Free Resources
to Reach 21st
Century
Students
A Little Something to Get Us in the
Mood from the Digital Goonies
Essential Question for This Session:
A "normal” brain
takes
eighteen
seconds to decide
whether to keep or
drop
input
…
approximately
enough time to
hear one sentence
from beginning to
end.
(Wolfe 1999 quoted in Barron 2004).
Top Five Gifts for Teenagers
Portable Game Devices
Cell Phones
Computers
Video Game Consoles
MP3 Players/iPods
Source: Starkman, Neal (2007).Leave Me Alone.... T.H.E. Journal. 33-38
http://www.cultofmac.com/ipods-in-grade-school-learning-tool-or-goof-offd/18387.
So they have all this “stuff”….
how do we use it in the classroom?
Four P’s: Basic Steps in Multimedia
Projects
Plan –Storyboards and scripts help
students stay focused.
Produce - Create your project.
Publish - Provide an audience by
posting their work on your webpage
(get a free website at
http://www.weebly.com/), class blog,
wiki, School Tube, etc.
Promote - Get the word out by
joining a PLN (Twitter, Facebook, or
Ning) to promote your class projects.
http://www.podworx.com/educational-content/four-ps-of-podcasting/
Fotobabble
Classroom Example
Fotobabble Site
Examples
Spanish Assignment
My Vokis
Voki Ideas
Create avatars similar in appearance and record a
message that tells about themselves.
Exchange avatars with e-pals
ELL students can use the speaking avatars to
practice and listen to their speech. They may use the
computerized voice first then record their own voice
when they feel more confident.
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 point of view from the
character on an event.
Add your own images to the background.
Source: Helen Otway. January 2008.
Examples
Blabberize helps students to take pride in
their work and be motivated to become
better speakers and writers.
Ocean Blabbers
Baby Chick Blabber
Step-by-Step Guide
Sign up for a free account at
http://blabberize.com/
MagToo
PhotoPeach Examples
Sharks
National Geographic
Turn your images into a music video!
Personal Example Using an Animoto
Template
Educational Examples
For movies that are over 30 seconds, you
need to apply for a free educator account
at http://animoto.com/education
Be a Buddy and Not a Bully
Functions
Flat Stanley Animoto
Ideas
•Annotate on slides by saving PowerPoint slides
as jpgs, use Picnik , Jing , or Scrapblog to add text
to your images.
• Create shows to introduce complex skills.
•Let students create book trailers.
•Add Wordles to your shows.
•Add Discovery Streaming (medium) images
One True Media
Holds any type of
media (images,
documents, and
videos)
Comment 5 different
ways - voice (with a
mic or phone), text,
audio file, or video
(with a webcam)
Share
VOICETHREAD EXAMPLES
https://voicethread.com/#q.b4622.i36067
http://voicethread.com/#q.b50562.i303124
http://voicethread.com/#q.b119840.i624895
Voicethread
Step-by-Step Guide
Glogster Edu
My Glogs
SCRAPBLOG EXAMPLE
Mixbook Examples
Shapes Around Our School
Favorite Animals
Mixbook Guide
Get started with your digital book
at
http://www.mixbook.com/
COMIC GENERATORS
Super Lame
Make Beliefs Comix
Read Write Think’s Comic Generator
Newspaper Generator
Garfield Comic Generator
Kerpoof
• Free tool that allows students to create original
artwork, animated movies, and stories.
• Use from any browser
• No software to install
• No licenses to buy (free to educators)
• Projects can be saved and/or printed out.
• Projects can be private or public for all to see
• http://www.kerpoof.com/
Ideas
• As a writing prompt- provide a scene and
let students choose the characters
• Ask students to recreate a scene from
their reading and to summarize what
they read
• For creative writing- retell a story from a
different point of view
Students and Content Creation
• 64% of teenagers between 12-17 engage in at least one type
of online content creation.
• Girls dominate most elements of content creation
– 35% of teen girls blog compared to 20% of online boys
– 54% of girls post photos online compared to 40% of boys
– Boys post more video content online (19% v 10%)
• 47% of teens posted photos online so others can see them.
• 89% of those teens posted photos say that people comment
on the images at least “some of the time”
Source: (2007, December 19) Pew/Internet Report “TEENS AND SOCIAL MEDIA: THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA GAINS A GREATER
FOOTHOLD IN TEEN LIFE AS THEY EMBRACE THE CONVERSATIONAL NATURE OF INTERACTIVE ONLINE MEDIA.” Retrieved
5/26/2008 http://www.pewinternet.org/ppf/r/230/report_display.asp
Download at http://www.jingproject.com
Upload to http://www.screencast.com/
MATHCAST EXAMPLE
Math Train
http://corinastechspot.wikispaces.com/
http://twitter.com/cclong