BIG HUGE LABS

Site provides options to modify and manipulate photos/images in a variety of manners that appeal to young adults

Possible Modifications:

• motivational posters,
• trading cards,
• magazine covers,
• billboards,
• movie posters,
• and so much more!

Example:

LIMITATIONS:

• user must have access to device, Internet, and (possibly) photo library
• student users will likely forget image citations

CLASSROOM USES:

• Use magazine covers to introduce students at the beginning of the year. (Any subject)
• Create motivational posters during SOLs or for other events. (Any subject)
• Use movie posters or billboards to promote books or historical events (English or Social Studies)
• Use trading cards for characterization or to review historical figures (English or Social Studies)

SPECIFIC SOL:

Use movie posters or billboards to feature characteristics of domains, kingdoms, phyla, and/or species of a given organism. (7th Grade, Life Science)

SPEAK PIPE VOICE RECORDER

Free tool allows users to record and save an audio message online

LIMITATIONS:

• only records messages of five minutes or less
• no countdown for when recording will start
• saved link with message expires after three months
• requires Internet connection, device, and microphone for use

CLASSROOM USES:

• Record and share book reviews (English)
• Use to review or present information (Any subject)
• Practice a speech prior to presenting (Any subject)
• Record PSAs related to health and nutrition (Health/PE)

SPECIFIC SOL:

Students will, after studying effective advertising, write and record group radio advertisements using SpeakPipe Voice Recorder. (7th grade, English)

THINGLINK

Users upload a main image (or images) and add tagged links to videos, other images with captions, or further explanatory text

Essentially, an image becomes an interactive learning experience for the user.

Banks, V. (2015). What does the Titanic show us about classes in 1900?. ThingLink. Retrieved from https://www.thinglink.com/scene/702148010166976513

LIMITATIONS:

• requires a user account
• requires a device and Internet connectivity for use

CLASSROOM USES:

• Use to promote or explain various parts of a cell (Life Science)
• Use to explain dimensions, volumes, charts, graphs, and data (Math)
• Use to enhance understanding of diseases (Health/PE)

SPECIFIC SOL:

Students will select an image representative of the Progressive Movement. Using ThingLink, s/he will locate and link various resources to better explain the effects of the Civil War on different societal aspects. (7th Grade, Social Studies)

CANVA

Users create free infographics with data, pictures, charts, tables, and/or graphs to meet their specific needs

LIMITATIONS:

• user must have access to a device and Internet
• most images included in the program cost money
• charts must be manipulated manually

CLASSROOM USES:

• Make graphic/visual representations of figures and data (Math)
• Explain the nutritional benefits of certain foods (Health/PE)
• Use an infographic to represent data from surveys conducted (Any subject)

SPECIFIC SOL:

Upon completion of one's research for his/her science fair project, students will organize their data into representational graphs, charts, tables, etc. using Canva. (7th Grade, Life Science)

BLABBERIZE

Free tool allows users to upload or locate images, adjust a "mouth," and record audio (by microphone, something previously recorded, or by phone)

Image Modified Using Blabberize. Wikimedia. (5 October 2013). Molly Shannon. CC BY-NC 4.0. Retrieved from https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Molly_Shannon_2_Oct_2011.JPG

LIMITATIONS:

• requires a user account to save creations
• requires a device, microphone (or phone), and Internet access for use

CLASSROOM USES:

• Tell the story/life/plot-line of a character (English)
• Review characteristics of animals (Science)
• Use to introduce or reinforce song lyrics (Chorus)
• Explain the use of a new technological tool (Computer Technology)

SPECIFIC SOL:

After researching an assigned individual from the late-20th and early-21st century who has influenced society, locate an image of the historical figure and use Blabberize to explain his/her impact on life. (7th Grade, Social Studies)

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