Sunday, October 10, 2010
BP8 OMM Bookr
BP5
Try This Web 2.0 Tool…
Bookr
In my constant search to find creative and fun ways to motivate my students in the classroom, I found a 2.0 web tool called Bookr. Bookr is a tool where students can create and share photobooks using images they find in Flickr. Imagine the creativity you can add to teaching Ancient Egypt, Place values, the water cycle or various other academic concepts though digital storytelling. Digital storybooks can be easily integrated into an existing Writing, Social Studies, Science, and Math curriculum project. Bookr can allow for supplemental learning to the traditional lecture by demonstrating what they have learned through hands on learning. Completing a project as a group in Bookr will increase collaborating and cooperative peer-to-peer learning. To implement Bookr in your classroom you will began by having the students research and compile information for the script and ideas for their digital storybook. Then the students will prepare a storyboard where they will begin to map out the ideas of the storybook. Next, the students began to gather images for the storybook using Flickr. Then finally the students will compile the graphics and text into a demonstration of their knowledge of the content learned. Once the project is completed, the students can present the project in various ways. They can present the project to the class, archived the finished project to the site or send the link to friends and family or post the embed code to a bloew tool you will enjoy a wealth of Web 2.0 tools you can use in your classroom if you visit http://www.pimpampum.net/.
Dupain, P. M., & Maguire, M. E. (2005 ). 21st Annual Conference on Distance Teaching and Learning. Digital Story Book Projects 101: How to Create and Implement Digital Storytelling Into Your Curriculum. 05-06, pp. 1-4. Wisconsin: The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.
Fuster, A., & Julià, D. (2006). Bookr. Retrieved October 10, 2010, from PIMPAMPUM.net: http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/index.php
Monday, October 4, 2010
BP4
Illustration was drawn by Brenda McGee in draw.to
I found a free site I will use with the K-6 students in my school and it is a Web 2.0 tool called draw. to.
In Draw.to, you can draw whatever you like and share it. You can create your own drawing or add to existing drawings already posted to the site. You can create diagrams, cards, full color drawings that you can share out to friends and family via Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, blogs, or anywhere you can embed and paste a link. Draw.to also works on your iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
This site is very simple to use and would be engaging for the young students as well as the older students. Students will enjoy using draw.to as a drawing tool as well as a collaboration tool for projects. Part of the technology standards includes teaching the students various drawing skills. I normally use the Microsoft Word drawing tools or Kid Pix but draw.to is easier to use and would provide for a web-based alternative. The students will enjoy posting illustrations that they can share with their parents, family and friends.
My third grade students create a field trip book throughout the year where they write stories and add pictures. I am planning to expand this project to creating a blog or a website where the students can share their experiences virtually. I will have the students use draw.to to compliment their writings of the field trip experience.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
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