FAMILY TREE

This post is for Hollie in hopes that she might be able to use one of the many features of classtools.net with her first graders in creating online family trees. If so, they can either be printed out or uploaded to a class blog or website. I'll be glad to help you if you don't know how. Hope you can use this.

Larry Hewett

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COOL TEXT

Need help in designing a logo?  Why not try Cool Text located at http://cooltext.com/ .  Here's a single example of what kind of fonts can be used.  Some are even animated.



Image by Cool Text: Free Logos and Buttons - Create An Image Just Like This

SNAP.VU

Tired of having to repeat a URL for students a dozen times or having them type in an incorrect URL because it is so long?  Well shorten those URLs with snap.vu.  Just register for a free account and start shortening those web addresses.  Snap.vu keeps them on file for you so you don't have to  remember them all.  Try it just one time and I think you'll be hooked.

But wait a minute, that's not all it does.  It also creates QR codes which will be so useful whenever cell phones are allowed to be used in school.  That is, if they happen to have a QR reader app.  Don't know what QR codes are or how they can be used in education?  Check out this post:
http://lhewett-techpd.blogspot.com/2012/02/quick-response-codes.html

There's also another website for creating QR codes that give you lots more choices.  It is:
http://beqrious.com/qr-code-generator/

YOUBLISHER

Create your own online page turning book FREE with Youblisher.com.  Think of the possibilities for your classes or for your personal use.  Click on the Blogger Tutorial in order to begin turning pages.

CLASSTOOLS' ARCADE GAME GENERATOR

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LEARN CLICK

Create a fill in the blank test for your students as a review.  Register for an account, create the test, save it and then get the URL so that you can share it with others.  Try my test below.

http://www.learnclick.com/cloze/show/706

IMAGECHEF

Interested in doing word mosaics and other things?  Try Image Chef that can be found at http://www.imagechef.com/ic/word_mosaic/  The end products can be embedded into your blog like below.

STITCH.IT

http://stich.it/

Simply copy-and-paste a set of links in our text box and click 'Stich It'. We'll convert those links into one short URL for you to share. It's that easy! Want to have your students see several sites but don't want them to type each individual URL?  Stitch.it can help.  Type in the URLs for the sites you want and then they will stitch all of them together.

I stitched four of my blogs together.  Click on the link below in order to see them all.

http://stich.it/siNDkzMA

Why not try Stitch.it today?

CINEMAGRAM ON MY IPAD

This was done on my iPad with a free app called Cinemagram. It creates animated gifs from videos.

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CLASSTOOLS' POST ITS

Want to see how much your students know about a certain topic?  Go to Classtools.net and click on Post It.  Students can then upload a picture and then label it.  They are allowed up to ten post it notes on which they can describe, explain, etc.  Here are some great examples below.  The first one was a review about color.

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The second one was a review of perspective.

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STUART AND VICTORIA'S FAKEWALL

This is a perfect example of what can be done with Fakebook.

http://www.classtools.net/fb/30/BB7E5C

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CLASSTOOLS POST IT

This assignment was done by my Art One students. They chose a piece of artwork that they wanted to discuss. It was uploaded to Post It and then they had ten "post it" notes on which they could discuss the piece of work. This really gave me some insight as to how much knowledge they could apply. Look at the samples below. The first one dealt with lines, shapes and colors.

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CLASSTOOLS TIMELINE

Here is an awesome alternative for a written report that can be done in a timeline fashion.  It can be found at classtools.net.  Below are two Art One students' timeline about a researched artist.

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This was a very positive experience for all the students. After completion they emailed me either the URL for their timeline or the embed code so that I could check them and upload them to my blog.

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CLASSTOOLS' FAKEBOOK

Interested in doing an awesome technology project that most of your students will enjoy doing rather than a written report?  Well try Classtools' Fakebook.  It can be found at the following URL:
http://www.classtools.net/fb/home/page .  Here you'll find a template that your students will fill in and the result will look amazingly like a Facebook page. 

Use "Fakebook" to chart the plot of a book, the development of a character, a series of historical events, the debates and relationships between people, and so on!  Get started by entering a name at the top of the page. Then proceed to add friends, posts, comments and profile information.  You can save your work and edit it again later.  You can also embed your Fakebook into your blog as I have below.  In my Fakebook I took on the identity of native American artist, R.C. Gorman.  I gave him friends that he communicated with according to what I discovered about him such as his father being a code talker.  So I added Mr. Keith Little as one of his friends.  Mr. Little, by the way, was a real code talker in WWI.  It's easy to upload URLs for websites and even Youtube videos.  This can be the ultimate in "Creative Reports."  If you want to see the original one online without the advertising on the side, go to the following address: http://www.classtools.net/fb/99/TBPPX5 .

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HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Create a presentation that would be suitable to show to one of your classes.  It needs to be at least three minutes long if not longer.  You'll be using Fotoflexer if you need to manipulate your photos and then Educreations in order to create the presentation.  Please embed the finished product in your blog.

