• An online photo album
• Ability to share photos in an online slideshow (Picasa Web SlideShow)
• http://picasaweb.google.com/home

• Easily integrated with Google Sites and Picasa (downloadable FREE photo editing program)
• Easy to use and share
• Allows you to search for other users photographs taken from around the world
• It's free!

How was Picasa Web Album/SlideShow integrated into the South Florida Oceans & Beaches Project?

• Students were required to make one SlideShow for their website on a related topic of their choice
• Examples of students SlideShows are:  beach visitations, water testing, Sanibel trip, classroom science experiments
• Andrea, Anabella, and Rose's Slideshow: http://sites.google.com/site/arasoftheocean/Home
• Andrea, Anaella, and Rose's Web Album:  http://picasaweb.google.com/anabellabenchi/BeachPictures?authkey=THliW3xidtg#5268584107849182530
• Florian, Michelle, and Aliza's Web Album: http://picasaweb.google.com/Aliza.Michelle.Florian/Web20Experience#

• Students can develop an online portfolio of their photographs that is easy to share and access
• Students can take pictures of a lesson, project, or process, upload their photos, and then present their photos to the class
• As a teacher, you can share photographs of your students in the classroom with parents, co-workers, and the students
• Picasa for Educators:  http://www.google.com/educators/p_picasa.html

• Log in with your Google account
• Setup your Picasa online account
• Create a new album (add your photos, captions, etc.)
• Copy the link of the album (on right hand side of screen after the album has been created)
• Go to your Google site
• Insert your Picasa Web Slideshow