Collection of Technology Programs June 13, 2009
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Wordle – Beautiful Word Clouds July 28, 2008
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Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.
Create your own. http://wordle.net/
VoiceThread July 16, 2008
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How can it be used in the Classroom?
ToonDoo July 13, 2008
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I was just introduced to this over the summer, and am anxious to begin incorporating it. ToonDoo allows the student to create, publish, and share their own cartoons. I am always looking for new ways for my students to express their creative side. This site will do just that!.
ToonDoo is a cool, comic-creating tool from Jambav, a fun site for kids. Jambav is devoted to creating a unique array of free and customizable online games of educational value for children of all abilities. This effort is backed by the US-based software powerhouse AdventNetInc., a highly successful and profitable organization that has several successful brand names to its credit. ToonDoo was the happy result of brainstorming session that was aimed at creating a new way of expression for those who do not have the talent to draw.
You can now just drag-drop or click to create comic strips that express your views, opinions, angst or to just have fun, loads of it! Don’t forget to check out our contests! There are no trophies to show off, but you get to be featured in the ToonDoo Hall of Fame.
About the Voki character on the front page…… July 1, 2008
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Just another technology program that I was introduced to over the summer. I hope to use Voki more in my classroom. There are some ideas listed below.
What is Voki?
Voki enables users to express themselves on the web in their own voice using a talking character. You can customize your Voki to look like you or take on the identity of lots of other types of characters… animals, monsters, anime etc. Your Voki can speak with your own voice which is added via microphone, upload, or phone. Voki lives on your blog, social network profile and will soon be integrated in various instant messaging platforms. You will also be able to download it to most video supported phones.
Will Voki always be free?
Yes, you will always be able to come and create a character for free at Voki. However, we may offer special items or characters for sale at some point. Also some of the things you can do with your Voki, like downloading it to your phone, may cost money. It is also likely that you will see different kinds of sponsorship on the site. No matter what we do to make money through Voki, we’ll make sure we keep you in the loop, get your feedback, and try not to do anything that makes Voki less entertaining to have.
Can anyone use Voki?
Voki is solely and exclusively for personal, non-commercial use only. If you run a business website where you sell things or you run a site about your business – a real estate agency, for example – then Voki is not for you. We have a product called SitePal that costs a small monthly fee for business class use.
- Students can create avatars that are similar in looks or personalities and record a message that tells about themselves.
- Students can exchange these avatars with e-pals either within their own setting or anywhere in the world.
- Students can generate questions to ask their avatar e-pals.
- ESL (English as a Second Language) students can use the speaking avatars to practice and listen to their speech. They may use the computerised voice first then record their own voice when they feel more comfortable. Writing, reading and pronunciation are all practised.
- Students can create an avatar that resembles a character from a story, add a setting and give it speech. The speech could be from the story or a creative point of view (POV) from the character on an event.
