Pic Collage

Pic Collage is a free app that does not require an account.  It allows you to create collages with pictures, frames, text, and stickers.  Pic Collage can be used in many different ways to showcase students' work.  Here are some ideas on how to use Pic Collage as an educational tool in your classroom:

• Arrange pictures in frames to make comic strips, instructions, plan a narrative, or sequence a story.

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• Clip photos (double click the picture and select clip photo), cut around people and objects so that they can be added other backgrounds and places.

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• Share ideas.
• Study vocabulary.
• Assessment. 

If you have any ways that you use Pic Collage in your classroom that you'd like to share, feel free to leave a comment!

Now that you have an idea on how to use Pic Collage, I am going to give you a step-by-step tutorial on how to make a collage.

After opening the app, you will tap in the middle of the screen.

Then, you can tap anywhere you would like to add pictures, text, or stickers.  You can also click on the plus sign at the bottom of the screen to add items.  You can add pictures from your camera or take a picture right then.  You can also add pictures from the web or from screenshots you have taken.  

In the bottom left hand corner, there is a small icon that looks like a collage.  Tap that and you will see that you can change the layout to add frames or change the color of the background.  Your collage can have pictures all over the place or you can set it to have pictures in a frame.

If you click on the ? at the top of the screen, tips will show up. You can also click in the middle of this screen for more tips if you forget how to do something.  

When your collage is done, click the arrow in the bottom right hand corner.  From there, you can post your picture to various social media sites, save it to your camera roll, or send it in an email.

Some other quick hints: Double tap a picture to edit it, edit the border, clip the photo, set as background or copy it.

Here is a quick example of a collage I made showing ideas about my favorite baseball team.  I set a picture as my background, added pictures from the web, and added text and stickers.