desktop graphic

Okay, so everything is still a new experience every day. I had an in-depth heart-to-heart with a friend of mine after church this evening to try to figure this thing out. I'm sure it's not all as hard as I make it out to be but if it's something you're not used to, it takes a while. So.....I'm hoping all my links are working okay. The one that's on the most recent last blog looks a little strange but I can't even remember putting it there. Huh...Anyway, for this project, I considered using Microsoft Word to pull up my file, take a picture of it, and then use that. But, I decided to make something that I think would be more useful for in a classroom setting. This one graphic I made could be used with a science lesson about different environments for animals or a number of other lessons. While discussing some other options to make this graphic, I ended up choosing Microsoft Picture It!, mostly because it was right there when I went to look for a program to use and it seemed to work pretty well. It wasn't a bad program for someone who is not very experienced in any of this. I was able to find a picture I had on my computer already and then could add the text in any shape I wanted and could easily crop the picture. I would feel pretty comfortable trying to use this again to create graphics. My one issue with using this program on my computer at home was that I could not find the right disc to run the program correctly and use one of their pictures. That was a bit frustrating but my computer is not the most up to date so it is challenging at times. When I saved the file, I made it into a jpeg so that it would be fairly easy to open on most computers. The size is 108 KB. Because I saved it through my ftp and will be putting the hyperlink on here, I think the program should open in Internet Explorer, like any other web site would.
After some learning, I think older elementary school students could be able to use this program to piece together different photos like a slide show or power point of sorts to give presentations to their classmates. When I was in elementary school, I remember doing a presentation on polar bears and having to draw out my slides on an actual strip that got put through a projector. These types of new technology would be a great start for students to learn how to do these things. Then, they could further their experience and knowledge for upper grade courses.

So, here is it. PLEASE let me know if these are not working correctly.
www2.fairmontstate.edu/users/elong/penguins.jpg