DIGITAL WORKSHEET ANSWER KEY UNIT 4

Web-based image editing tools

Part 1: Let’s discuss

1 Read the text and answer the questions.

• Ask students to read the text and discuss the questions in pairs. Then discuss as a

class.

What is a web-based image editing tool? Extra information

A web-based image editing tool allows you to take an image from a search

engine, computer, or mobile phone and add notes to it.

You can add text, music, video, recorded sound or links to other internet sites.

The image becomes ‘interactive’.

This can be done collaboratively, by groups of people or individually.

Part 2: Let’s analyse

2 Look at the interactive images of Selena Gomez. Answer the questions in groups.

• Ask students to look at the images of Selena Gomez and discuss the questions in

groups of three or four. Elicit some answers and discuss as a class.

Answer key

1 Because she is an actress and singer.

2 They are describing her physical characteristics (big smile, beautiful big brown

eyes). Her clothes are also being described as well as a few character adjectives

(confident, cheerful, friendly).

3 The present continuous is being used to describe what Selena is wearing (She is

wearing…).

4 Adjectives of character: confident, cheerful and friendly.

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• Go online and show students a few of the recommended websites for editing

images online.

• As a class, choose a person and find an image of them. Ask students what they

would like to add to the image and make the changes on screen. Print the finished

image and stick it on the board.

Part 3: Let’s do it!

• This can be completed in class or as homework.

• Ask students to find an image of a person they admire and edit it, adding text,

music, video etc. Remind them to organize their ideas on the Task Sheet.

• Once you have all the links to the images, use one lesson to view them all as a

class. Students can vote on their favourites and choose the best three.

RECOMMENDED WEBLINKS

Web-based image editing tools

www.fotobabble.com

Allows you to upload your photo and then make a voice recording to describe it.

www.blabberize.com

Allows you to make an animated mouth and voice recording so that the person on

the photo looks like they are talking.

www.thinglink.com

Allows you create interactive images by adding links to text, music, video and other

items.

www.urturn.com

Allows you to create animated online posters with text, photos, videos, graphics,

sounds, drawings, data attachments and other items.

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