Thing #2 Image Generators

I truly enjoyed playing with the options. I did a video on Animoto. I used pictures of my twins to create a slideshow. I even emailed it to their grandparents. Twelfth grade students at our school do a Senior Legacy Book. This could be another twist to the assigment instead of using an actually scrapbook. The students can use the tool each year to do parts of the assignment. It could also be used to create a report on a fieldtrip.

I tried using the Voki, but never figured out how to make her say more that "Hello". I think this would be great for speak students. It would be used as a "partner assignment" and ease the nervousness of students.

Bookr was fun creating. I was disappointed that there were not more pictures to choose from. I can see students using this as an alternate to powerpoints or construction paper and cut out pictures for book reports.

The hardest part of Thing #2 was figuring out how to post the designs after the creation. I can see myself using these tools again!

Thing #1

I remember when I thought writing a research paper for high school was hard. Going to college with so many more expectations and less guidance was even harder. When new technology and means of communication, writing any type of research paper is made easier just by a touch of a button. It's amazing how this short videos shows how not only can this student make his research less timely, but get facts and knowledge from around the world, including from leading researchers and professors from of the topic. The important thing the video highlighted at the end was that the teacher is still an important piece of this vast communication. Someone has to be there to organize, help figure out fact or fiction from all the information, and consult on how to use the information to not only help the student, but others in the same field. A librarian could definitely be an important teacher as well. Their role can also be seen as an instructor to the student on information with their library system and consult on areas to find facts about the topic.

I thought it was amazing, not only how the system works but how it's a neverending system!