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saturday, november 14, 2009

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2009

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Video created by © Roxanne Santiago

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Wow!

GoAnimate.com is one of the best applications online. It is a free online platform. Now here is a Web 2.0 tool that I discovered and I can use in my art classroom with my students. My cartoon animation titled; Web2.0, New Technology in the 21st Century by virtualvirtuous

is on my iGoogle ETC page, http://www.google.com/ig?source=gama&hl=en

The two cartoon screenshots were taken from my animation I created using GoAnimate.

How I would use this tool in my classroom and the educational benefits this tool provides is explained below. Many students use the Internet in schools regularly. As an interactive animated site you do more than just create cartoons. You create multimedia presentations that are impressive. There is also the capability of creating a slideshow using your own photos, artwork and images downloaded from the Internet. This provides more opportunities for students to learn how current technology is used and how art techniques influence all areas of the design fields and job market. Using Flickr and Facebook, images can be imported into GoAnimate and you can have your own slideshow of images that have a special meaning to you. When you visit this site, there are many tutorials to help you get started with creating your cartoon animation. The first tutorial I recommend to help you understand the features on this site is called; how does it work? When you are finished viewing the tutorials and feel confident you are ready select the tab labeled create. You are given four options to choose from. They are, Animation Studio, Character Creator, Animated Slideshow, and eMessages. Students can also create music videos. There are different themes, props, music, backgrounds, speech bubbles, and special effects to choose from. My students could also compare and contrast this tool with another Web 2.0 tool called Kerpoof, I found and will be showing them how it works in a similar way to create animation and cartoons. This tool in my opinion is better and more advanced with its creative resources. Students would still need to be monitored while they are creating their own images and animations. Students must use technology wisely and for a creative purpose rather than just fun. Anyone can use this tool, and with clear directions and instructions my students can create funny or serious animations to share with others for fun or discussion in the classroom.

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XtraNormal Text-to-Movie

This Web 2.0 tool is great to make videos! I have used it for FSO courses and it is very simple to use. You will pick an avatar, a scene and type your dialog. When the production is complete, you will have a short video. It is very fun and user-friendly to use. Students can easily work through the site and create videos for assignments or for fun. Check it out at this URL:

http://www.xtranormal.com/

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Sketchfu

Today’s education system is made up of students who love math, language, phys ed, music and art. In most cases, wherever a students’ passion falls, they have an outlet available to them that allows them to express their interests. If you love phys ed you can join a sports team, if you love math you can become a mathlete, etc.

Sketchfu is an online application that allows budding artists to express themselves. Providing an online outlet to share their work with others. Not only does this forum allow the students to practice their talents, but they also are able to put their work on display and vulnerable for critique.

This tool could be used in a number of different ways in the classroom. Students could break into groups, and each group be assigned a different story to read. Once the story is read, each member of the group could be in charge of creating a picture that is associated with a part of the story. Groups will have to work together to make sure that all images associated with the story are cohesive, and match the overall theme of the story.

Art teachers could utilize this tool to hold contests on which student can create the most unique and engaging picture.

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Just a couple of quick reasons on why www.yacapaca.com is used in my classroom.

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009

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For my second reflective media asset, i choose to do a commercial on the Web 2.0 tool entitled ExpoTV. Once again i hope you guys enjoy.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009

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Taking notes and keeping up with assignments is a daunting task even with the best organizational skills. Note taking is a very important part of any educational system from elementary education to graduate school. The ability to keep track of deadlines and keep yourself on track is very important very difficult when you have a lot of deadlines to manage. Note taking and calendar organization is all apart of getting the most out of your education. I find this to be an essential part of my educational life but a part that is not always easy to keep organized. Notes for this deadline end up here while notes for this deadline end up there.

How can I do all of this and keep my notes in order? It is so easy to take a great set of notes and then save them somewhere and forget where you placed them.


Enter Notely a great little web app that will save you from the hectic world of note taking and deadline meeting.

Notely has all of that good stuff built in and it will also join with your facebook account and post updates to your page. Notely is here to save you form forge ting where you put your notes because they are all with Notely.


