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FREE online resources and downloadable programs for learners and their teachers.

This is a holiday season for people of different faiths and traditions around the world. I’ll be celebrating Christmas, and I’m very much looking forward to it. Here’s a free resource that facilitates using your own photos to create and share online greeting “cards” with digital photos.

Picnik is an online photo editing application. A premium version is available for paid subscription, but there many editing functions and features available for free. The function I like best is the convenient option of adding text. Currently, there is also a free collection of Christmas shapes that can be added to your pictures.

Another feature of Picnik that I appreciate is its ability to link directly to my Flickr account. I can edit photos that I’ve uploaded to Flickr and then either replace the original or create a new file and add it to Flckr. You can also link Picnik to photos that you have in Picasa Web Albums, facebook, photobucket, or webshots.

Here’s a Christmas card for you that I’ve created with Picnik.