Now I'm not proposing a mashup between the Color Pickr and the motivational poster maker and the trading card maker. Although that would certainly be an interesting mashup. The Color Pickr intrigued me because I've always been fascinated by artistic digital and non-digital mosaics that uses pictures to create a larger picture (Example: http://www.coverpop.com/pop/flickr_stickfigures/). Color Pickr would make it easier for a person like me, who has almost no artisitic instincts, to at least dabble in digital mosaics based on color. It makes the process of choosing photos much easier. However, the photos connected to Color Pickr aren't always apart of the creative commons and thus subject to copyright. It didn't take me long to find a photograph that had all its rights reserved.
The motivational poster maker (http://bighugelabs.com/motivator.php) is so simple and easy to make and has so many applications in the library. Students could create their own collection of small posters to illustrate their knowledge of genre. A motivational poster is also a great way to help students establish the main idea, theme, or moral of a story in as few words or sentences as possible.
The Trading Card maker (http://bighugelabs.com/deck.php) also has could be useful in the library. Students could make a trading card for each book they've read or for their favorite characters. It could also be used for nonfiction, making trading cards for animals, places, famous people, architecture, etc. The possibilities are endless. One thing I found very interesting was that the format of the card, from the backgrounds to the title/subtitle/description to the icons, is almost identical to the Magic the Gathering trading cards. I probably wouldn't have noticed if not for all the copyright discussion we've been having in class.
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