This noteworthy little app is here to keep us all on track and ready to take note... Even on the go Notely is also mobile and can be accessed on your cell phone, smartphone or iphone.

You never know when inspiration will hit, well now you can be ready with Notely.

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One web 2.0 tool I found important to me as an educator and my learning environment is called Graspr. Graspr, is also known as the instructional video network and contains many videos that include educational and arts and crafts areas. This website has a wealth of knowledge in many other areas as well. Graspr contains videos for sports, recreation, home, garden, food, and drinks. I would use this site with my students to first show them as a model of the artistic processes of what I want them to learn. After viewing the video we would hold a question and answer discussion to find out if anyone needed any other instructions before actually starting the process. If there is something I viewed and I needed specific assistance with, I would contact whomever created the video with my questions or concerns before showing it to my students. Graspr also has an online community to allow people to connect and share their experiences and expertise. This site has tips on video production and an area to share your knowledge with questions and answers. A video that I viewed was ‘How to make a plaster paper mache face mask’ by the Handy Goddess. The video was clear and loud enough to understand the instructions. She actually plastered her own face, but used vaseline before applying the plaster to her skin. My concern would be for any students with dust allergies and they would not use their face as the model. They would apply plaster to a plastic mask. They would need to apply several layers, at least three layers of plaster strips onto their mask. This may take two or three days to complete. If the student wants to add any extra details to their mask then they need to add them before painting. A stick could also be added to hold the mask or you can place holes in the sides to tie it around the face. After it has been smoothed out and all the extra details have been added, then it will be ready to paint. Acrylic paint, tempera or spray paint works best. After all mask are completed have a masquerade party, or display them in an exhibit.

Graspr image retrieved November 08,2009 from

http://www.thealarmclock.com/mt/archives/graspr.pn

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A lesson plan idea that I found using Flickr, came from Pamela AuCoin, a history teacher at Queens High School, in New York City. The information was retrieved from http://www.teachersnetwork.org/NTNY/nychelp/technology/flickr.htm.

Ms. AuCoin had her students use Flickr to search for soviet propaganda images. She created a class account where the students were able to upload their images to. Students were also allowed to work in pairs and performed group work for collaboration and participation. If images were not found on flickr , students were able to go to Google images or Yahoo images, then upload their images to their flickr class page. Students were then required to embed comments to their images on flickr in the description box and to share with the class.

I would use flickr in my class lesson to allow students to locate images that document an issue they care about. Once they have found an image it would be downloaded and printed in black and white. Students would then use color pencils to show contrast and emphasis and to color their image. I would have a class group page created to make it easier for students to go back and locate their images. The students would be expected to go back and post a description of the concern that the photo presented to the student or why they chose the image.

Using a whiteboard the images could be projected on the board for a class discussion and critique, also to see if the comments matched the image.

image retrieved on November 08, 2009 from

http://www.bing.com/images?FORM=Z9FD

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Sclipo helps you teach, learn, share and connect online with your students and fellow teachers. Create your own web academy and teach your subject or expertise. These features are free when you join the site. You can upgrade for a small fee and get paid for your courses and teaching events. With the courses you publish, this can be done online and face -2-face. As and educator this tool helps to lead webinars and meetings for 100 or more people. Create an online library in Sclipo to store your videos, audios, and images. If planning an educational training event or conference these events can also be streamed live.

Using this Web 2.0 tool allows you to connect with others in your field by creating a member profile. I can see all the wonderful possibilities of this tool especially the fact that it is free. I do plan on using the whiteboard with this tool and teaching with a webcam. These are skills that I have not tried and we are coming to that time in this hour and 21^st century learning. As an educator I believe it is my responsibility to try out this technology and its many uses and to provide feedback to its creators, if it has helped with my instruction or did not improve students abilities in learning.

This is similar to sitting in a classroom except you can teach and record your lesson for a future broadcast to your students. You could be absent and this file or video could be pulled to present to your students for instruction. That is why I believe this tool is of great interest to my learning environment.

