Websites for projects

Free Clip-Art websites:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/learn/

http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

http://streaming.discoveryeducation.com/index.cfm? (Requires SBISD Login)

Free Music websites:
http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/

http://freeplaymusic.com/index.php

http://www.soundzabound.com/

Stuff to do:
Trading card maker http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/deck.php

Magazine cover
http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/magazine.php

Load pictures and add music. Could add your own audacity audio file. http://animoto.com/

PhotoStory * Create movies with pictures & audio
Audacity * Create Audio files
*Requires program loaded on computer

Other Games, etc.:
Create word clouds: http://www.Wordle.net

STATERIS: http://www.mapmsg.com/games/statetris/usa/

Comic strip generator: http://www.comicstripgenerator.com/maker.asp

Kid friendly signs: http://www.customizemagnets.com/ecards/childrens.asp

Signs: http://www.glassgiant.com/make_pictures.php

Build a wild animal of yourself: http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

Mr. Picasso Head: http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html

Vocabulary game to help others: www.freerice.com

Thing #6 - Making Mashups

The Trading card maker is something that could be very useful in the classroom. Fun for kids (& adults) to do.... It's a way that they could do a report on a scientist, state, animal, dinosaur, etc. and yet incorporate technology easily. One other idea that I had was to do invention cards, and then match the inventor to the invention in sets of cards.

Some of the other things at Big Huge Lab's website that I thought looked interesting were the CD label maker, the Magazine cover, Movie Poster, and the Warholizer, (great for art!).

I thought that The Cube could be an interesting tool if someone were reviewing a concept, and wanted to create a picture cube that could be used to stimulate discussion.

I spent some time trying to make a trading card. I didn't realize that I needed to use a .jpg or similar photo format when I tried to load a picture from a URL. It didn't work and I've ran out of time that I've allotted myself to work on this. Oh well.... It was fun and I've learned a little more about this than I knew!

Happy Summer!
Sherri