The students used Pixton to create a comic, set in the era of history that they are studying: either, Ancient Rome or the Industrial Revolution.
The students all had fun with this activity.
Here are two exemplars:
Industrialization:
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Sunday, March 28, 2010
YouTube Playlists
If you have a YouTube account, then you can create playlists.
To add a video to a playlist, click on the "Playlists" button beneath the video.
I wanted to use a video to introduce the topic of the Industrial Revolution to my students. I found a few good videos, so I grouped them together as a playlist and named it, "Industrial Revolution."
Youtube allows you to adjust the order of the videos and then play all the videos sequentially.
If you have young children, a playlist would be a good way of bookmarking their favourite videos.
YouTube does not allow users to embed their playlists. However, this website, called Embedr, does allow users to create embeddable playlists. Furthermore, Embedr allows users to collect videos from many different websites.
To add a video to a playlist, click on the "Playlists" button beneath the video.
I wanted to use a video to introduce the topic of the Industrial Revolution to my students. I found a few good videos, so I grouped them together as a playlist and named it, "Industrial Revolution."
Youtube allows you to adjust the order of the videos and then play all the videos sequentially.
If you have young children, a playlist would be a good way of bookmarking their favourite videos.
YouTube does not allow users to embed their playlists. However, this website, called Embedr, does allow users to create embeddable playlists. Furthermore, Embedr allows users to collect videos from many different websites.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
GoAnimate
GoAnimate is a good site on which to create animations. It is easy to learn and there are many options, props, soundtracks, actions, and so on. The students enjoyed using it. Here is Sam's creation:
GoAnimate.com: Dancing with the stars. by null
Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!
GoAnimate.com: Dancing with the stars. by null
Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!
Friday, March 26, 2010
History Glogs
The students created Glogs in History. Some students are studying Ancient Rome; others are looking at the inventions of the Industrial Revolution.
I am continually endeavouring to teach the students the importance of citing sources. They utilized photos from the Flickr Creative Commons collection. Then, they indicated the author of the photo and included a hyperlink to the photographer's Flickr page.
Enjoy these two examples.
I am continually endeavouring to teach the students the importance of citing sources. They utilized photos from the Flickr Creative Commons collection. Then, they indicated the author of the photo and included a hyperlink to the photographer's Flickr page.
Enjoy these two examples.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Speechable
The students used Speechable to add speech bubbles to photos of historical figures. Unfortunately, I cannot recommend Speechable because the embed function does not work with Blogger.
http://speechable.com/view?p=42rb0o2z
http://speechable.com/view?p=7qo2m1bp
http://speechable.com/view?p=xd7t0ko4
http://speechable.com/view?p=8pgnb95z
http://speechable.com/view?p=5znx3xu2
http://speechable.com/view?p=0xwn73j3
http://speechable.com/view?p=42rb0o2z
http://speechable.com/view?p=7qo2m1bp
http://speechable.com/view?p=xd7t0ko4
http://speechable.com/view?p=8pgnb95z
http://speechable.com/view?p=5znx3xu2
http://speechable.com/view?p=0xwn73j3
Automotivator
In History, the students used a website called Automotivator to create posters related to the topic they are studying in class.
