Picnik is a very useful tool for everyday day use as it allows you to edit and manipulate images. This could be useful within the classroom by showing students that images can represent very different things. This promotes students thinking at a higher level in Blooms Taxonomy (McInerney & McInerney, 2002) For example if you look at the above pictures, although they are the same image that can be seen as representing totally different things.
I think that this is an important point for students to consider but this point can also be made through many other activities or tools. In saying this Picnik does provide a very interactive and engaging way of showing students that images can represent many things.
McInerney, D., & McInerney, V. (2002). Educational psychology: Constructing learning. Frenchs Forest, NSW, Australia: Pearson Education.
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