January+22,+2011



"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows". ~Sydney J. Harris

Below you will find links to resources discussed during class on January 22, 2011.

[|Loogix]- a website that animates images.There is no registration necessary and once generated your picture will have a permanent URL. You also will be provided with a HTML code, you can use to insert your picture to web pages, blogs, wikis. There are eight different animations to pick from.

[|Daily Mugshots]- a free service that allows you to chronicle your daily life using photos. Take a photo a day and it will turn them into an animated sequence. The site wil even email you a daily reminder to take your picture- it doesn’t get better than that! You can upload photos from a digital amera, webcam or cell phone.

[|Magic Studio]- a Network of Interactive Learning that has been on my “need to explore closer” list since this summer. I started to explore it this week and have really found some of the features to be versatile for the SMARTBoards, classroom use (laptops) and on wikis (embed). One of the advantages is that if you create an activity to use on the SMARTBoard you can then embed that into your class wiki for students to use as a review– now that is AWESOME!!! I should note that you do need[| **Macromedia Flash Player 8**] or above to use [|**Magic Studio**]. If you navigate to the[| **Browse**] feature you will find “great images, video, audio, reference text and interactive resources to customise or to use straight away just as they are.” For example, [|**here**] is a great pre-made drag and drop review to practice addition (2-10). To use with the SMARTBoard I would view it in full screen. There is a zoom feature so you can make the screen even larger. You could also embed this drag and drop into your wiki or blog as a student review. Here is [|**a link**]to the [|**Magic Studio**]Tour which give you an overview of the features.

[|Fotobabble]- allows you to add your voice/narrate an image- how cool is that! Upload a photo and then record your voice directly through your computer to create a talking photo.The possibilities in a classroom setting are endless- Book Talks, Visual for poetry, review concepts, language acquisition, tec. It is free, but you will need to register with an email account.

[|Festisite]- a fun text generator that allows you to take text (upe ot 1000 character) and create fun designs. When using this application be sure to