Commenting on Images

Google recently announced that you can now add comments to images in your Google Drive. This simple addition offers many creative possibilities.

In the example below, I've taken an photo of a bulletin board and turned it into a virtual bulletin board. Clicking on different items in the images brings up videos, documents (Pdfs), or allows you to vote.

The next example shows how you might use an image to create a virtual board game. Links and instructions can be inserted into the comments. Links can be of videos, map locations, dice rolling tool, etc.

Other ideas:

• Add comments/phrases to an image in order to improve language skills
• Add comments to visual work like drawings/paintings for both formative and summative assessment
• Give feedback to math work (Hint: have students use smart phones to easily grab "scans" of their work) Remember, viewers can interact using comment threads.
• Give feedback to students using photos of them performing (e.g. PE, music, drama...) Improve quality of feedback by selecting  specific areas of the image (e.g. select wrist with comment tool to comment on how student hits ball with racquet)
• Use an image of a map to create a multimedia guide linking to videos, other images, sites... 
• Create a Prezi-like presentation using large images (students could draw these, Photoshop them, etc.), linking to multimedia files, sites, etc. in comments. Hint use View-->Show Image Navigator for large images. This allows users to zoom in and navigate large images.

Share your ideas in comments below.