Picnik is like a partner of Flickr. Both posses the ability to dispel images, but Picnik is significant in that it can edit them. I personally find this software useless and boring for personal use, but when put in the context of the classroom, it could be a great mental break activity. Displaying for them pictures of items relating to the content, students can mix it up any way they like, keeping it appropriate of course.
An approach like the above is just one of many ways in which teachers have been handed the responsibility of designing curriculum that embraces technology. "According to a new report commissioned by Cisco Systems, adding visuals to verbal instruction can result in significant gains in basic or higher-order learning, if applied appropriately. Students using a well-designed combination of visuals and text learn more than students who use only text, the report says."
Whilst doing a lesson on Medieval Castles, I had students do for homework an activity on Picnik where they would take one image of castle of customize it to their liking, give it a name, and claim their own personal castle. They just had to be creative and experimental.
Stansbury, M (Mar, 2008), Analysis: How multimedia can improve learning, http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/?i=53243
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