Thing 7 - Image Generators

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the FlipSnack!!!  It is such an AWESOME alternative to the traditional PowerPoint.  The only thing I would change would be to only show one page at a time versus two (i.e.  the left page would be blank and the right page would display the content) and I am sure if I fiddled with it more, there are options to do that.

I could definitely use this as an alternative to presenting notes via PowerPoint.  As a student assignment, they could use it to restate (teach) objectives that I've taught in their own words.  For example, I did a lesson on Dictionary Skills last week for which most of my morning block failed.  I then went back and created an anchor chart and had the students take sticky notes and anonymously write what they still had difficulties with so that I could better focus my reteaching.  Then, I had them in table groups to create a "teaching" flyer for the concepts they understood well.  They could have created a PPT and uploaded it in to FlipSnack.  I could also have students use FlipSnack for story summaries, original stories and an alternative to PPT for projects.  And it still allows for those students who are proficient in using PPT to give their presentation a little flair.

Here is the FlipSnack I created using a project from last semester on copyright laws which I plan to present to my students when we begin research.  AND THE YOUTUBE LINK STILL WORKS! AWESOME!
What is Copyright? (FlipSnack Demo)

I also tried WordSift.  I could use WordSift to summarize key words and concepts from an objective taught.  The students could use this application as an assignment by doing the same to demonstrate comprehension OR by using the "squish cloud" and "visual thesaurus" to help extend their vocabulary.

Here is an example I used from my "What is Poetry?" notes PPT.

I have used the other image generators for my students AIMS Night projects during the Spring 2012 semester.  Their project was to select a topic and use a WEB2.0 tool to present it.  They could choose from Voki, Animoto, Glogster, Prezi, and Empressr.  It was TOTALLY OUT THE BOX!