Blabberize-Bubbl.us

[|www.blabberize.com] || Educational version that can enhance speaking/listening skills. Students can demonstrate knowledge of subjects (songs, poems, foreign languages, introductions of selves). || 1. Sign up for a free account or if you do not want an account, click the tab Make. 2. A blue box will appear that says to browse for a picture. Click Browse. (Note: the picture must be saved to your computer. There are no pictures to add from this site.) 3. Once the picture is uploaded, adjust the green box around the picture. This will highlight what part of the picture you would like to be seen. 4. Click Blabbermouth to adjust where the mouth appears. 5. Click "open mouth" to begin to create the mouth of the photo. 6. Click the microphone and an option on how to record (say it or open a podcast). 7. Once this is complete, click on the envelope tab and preview and save your blabber. 8. Click "share" to view. Note: Blabbers can be embedded on your blogs, wikis, and webpages.
 * Name of technology: ** Blabberize ** ||
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Note: You may have to request this tool to be unblocked. || Creative raps on photosynthesis: http://5daled2010.wikispaces.com/Photosynthesis+Raps ||
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[|www.blogger.com] || Online journal entries or reflections---great for reading and review questions, additional discussion from class, or asking questions for clarification. Teacher can comment on each reflection of students or students can converse with one another using this site. ||
 * Name of technology: ** Blogger ** ||
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 * General Description: A spot to publish your thoughts and engage readers.
 * Instructions:
 * 1) Create free account.
 * 2) Click: create New Blog.
 * 3) Type in title (which can also serve as address for viewing). Pick template in this step as well. Click Create blog!
 * 4) After creating the blog, you may want to change the Settings if you want the blog to be private or limit who may comment.
 * 5) Click Settings (on left side at the bottom). Click Blog Authors and add authors (will need email address) to give others permission to comment.
 * 6) If you wish to limit the Blog Readers to your class or only you (teacher), click Edit and pick from the three options and Save.
 * 7) Once setup is complete, click New Post to type on the blog.

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[] || Create bubble maps of concepts for class. (You do not have to sign up for account, however, you won’t be able to save if you do not.) ||
 * Name of technology: ** Bubbl.us ** ||
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 * Instructions:
 * 1) Create an account (free) if you plan to save these.
 * 2) Click on start (if an allow/deny box pops up click allow).
 * 3) Click inside first bubble and type in your title.
 * 4) Click the New Child Bubble to create a bubble attached to your title.
 * 5) Keep click New Child Bubble to add to the previous bubbles to keep them attached.
 * 6) If you would like to start another bubble map on the same page, click on New Bubble located on the first title bubble you created and repeat the same process.
 * 7) Print or save to your account. If you click export, you will have a PNG or JPG (picture) of the bubble map you created.

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