Shape Collage is a free app for iDevices that allows the user to use photos on the device to create collages in different shapes, such as stars, paw prints, puzzle pieces, etc… You can even type in your own text, and the photos will conform to the words. Once you have created the collage, you can save it to your Photo Album, or share it via Facebook, Twitter, or e-mail. If you do not have an iDevice, there is a similar program online called Loupe. The biggest difference between the app and the website is that, on Loupe, you are loading your pictures from an online sharing site, and do not have the option to load them directly from your computer.
Shape Collage is a great app for Creating, the highest level of Bloom’s New Taxonomy. Students can create collages that conform to shapes related to what they are studying, or the shape of a text that gives a meaningful message. The collages can be another way for students to express themselves poetically with pictures.