On reflection from the article "A short analysis of Verbal and Visual Elements in the English of World Wide Web Pages", I am more aware of the terminologies used relating to the main features of Web design. Most importantly, the ingredients to creating an interactive type of communicative exchanges through Web pages. In addition, I have found the following link to be very useful in providing us with interactive images for our assignments and lesson plans. Do let me know if it was useful.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/multimedia_gallery/multimedia_gallery.html
http://www.tasi.ac.uk/advice/using/using_capturing.html
There is also this following article entitled "The preferences of young children for images used in dynamic graphical interfaces in computer-assisted English vocabulary learning" doi:10.1016/j.displa.2005.06.002 which serves as a very useful background knowledge for language teachers to consider using dynamic interactive images during their delivery of lessons.
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Great link re. the images Chew Yi. Thanks! I've also included a couple of good links related to this in my blog (top right-hand corner).
The article refers to raster graphics only (i.e. images made up of pixels) The three images of the pixellated apple are excellent examples of how the original image would look it you resized it. A vector graphic on the other hand, would not respond in this way. It would remain the same, no matter how large you made the image.
I used the Capturing Digital Images article in my year 9 and 10 IT class yesterday. It worked well as an introduction to use our cameras and manipulating file types for publishing in hard and softcopy. Thanks
“The preferences of young children for images used in dynamic graphical interfaces in computer-assisted English vocabulary learning”
Though the above article concludes that to sustain student's interest, dynamic and complex images are preferred, it has not concluded whether there was any improvement in students' vocabulary acquisition. Though preference can lead to sustain interest and this in turn may motivate learning, I am concern whether it would result in distraction and affect learning too. A balance is important.
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