Creating avatars in education can help get the creative juices flowing and create safe images to post of the students online. Here is a list of ideas for using avatars in classrooms: Create book trailers with the avatars representing the characters Teachers can put their avatar in their powerpoints to get the kids attention. Create [...]
The Winter Olympics are 10 days away. Soon the TV airwaves will be full ofwinter sports, some of which we only get to see every 4 years. So how can you incorporate this historic event into your classroom? I’ve gone through several websites (listed at the bottom of this post) and grouped some ideas into [...]
I watch the news and they refer to their blogs and read reader’s comments on the air. I listen to the radio and hear about the blogs available there and what listeners have to say about the goings on with the music. The Entertainment industry is full of blogs, I was tracking down past American [...]
I ran across http://www.befunky.com/ through my PLN (Personal Learning Network) and have been playing with the possibilities. It requires no fees and no sign in or account to be created. Of course the first place I start when playing with photos is my kids. The process of uploading pictures is very simple: Navigate to the [...]
I had a request from the 6th grade science teachers to create a video tutorial on Audacity so kids who choose to make a podcast in an upcoming webquest, could do so if they so chose. I thought I would share the video here as well. Here is the handout that goes with it. Audacity [...]