Did you know???
There are so many Web 2.0 tools that will encourage your students to
research and write by giving them a creative way to share this writing.
The most recent tool I have discovered is called Blabberize. On this site
(www.blabberize.com), you can upload a photograph to the site, add a mouth
to the picture, and record text so that the picture moves its mouth to the
words. It's hard to describe, so take a look at these two samples:
http://blabberize.com/view/id/1049
http://blabberize.com/view/id/1001146
Can you imagine a student sharing their animal research by having a picture
of their animal share facts about itself? Can you imagine a student
sharing their famous American facts by having a photograph of the famous
person telling information about him or herself? The possibilities are
endless!
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Saturday, August 17, 2013
Saturday, August 3, 2013
Encourage Your Students to Burst Out Their Stories!
Did you know???
There are numerous free web tools to help encourage and inspire writing in your students! One such tool is ZooBurst (http://www.zooburst.com/). ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books. Using ZooBurst, storytellers of any age can create their own rich worlds in which their stories can come to life. Authors can arrange characters and props within a 3D world that can be customized using uploaded artwork or items found in a built-in database of over 10,000 free images and materials. Students can add speech bubbles, titles, and text to their pages. ZooBurst authors can share books with readers using a simple hyperlink, and books can easily be embedded in any website. As an educational tool, ZooBurst provides students with new ways in which they can tell stories, deliver presentations, write reports and express complex ideas. ZooBurst contains a powerful “classroom management” feature for teachers that lets them easily set up protected, safe spaces for their students. Teachers can assign usernames and passwords to their students without having to input any sensitive or personal information and can manage and moderate student work in a protected environment.
The best way to learn more about ZooBurst is to give it a try! I did! Check out this link! http://www.zooburst.com/book/zb02_51fc58817659b
Let me know if I can help you in any way!
There are numerous free web tools to help encourage and inspire writing in your students! One such tool is ZooBurst (http://www.zooburst.com/). ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books. Using ZooBurst, storytellers of any age can create their own rich worlds in which their stories can come to life. Authors can arrange characters and props within a 3D world that can be customized using uploaded artwork or items found in a built-in database of over 10,000 free images and materials. Students can add speech bubbles, titles, and text to their pages. ZooBurst authors can share books with readers using a simple hyperlink, and books can easily be embedded in any website. As an educational tool, ZooBurst provides students with new ways in which they can tell stories, deliver presentations, write reports and express complex ideas. ZooBurst contains a powerful “classroom management” feature for teachers that lets them easily set up protected, safe spaces for their students. Teachers can assign usernames and passwords to their students without having to input any sensitive or personal information and can manage and moderate student work in a protected environment.
The best way to learn more about ZooBurst is to give it a try! I did! Check out this link! http://www.zooburst.com/book/zb02_51fc58817659b
Let me know if I can help you in any way!
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