App for the Week – Photo Scan by Google Photos

App for the Week – Photo Scan by Google Photos

Organised by IT CLUB NSS TRAINING COLLEGE OTTAPALAM 

2nd Year B.Ed. Malayalam

Venue: General Hall

Date: 25 November 2025, 9.30 am

Event summary

• You conducted the weekly app awareness session as part of the App for the Week initiative.

• The session focused on Photo Scan by Google Photos.

• Students from the 2nd Year B.Ed. Malayalam batch organised and coordinated the event.

Programme flow

• Prayer and Acharyavandanam opened the session.

• Akshaya V S handled compering.

• Rahul S introduced the app and demonstrated its key features.

• You covered scanning steps, glare removal, backup options, and classroom uses.

• Participants tried the app using their phones.

Key points presented

• Photo Scan helps you digitise old photos with accurate edges and reduced glare.

• The app captures multiple frames and produces a high-quality scan.

• Google Photos stores the output with auto-backup.

• Useful for teacher portfolios, school archives, and personal projects.

• Students learned to organise and share scanned images.

Participation

• Around 80 B.Ed. trainees attended.

• Engagement was strong, with questions on storage, editing, and privacy.

• Peer demonstrations helped participants understand the workflow.

Outcomes

• You improved students’ digital literacy.

• Participants gained hands-on skill in photo digitisation.

• The event supported ICT integration in teacher education.

Faculty coordination

• Dr Lekshmi V supervised the event.

• Prof Smitha R guided the programme as Principal-in-charge.

Feedback summary

• Students appreciated the practical demo.

• They requested similar sessions on classroom-friendly apps like Jamboard and Canva.