• Use photos taken by you or students
• Use photos taken by parents
• Use photos taken by someone else (Remember
Copyright)
– Pics4Learning
– FreeFoto
– PD Photo
– Photohome
• Use clip-art
– Open Clip Art Library
– Public Domain Clip Art
– Clker.com
– MorgueFile

12. Working with Images
• Scan photos and objects
to create digital images.
– Any object that fits in
the scan bed can be
scanned.(patches,
ribbons, awards)
– Scan souvenirs and
mementos that relate to
your theme like in the
example shown here.

13. Working with Images
No Photoshop, no problem! In place of Photoshop, you can use PicMonkey or Pixlr.
These are free online photo editing sites. Pixlr is a favorite since it can be used in a
variety of formats. Use in a web browser or download the Android or iOS app for
your device.
! Pixlr - Also available as an iOS and Android app.
! PicMonkey - Click here to view video tutorial.
! BeFunky touts snazzy filters and image effects.
! Creative Kit allows you to crop, rotate, change exposure and edit other features
of pictures you have uploaded. Formerly known as Picnik.
! iPiccy has tons of tools for simple online photo edits and very similar to the once
known Picnik.
! Sumo Paint like Photoshop offers many of the photo editing giant's useful tools.
! Pixlr Express is the basic version of Pixlr, which has a more advanced online photo
editor with tools similar to Photoshop.
! Thumba offers all the basic photo edit necessities.

14. Working with Text
Be aware of a potential problem called font substitution.
This occurs when someone opens a file that was created by
someone else and the file uses a font that is not on the
person’s computer.

15. Tips for Building a Page
! You can always add or take away anything before saving
the page (slide) as an image.
! You can put more than one picture per page. (collage)
! Don’t get stuck puing everything in the middle. Move
things around and angle in different directions.
! Make sure your color choice and design fit the theme or
tone of your page.

16. PowerPoint for Digital Scrapbooking
PowerPoint + Backgrounds +Graphics + Pics + Imagination = Digital Scrapbook
Advantages:
! Great for beginners and younger students.
! We already have PowerPoint so no new software is needed.
! Slides can be used to create scrapbook pages.
! Set slides to any size.
! Clip-art readily available.
! Can insert graphics, sounds, and video.
! Rotate, crop, and adjust pics.
! PowerPoint is cross platform running on both PCs and Macs.
! Can animate pics and embellishments.

17. PowerPoint for Digital Scrapbooking
Disadvantages:
! Printing quality is considered low but gets the job
done.
! Not as many options and features.
! Doesn’t create layers, but you can move images
forward or backwards creating a layered look.

18. My Favorite Freebie Sites
! hp://freedigitalscrapbooking.com/
! hp://www.pixelscrapper.com/
! hp://www.scrapbookflair.com/ (will save as a PSD file)