Larry Hewett

FOTOFLEXER.COM

Ever need a photo editor?  Well here is a great one and it's free and online.  Go to the following website:  http://fotoflexer.com/ .  Find five photos online pertaining to your subject area.  Manipulate all five somehow on fotoflexer.  Save these on the desktop.  Then they will be used in the next assignment in which you create a presentation using Educreations.

EDUCREATIONS PRESENTATION DONE ON IPAD

Below is one presentation that I created.  I created it on my iPad.

EDUCREATIONS.COM

This is an awesome presentation site that can be done on your PC or iPad.  You do have more flexibility with the iPad but you'll be impressed with those presentations done on your PC as well.  Go to the following URL and register an account:
http://www.educreations.com/
Then you will create a presentation incorporating five photos pertaining to your subject area.  Find these online.  Get a microphone and record your presentation.  If you want to delete this later, you can as long as I'm able to check off this assignment.  Once you have completed your prersentation, embed it into your blog.  This first presentation was done on my laptop.  Notice how it differs from the second one done on my iPad.

NEWLY DISCOVERED FEATURE WITH SCREENCASTOMATIC.COM

I just discovered how to include a webcam video with a screen capture using Screencastomatic.com.  Want to see what it looks like?

THINGLINK DONE HERE AT SCHOOL

Well I tried this one here at school this morning and it worked perfectly.  Hope they work during out workshop.

THINGLINK.COM

This is really an awesome website that can make your photographs interactive with text, audio or youtube videos.  Just click on the little dots to see what I have added to the picture.  Could you possibly use this in your classes?  I hope so.

Larry

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PHLOG OF THE EVENT AT WCHS

TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOP FOR WCHS - LESSON ONE

This is the first workshop for WCHS faculty members.  The title of it is Reaching the Top of Blooms with Free Online Web 2.0 Tools.  I hope you enjoy our time together and learn lots of possible ways to get your students to CREATE in whatever your subject area might be.  So let's get started!!!!

First of all you will need a blog.  Why?  Well all teachers need a personal, class blog or both.  This is an excellent way in which you can document things that go on in your classroom.  These are the times that we need evidence for our administrators and our evaluations.  This is one perfect way to do it.  You will also be using this blog to upload your assignments so that I can check them off as you complete this.  This will give us documentation or evidence of your having completed the workshop so that you will receive your three CEUs.

I have about seven blogs and they all serve different purposes such as one for my Art One class, one for my Advanced class, one for my personal artwork and international travel, one for my Arts and Technology class, etc.  So I'm asking you to create either a personal blog or one for your class.  I have writen a tutorial for you.  I hope it answers all of your questions.  Click on the link below in order to view the tutorial.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8OAWZRm0FZycjRJT3cxcE1ISGs


ASSIGNMENT ONE:

For your first assignment you will be doing a screencast.  A screencast is actually a movie of whatever happens on your computer screen.  It captures audio and limited video.  For this assignment we will be using one of two sites.  These sites are Screenr.com or Screencastomatic.com.  They are very similar but Screenr allows you to capture only five minutes while Screencastomatic allows you to capture fifteen.  Other than that they are basically the same.  So why would you want to capture what is going on on your computer screen?  I mainly use it for tutorials and videos.  Both sites allow for easy uploading to YouTube also.  As for my students doing screen captures, there is no better way to access someone's knowledge of a subject better than his CREATING a tutorial in which he teaches someone else.  You need a microphone in order to record the audio.  One is not necessary but it is better to use sound instead of having to type what is going on. 

*I will ask you to register for a free account.  You don't have to have one but if you want to store your files on either site you must have an account.
*I will do a demonstration using Screencastomatic.com.
*We will have a discussion as to whether you could use screen captures or not.  We will also discuss what how you would use them.  How could students in your class use them?
*I will demonstrate how to import these screen captures into other programs such as PowerPoint or MovieMaker.
*You will be asked to CREATE your first screen capture. You might think about doing a tutorial that you can actually use in your class.
*Finally, I will demonstrate how you will upload your screen capture to your blog using HTML code.  Don't worry, it's not difficult.

http://www.screenr.com/

http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/


SECOND ASSIGNMENT:

Why not learn to do podcasts or to be specific, phonecasts, with a site called Ipadio.com?  Do you have students that would rather talk than write?  Well Ipadio might be the site for you.  It's located at
http://ipadio.com/ and it states that you can broadcast live to the world from a phone call.  Well you really can and there is no limit to the length of the call and it's FREE.  Once you make your phlog, you can then very easily upload it to your blog and that's what we're going to do.

*I will demonstrate how to CREATE a phlog
*We will discuss how you might use them in your classroom
*You will register for a free account
*You will CREATE your first phlog
*You will upload it to your blog


HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT:

If you did not have time to do your screencast and your phlog you will need to do them as homework.  Then they will both need to be uploaded to your blog so that I can mark these two assignments as completed.

INTRODUCTION TO BITS AND MORE BITS

This is a blog in which I am going to post all kinds of information, thus the name Bits and More Bits.