Today we learned about digital storytelling. We used VoiceThread to see how several people can see one picture or video and all comment on it using either text or their voices. It is a good tool that can be used by people from everywhere. It is a great way to collaborate with others on the Internet.
We also used Photostory to make a book trailer about Beverly Cleary's Beezus and Ramona. It was easy to use and has a lot of cool options for motion and sound. I had trouble with my microphone volume, but this could be fixed easily with a better pair of headphones I think.
In the afternoon we worked with Glogster and Wix.com. They were both really easy to figure out, but both had problems when we were working with them. Glogster is very eye catching and fun to look at. Wix is a little different, but still useful for the same purposes. In the future, if I am working with either of these sites I will definitely have a backup plan since they were a bit unreliable on these computers.
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Day 3
Friday our class was full of information!!
I really likes Big Huge Labs as a tool. Making an inspirational poster was not only fun, but it could be very useful in the classroom. I look forward to trying out some of the other things that Big Huge Labs offers.
I had a hard time making my ALA Read Poster. My photos became blurry, my aviary.com kept freezing up when I tried to upload, and I had trouble getting it into my wikispace....After a while I gave up and kept the blurry one. I can definitely see the usefulness of this tool, but I can probably achieve the same effects in the classroom with the tools from Big Huge Labs.
In the afternoon we learned how to use some presentation tools, which was really fun. Our tool was PhotoPeach, and it was really easy to use! Not overly sophisticated, but we were able to import pictures, move them around, add background music, and add text on whatever slides we wanted to. At the end we had a nice little slideshow that only took an hour or less to make.
The last thing we did was use Webspiration as a tool to help us take notes on other people's presentation tools. It is a very helpful and easy tool to use. I would definitely use it again to help with note taking or other projects.
I really likes Big Huge Labs as a tool. Making an inspirational poster was not only fun, but it could be very useful in the classroom. I look forward to trying out some of the other things that Big Huge Labs offers.
I had a hard time making my ALA Read Poster. My photos became blurry, my aviary.com kept freezing up when I tried to upload, and I had trouble getting it into my wikispace....After a while I gave up and kept the blurry one. I can definitely see the usefulness of this tool, but I can probably achieve the same effects in the classroom with the tools from Big Huge Labs.
In the afternoon we learned how to use some presentation tools, which was really fun. Our tool was PhotoPeach, and it was really easy to use! Not overly sophisticated, but we were able to import pictures, move them around, add background music, and add text on whatever slides we wanted to. At the end we had a nice little slideshow that only took an hour or less to make.
The last thing we did was use Webspiration as a tool to help us take notes on other people's presentation tools. It is a very helpful and easy tool to use. I would definitely use it again to help with note taking or other projects.
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