Microsoft's Photosynth

What is Photosynth?

Photosynth is a powerful set of tools for capturing and viewing the world in 3D. You can take photos in a 360 degree turn and experience a panoramic view. This is wonderful for school outings or just to capture the fullness of a scene.

How to get started

• Go to http://photosynth.net/ and join.
• It will ask you to download the application on to your computer.

Ideas for the classroom

Give a tour of your classroom. I tried this.
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=fd71f194-6973-42ca-85f2-f6633b18ab26




You could create a vocabulary game
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=5767adbc-f7b8-4d9d-ab38-7aec9558820e



This was done by Bart from Belgium (http://teacherinresidence.wordpress.com/)

You could show an art exhibition at your school
http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=40bd31ae-4249-477f-8fa9-bb08fa8d2541

Show the vicinity around your school
http://photosynth.net/embed.aspx?cid=74c4e358-87ba-4e1a-8273-ffaf440a7749

You could show a panoramic view of an outing
http://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=869b4d72-195a-437c-a1cc-395a544fb4d4

Ideas worth trying…

•Use it to show around your classroom
• Use it for an outing
• Show something that is happening at your school.
• Use it as a vocabulary lesson
• Use it to demonstrate everybody’s work.
• Submit your photosynths of views to Bing Maps

Microsoft provides plenty of online help for Photosynth

strong>A video from UK Partners in Learning

‘How to use Photosynth’