Kerpoof!

I was investigating the Kerpoof site, and I found a lot of cool things. After looking at the tweets I saw that you needed Koins to be able to use some of the tools. I foolishly thought you could earn Koins without creating an account. So, I tried my hand at some of the different options. The card was cute, but it is more of a flyer than a card since there didn't seem to be a cover and then an opening.

That being said, it was still fun to do. And looking at my picture I see that I still had the Thank You bubble selected! haha! I also began writing a story. The backgrounds are cute, and they do have a lot of choices for the images to put it. I tried to attempt creating a movie, but I never did earn enough (in fact, I didn't earn anything despite the icons that popped up saying +1, +5, etc.), and I didn't have my notebook with me. However, I did check out some of their previews.

Under Construction

I'm very interested to see what is out there for movie production tools. Leslie had a GREAT idea about having the kids create their own movie trailer for one of our Jerry Spinelli books. I thought that would be so much fun for the kids! And I will saw that Kerpoof is very, very easy to use. The kids could really fall in love with this program. My only concern is that it might be a little too young for them in terms of the characters they are able to use. Regardless, it would be a more engaging way to display what they took from the book. It's a more fun version of summarizing!