Okay... Last One!

I just think this one is neat...

Tag Galaxy

It brings out my inner-scientist. :)

Seriously, Sandy! Help Me Stop Playing!

I don't know why these things are so addicting. I just always want to click it one more time and see what I'm missing. Flickr is fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bubblr! A VERY Stupid strip...

Don't say I didn't warn you! :) I just wanted to try it out. I think this tool has a ton of potential. I will list the challenges below.



The most challenging part to creating this was figuring out how to find the pictures I wanted. I had an idea in my mind that was inspired by the first picture, but I had a lot of difficulty finding the pictures that I wanted to use. So, it is quite jumpy and barely makes sense because I didn't want to spend 3 hours on it (that would be VERY easy to do by the way). While discovering the best way to search for pictures in Flickr would be helpful, the difficulty required a great deal of critical thinking. I went back and changed my captions and choice of pictures several times since I couldn't find exactly what I wanted. Talk about HOTS! :)

This has great potential. We could always brainstorm as a class about what pictures we would need. I have already created a Flickr account, and Bubblr did offer the option of searching by tag AND user. If we create a photo script of sorts, then the kids could take the pictures and we could upload them to my Flickr account. This could be a great tool for reenacting the story of how their colonial family came to the new world. Or, they could retell a brush with death along the Oregon Trail! Ooohhh! I like that one! What a great culminating activity to help them identify the perils of the time period. Fun!

Just realized that you can't actually read my entertaining bubbles in this format. I know, I know... you are a glutton for punishment. If you are just dying to find out what I wrote, then just click on the link below.

The Beach by JD

Movie Poster... good times!

Well, I guess I should have reversed the order of these posts... I like the magazine cover better. It seems to follow the same idea as the movie poster, but it offers more opportunity to inlcude meaningful text. There seems to be more of an opportunity to demonstrate some type of learning or understanding of the big picture. I also feel like it lends itself to a wider variety of subject matter. BUT I could have a narrow view right now...

Magazine Covers AND Movie Posters?!

I feel like I've just left Kings Dominion (which is a theme park in central VA). That was the only place you could have your face placed on the cover of a magazine when I was growing up. I can't believe you can make your own now! I know that the white font isn't best for the picture, but I was too lazy to go back and fix it. :) This is just a pic I grabbed from Flickr. I was thinking how perfect this could be for Social Studies. The kids could create a magazine to represent an appropriate time period. I like the way they would have to think about the big picture in terms of the vocabulary they would use and even when considering the cost (that part got cut off when I snipped the picture).

Of course, many uses for books pop into my mind, too. I was thinking that kids could isolate a character and devote a cover to them. The headlines could be about key events in the book, in addition to references to the traits of the character. I picture it to look a bit like a Soap Opera's Digest. This Big Huge Labs site is so much fun!