Digital Photo Editing
I opened a photo in Picassa and then edited it in Picnik. Included screen shots of before and after editing.Some of the editing features I applied in Picnik:
1960s, cross-process, HDR-ish, and Holga-ish. I adjusted each effect so that I ended up with an image with interesting contrast and color and nice rounded corners.
I can see lots of neat ways to use this type of resource in my classroom. One of the first ways 
that comes to mind is having students use this resource in conjunction with their Plot Study project. One part of their project is to do a "virtual collection" of organisms--photos of a variety of flowers, animals, fungus, trees, etc... Last year one student had AMAZING photos that she had clearly edited. I asked her what program she had used, and she explained she had used Picnik. Picnik was an easy program to use, and it made the photos look so interesting and neat.
that comes to mind is having students use this resource in conjunction with their Plot Study project. One part of their project is to do a "virtual collection" of organisms--photos of a variety of flowers, animals, fungus, trees, etc... Last year one student had AMAZING photos that she had clearly edited. I asked her what program she had used, and she explained she had used Picnik. Picnik was an easy program to use, and it made the photos look so interesting and neat.One of my goals is not only to teach students the content (science, in my case), but also to teach them some "life skills" and expose them to programs and ideas that they might use in the future. For instance, I had students use Dropbox last week. Even though our school filter doesn't allow students to upload or download to Dropbox, I still made them all sign up and accept an invitation from me to a shared folder. I think this is something that a few students might really like (especially if they look in the folder at home over break and realize they can open and save into it to complete their assignment). Likewise for Picnik and other programs like that. Even if they don't use the program all that often in my class, I think it's worth it to expose students to technology like that so that they know it exists and is out there.
One other reason I really liked Picnik and the other photo editing programs was that it made the photos look so cool that I said, "wow!" One of my goals for teaching is to inspire an awe and wonder in the natural world that God has created. And I can freely articulate that since I teach at a private Christian school. Spending time editing an image does help you reflect on how beautiful even the most simple things in life can be.
Public Photo-Sharing
I uploaded an image to Picassa and here is the link: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/Sfz3bl91op8t3vrwFlU87A?feat=directlink
Here is the photo that I shared (just to use the embed code):
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