Classroom Applications http://www.voki.com/ What is it? How to? Voki enables users to express themselves on the web using a talking character. They create the character and the dialogue. Begin by going to the site and creating a free account. Select a character from  many styles. There are a lot of options for customization. You can adjust hair/skin/eye/lip color, choose different clothes, and change the size of the avatar and their facial features. Add Voice. Here, you have the option of typing in text or recording your own voice. Choose Background Choose a background from the voki library or upload your own. Click Publish to email to a friend or get access code. Classroom Applications Summarize text Summarize a series of events or explain cause and effect different perspectives “Getting to Know Me” strategies Works well with gallery walk or jigsaw strategy  

Classroom Applications http://animoto.com/ What is it? How to? Animoto allows the student to combine pictures with music to create awesome slide shows. Animoto has a user-friendly storyboard format to make it easy to create high-quality slideshows.  Click "Create Video“. Animoto will then walk you through the three steps required to create a video. 1) Choose a Style, 2) Get your photos and videos, 3) Choose your music, 4) Add your text, and 5) Produce your video.  Don't forget Advanced Settings to add those extra great features that make your Video pop.  Classroom Applications Book trailers Research reports Photo essay Advertisements Persuasive pieces *Forces students to summarize using very few words because Animoto limits the number of characters that can be used. *Free Educators account available.

Classroom Applications http://www.toondoo.com/ What is it? How to? Toondoo offers a convenient and easy platform for creating and sharing cartoons. 1. Navigate to www.toondoo.com, create an account, log in. 2. Locate the Toondoo Tools and click ToonDoo Maker. 3. Select your background, characters, props, and text bubbles. Notice that some categories have more than one page of choices. Click and drag your choices to your comic. Notice that there is a toolbar at the bottom of the page to adjust size of objects, flip and rotate objects, and change the emotions of characters. 4. To save, Click the Main Menu tab in the upper right and select Save As. Classroom Applications Toondoo can be used in the literacy classroom to show an understanding of text, character, setting, etc. Toondoo can provide a creative outlet for students who are interested in comic building.  It provides a great way to summarize, but also to create!

Classroom Applications http://www.edu.glogster.com/ What is it? How to? A Glog is an interactive visual platform in which users create a “poster or web page” containing multimedia elements including: text, audio, video, images, graphics, drawings, and data. A Glog is created using a very easy to understand, drag and drop interface that is relevant, enjoyable, and scalable for students of all ages and learning styles. Classroom Applications Informational poster Persuasive Sequencing Ranking Book reports Vocabulary works well with any informational text easily differentiated

Classroom Applications http://goanimate.com/ What is it? How to? Go!Animate allows you to choose characters and settings, assign them dialogue, and create movies. Go to http://goanimate.com/Create a free account by clicking "Sign Up“ After you have logged in, click on "Make a Video“ Browse and choose the template of your choice, choose characters, then type in the dialogue in the dialogue boxes. After you have completed the dialogue, click on make movie, and you can see your movie! Students can then share their link to their movie with you, and you can watch it. Classroom Applications This one is easy and fast, and you don't waste a lot of time with technical procedures. Can be used to summarize information Can be used to create stories, and provides easy outlet for this creation with predeveloped settings and characters Can be used to discuss topics/ideas, and debate two points of view

Classroom Applications http://www.capzles.com/ What is it? How to? Capzles.com is a site that allows users to tell a story in a timeline format using pictures, video clips, audio tracks and text. The Create tab on the navigation bar gives users access to the capzle creation applet used by the site. Users then add their media moments individually and choose the background colors and theme to be used with the capzle. They can also add descriptions for each moment. Users can also add an audio track to be played in the background as their capzle is viewed. The capzle creation applet is very well designed and easy to use. Classroom Applications Timeline, sequencing Parts of a whole (ie., parts of a cell) Parts in order (ie., planets from the sun) Storyboard Self-assessment (ie., fluency checks throughout the year) Delivery of content (teachers can create their own or search for the many capzles already created)

Classroom Applications http://www.livebinders.com/ http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=279123 What is it? How to? LiveBinders is an tool that works like web folders in a digital 3-ring binder.  Create an account. You can begin a new binder by clicking the Create Binder tab at the top. Fill in the form, and get started. Once in your binder you will see tabs at the top. Click a tab to get started. When you have selected a tab, you can insert your link and click the button. Each tab has a menu that will allow you to move, delete, and add tabs. In the Edit menu where you add other media like docs, spreadsheets, audio, video and PDFs. You can also change the layout of a page. There are options like titles, text and media and tables. Classroom Applications Great storage tool! Access to various information needed for projects/units of study. Interactive textbook. Organize student work. Differentiation (You could offer students a bingo sheet with a variety of technology choices, and then allow them to build their own binder with their choices. Then, they can create a tab for each choice, and directly link it to their project, or upload Word and PDF docs. )