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Photomarathon 10-mins-v1

This document discusses open tools for organizing school trip photomarathons. It describes photomarathons as timed photography competitions where participants take a set number of photos on assigned topics within a time limit. For school trips, the competition is one hour with three photos and topics. The document recommends using open web server tools like XAMPP to quickly set up a site for hosting the photos. It notes pros of open tools are ease of installation and reusing reliable code, while a con is some technical understanding is required.

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Open tools – School trip photomarathons Trevor Collins 1 , Richard Joiner 2 , Alice White 2 and John Lea 1 1 The Open University; 2 University of Bath
Photomarathons Timed 12 hour photography competition Take 12 photos on 12 topics Start: Empty memory card End: Submit memory card containing one photo per topic in given order Photos judged and prizes awarded http://www.photomarathon.co.uk
School trip photomarathons Timed 1 hour photography competition Take 3 photos on 3 topics Start: Empty camera End: Return camera containing one photo per topic in given order Photos judged and prizes awarded
Open tools Web server (XAMPP) Apache & PHP Scripts Image scaling (PHP) Gallery Lightbox-2 (JavaScript)
Pros and cons of open development Advantages Quick to install (xampp web interface) Easy to use (auto starts as service) Reliable: re-use ‘tried and tested’ code (image scaling and gallery) Drag and drop files between servers Disadvantages Requires some technical understanding to install (web server and scripts)
Summary – open tools School trip photomarathon competition Web server + image scaling + gallery Open tools Quick ~ components available online Reliable ~ tried-and-tested code Web: http://photomarathon.open.ac.uk Email: Trevor Collins [email_address]