I played around with online image generators today. I found the Flikr Toys to be very easy to use. I made a name badge, trading card, comic, and cd cover. The cd cover will work well for the storytelling project I do with first grade. I can create covers for the cds they create based on the wordless book "One Frog Too Many". The name badges would be fun for my student volunteers. I'm not sure how to apply the trading cards yet. Maybe they could make trading cards related to their reading interests...favorite genres , books, authors,... I'd like to play around with the tools on Flikr some more.
I thought the map maker was fun and would be useful for second grade when they study ancestors, but I think only the html code can be copied and put somewhere. Not sure how to print it out at that point.
Lastly, I tried Image Chef. I was very proud of myself for figuring out how to imbed an image I created into my blog!
These are definitely FUN tools!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
#9 (Week 4) Rss Feed Searches
I have become much more aware of Rss newsfeeds now that I know what they are! I discovered that the California Learning Resource Network that I heard about at a recent tech meeting has rss feeds for some of their services. I signed up to receive web information links. I've already a viewed a few of the links and the reviews. This will definitely be a useful resource for finding effective websites to use in my lessons.
I tried using the different search vehicles. I found most of them a bit overwhelming, but was able to find a few tips and tricks. I like the way topix allows you to search by zipcode to find local news stories and then allows you to search by topic as well. I found the Google search the least overwhelming and user-friendly. I also searched in the award winning blogs and liked the Creating Lifelong Learners blog
because there was a list of categories to browse by grade level. This helped to filter the information I was viewing. I'll try to use rss feeds to help me find resources for my lesson planning in the future.
I tried using the different search vehicles. I found most of them a bit overwhelming, but was able to find a few tips and tricks. I like the way topix allows you to search by zipcode to find local news stories and then allows you to search by topic as well. I found the Google search the least overwhelming and user-friendly. I also searched in the award winning blogs and liked the Creating Lifelong Learners blog
because there was a list of categories to browse by grade level. This helped to filter the information I was viewing. I'll try to use rss feeds to help me find resources for my lesson planning in the future.
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