Images retrieved on November 08, 2009 from

http://pdonaghy.edublogs.org/files/2009/08/sclipo1.jpg

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image retrieved on November 08, 2009 from http://www.bing.com/images?FORM=Z9FD

This Web 2.0 tool has many great features and was of interest to me because it was very easy to use and is similar to imovie and creating a podcast using garageband. For those individuals who do not have access to a mac book or apple computer, this is a helpful tool. There are four steps to getting started with this tool. You must download the free screencast recording software if you want to start creating them now. There is free hosting of your screencast, once you create an account and you can also publish it to the internet. If you want to embed it in a website or a blog, those are two more options. There is no limit to the number of screencast you can create or publish. This is an interesting tool that I know my students would find challenging and educational too.

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Social Bookmarking is a term used by digital natives to assist with the organization of information found on the web and an easier way to retrieve that information from one location. There are many sites that use this tool to store bookmarks in one location for the user. The most popular tool on the web is Delicious, the second bookmarking website and tool many people may find helpful is Diigo. Two tutorials I found useful on The Read Write Web in Education – an online site, were a video Social Bookmarking in Plain English , by the Common Craft and a slide presentation Social Bookmarking for Educators from jsterns. This tool is a benefit to learners and educators because it allows the individual to gather information from any website and to share it, store it, or tag information for friends or anyone who has access to that website to find some helpful references. Instead of saving all your sites in your favorites tab on your website, having a Delicious account allows you to manage hundreds of sites, turning chaos into order. Your bookmarks are for public viewing for peers or anyone to view. On Delicious you can share or locate new and relevant material you may spend many hours searching for on the web or using Google search. Many websites or Web 2.0 tools have been tagged with keywords to help make searching or browsing a site easier to find.

Retrieved on 11/08/2009,

http://readwriteweb.wikispaces.com/socialbookmarks

http://www.commoncraft.com/bookmarking-plain-english

http://www.slideshare.net/jstearns/social-bookmarking-for-educators?type=presentation

Image retrieved on 11/08/2009 from

http://edition.englishclub.com/esl-magazine/social-bookmarks/#

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A Web 2.0 tool that I found very interesting and one that would be very useful to my teaching/learning environment is Kerpoof. Kerpoof is a free online educational game site and its multimedia software is free for educators. There is a small cost if you want to become a member to access special features on this site. It was created in March 2007 and acquired by The Walt Disney Company in February 2009. With the integration of technology into the classroom this is definitely an excellent resource for my art classroom. At the click of a button, once students have entered the art studio on this site the opportunities are many. Each student can create a coloring book using the clip art images they can also doodle and create their own artwork or characters. Students can make a story, a card, or even make a movie with special effects and animation.

Kerpoof has two main sites connected to create one. They are Kerpoof Studio, for elementary and middle school students and Kerpoof Scholastic, which includes tutorials, tips and tricks. Many other resources I found to be useful on this site as an educator were The National Educational Technology Standards also several state educational standards. There are many lesson plan ideas shared on this site for different grade levels and subject areas. I enjoyed viewing the Movie Maker tutorial and then I created an animated movie with special effects. I also experimented with the Doodle Pad. This could be useful for the exceptional and lower level students I teach. I know that my students will also find this site to be fun and useful in developing their creative talents and abilities as I did.

http://www.kerpoof.com/teach

Kerpoof Image retrieved from

www.freetech4teachers.com/ 2008_01_23_archive.html

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The five RSS feeds I decided would be useful to me in my profession are: BrainBashers, Design by Fire, English and Grammar Rules, How To Web, and You The Designer. I am a Visual Arts Teacher pursing my Masters in EMDT. You The Designer is a graphic design blog that will provide me with tutorials, inspiration, tips and creative resources.

How To Web is a blog that provides Tech Videos, Computer Center information, Gadget Search, and a News Feeds List. This site shares up and coming important news concerning technology. English and Grammar Rules is a powerful site that informs educators about English rules and this is important when communicating with adults or students verbally or in writing. Design By Fire is a blog about design, lifestyles, photography, and politics. This site would help me to stay informed about various designers and their lifestyles, photography/videotaping and how to use this to benefit my students. BrainBashers is an RSS of puzzles and brain teasers I could use in my learning environment as a lesson. It also includes riddles, games, and optical illusions. students would enjoy the challenge and so would I.

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