I have not had much opportunity to use image manipulation programs as I was always a pencil to paper kind of gal. Even touching up photos that I take is beyond my patience level and I very rarely do it.
One tool that I use regularly for PowerPoint or posting photos online is http://www.webresizer.com/. This makes photos that you take in high res quality and makes them much smaller so that your file size is much smaller. It allows for faster loading and transitions.
I can certainly see merit to image manipulation for creative projects. Google's Picasa is a free tool that is fairly easy to use. You just upload the image and can edit as you see fit. This is a free resource, which is always a bonus. GIMP is a free resource that does the same thing.
One thing I find so many students love to do is create memes. I think this would be a fun way to incorporate some of the subject matter in class and have them create a customized meme. This might be a fun way to create PSAs (Public Service Announcements) as well. There are a lot of sites to do this such as http://www.mememaker.net/create. Students can upload their own images and create the caption.
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