#10 Week 5

The possibilites of using these on-line image generators for use in the curriculum are amazing. Our sixth graders will be starting a Be a Country Expert unit in the beginning of March. I would love to have them use the Banner Generator to create flag banners for their country. If the teacher and I worked together to create some guidelines it would be a great visual to add to the project.
I loved the comic strip generator. It has so many possibilities. I am using Movie Maker with seventh grade students. They are creating movies on Global Warming. So many of the students don't know how to start as I want them to either draw or illustrate, rather than just use clip art and graphics. Comic strips could be a real draw for the students.
The fourth graders are doing a States Project. They could create a name badge with facts about their states. Great ideas to share with both students and staff.
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#8 and # 9 Week 4 RSS & Newsreaders

RSS feeds make sense, but the quantity of information that is out there is overwhelming. I am amazed at all the different blogs out there. It seems like anyone who has an interest can start a blog. The concept of social networking is amazing, and will continue to attract new participants. I found that I needed to narrow the field to what I thought was managable. I created my newsreader account and looked at sites concerning school librarians, technology issues related to education and would like to do some more searching for curriculum issues. I think you could be innundated with sites and find yourself overwhelmed if you aren't careful. RRS feeds have the potential to be very useful and helpful for staying on top of the issues, but it seems that you would need to keep your focus small as you start.

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