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=__**Technically Speaking**__=

Use the table below to organize your __work__: “ Chog it” is a bookmark tool that allows users to create a comic with Chogger when visiting a website that might include images to use in a comic. This site is not intended for use by anyone under 13 years of age. Although anyone can use the Chogger site to create a comic you must __register__ in order to publish and share with a URL. __Registered__ users also have the ability to comment on published comics. The site lists a //Classroom Chogger Comics// version but it is not accessible yet. The plans for this option include a __safe__, secure environment where students and create and share comics The only site support provided is included for the “Chog It” feature. The site is very basic and __offers__ user text prompts and editing options when choosing layouts, adding pictures and text.
 * = **Name of Tool** ||= **URL** ||= **Review of Tool** ||= **Reviewed By** ||
 * Chogger || [] || Chogger is a free 2.0 tool that allows users to make their own comics. Photos can be uploaded, drawn with embedded drawing tools, or taken with a web cam. No predrawn comics or clip art are available. Speech bubbles, captions, and text boxes can be easily added. There are several different layouts and comic designs to choose from. Users also have __access__ to thousands of comics done by other users. There is a search option for finding comics tagged with specific topics.
 * Chogger || [] || Chogger is a free 2.0 tool that allows users to make their own comics. Photos can be uploaded, drawn with embedded drawing tools, or taken with a web cam. No predrawn comics or clip art are available. Speech bubbles, captions, and text boxes can be easily added. There are several different layouts and comic designs to choose from. Users also have __access__ to thousands of comics done by other users. There is a search option for finding comics tagged with specific topics.
 * Chogger || [] || Chogger is a free 2.0 tool that allows users to make their own comics. Photos can be uploaded, drawn with embedded drawing tools, or taken with a web cam. No predrawn comics or clip art are available. Speech bubbles, captions, and text boxes can be easily added. There are several different layouts and comic designs to choose from. Users also have __access__ to thousands of comics done by other users. There is a search option for finding comics tagged with specific topics.

__Strengths__ Drawing tools can be used to create original artwork for comics Images can be uploaded or taken with a webcam Easy to use Users are not locked into pre drawn characters

__Weakness__ Comics are done by a variety of users with non-educational purpose. Some of the content is questionable Sharing is only available to users with an __email address__ Users must be 13 Users must remember to cite images uploaded from the Internet

There are many applications for this comic-making tool. Older students can use it for projects that might include reporting important events or character actions in a book report or novel study, content reports, creative writing, response to class assignments, or personal expression. Elementary and middle school teachers can create comics to include in lessons. Project ideas might include writing prompts, content information such as the phases of the moon, or a creative way to present assignments. || Liz Cerand || Tikatok is a really cool website where kids can take stories they have written, combine them with illustrates they have created and receive a published copy of the story they wrote. To begin publishing their own story students go to tikatok’s website and click on create a book. Then they get 3 options to choose from, personalizing a book (something small where they just add their name, a few words and a picture for a __gift__), creating their own story with a little help, or starting a book from scratch. These three options also come with recommended age groups. When you click on creating a story with help, tikatok asks you to pick a topic you want to write about, they provide you with options such as princesses and fairy tales, aliens, dragons, sports, holidays, etc… I clicked on the topic of ghosts and monsters and received story suggestions that had to do with the best Halloween costume, a story about a misunderstood monster. Next the website asks for a title and the main characters names. Tikatok is designed for elementary-middle level students so it is very easy to navigate. The website walks you through everything.
 * = Tikatok ||= [] || **Ease of use:**

I found this site to be very supportive. It is very basic and walks you through step by step. On the home page there is a video that explains the entire concept in less than 2 minutes. From my understanding I think this entire concept was created for the classroom. It gives teachers free memberships for their classroom and also provides them with activities and lesson ideas. The site was bought by Barnes and Noble and at the bottom there is a “contact us” button that leads to a form you can fill out, an email address, and a mailing address. I feel like it was probably easier to contact a person who could help you when it was owned by a smaller company.
 * Site support:**

This website is designed for younger students but I would use this in a high school too. It is a great way to take a serious writing activity and turn it digital and allow students some freedom to be creative and upload illustrations they created themselves of photos they captured.
 * Appropriate for what audiences:**

There is an educational version that provides teachers with a free membership and offers teachers 40% off on orders for their classes. But when you have 20 kids in your class that can still get expensive. I really think teachers could sell this idea to parents by sending home a form explaining the website and encouraging them to visit the site and see examples. Maybe the parents would be willing to pay for their child’s book if they wanted a published copy. They website also offers free writing lessons and project ideas for teachers dealing with students in grades K-8.
 * Educational version:**


 * Weaknesses:**
 * You have to be a member to save your story but you can just play on the website creating stories that __cannot be saved__.
 * To order hardcover books costs &18, soft-covers are $15, and digital downloads are $2.99.
 * Strengths:**
 * Educators free account, educators receive %40 off published orders.
 * The website offers a lot of examples for students to look at.
 * Very user friendly.
 * Bright colors, video explains the concept.
 * Did I mention there is a connection to Build-A-Bear?!?
 * Lesson ideas for teachers.

I find this website incredibly user friendly. I think it is a great outlet for kids to get creative and receive the satisfaction from a physical product they can hold and keep. I would use this with younger kids because I think they would really value the experience. With older kids I would still use the idea of them writing a story and putting it into a book but I would just use flipsnak instead. Flipsnak is very similar to this plus free, the only drawback is you don’t get a published copy to keep. ||= Alysa Greer || This website is a little confusing when you first enter the page. On TikaTok it was very clear how to navigate the site, this website is not as clear there is too much going on. On the homepage there are two different menus. One menu offers links to recommended comic sketches, a link to a description about comic sketch (that isn’t up yet), a link to their blog, a link to shop (that isn’t up yet), and a link to tour (that isn’t up yet). I think their website is under construction right now. The second menu offers links to new and popular comic sketches, a link to comic books that have been mad, a link to artists, and a link to start drawing your own comics. This second menu is much more useful than the first. Once you click on “draw comics” a page comes up with a blank sheet of paper and a box of colors. From here on out you just draw with your mouse. It is similar to Paint but not as many tools. In order to sign up for your own “zone” on comics sketch all you have to do is create a nick name, password and provide an email. Your zone is free and helps you manage all your comics.
 * Ideas for use:**
 * Comic Sketch || [] || **Ease of use:**

I haven’t found much site support. Granted the entire process of creating your comic strip is very easy, but all of the advertisements on this page make it more confusing than it needs to be. I have noticed that when you are making your comic and try to save it a bubble comes up reminding you to give it a title if you haven’t already. These bubbles offer support to the user and make sure they are completing all the steps.
 * Site support:**

Comic sketch is appropriate for K-12. It will appeal to anyone because drawing with your mouse to create a comic strip is a lot more fun than writing for a lot of students. However it really isn’t at a high enough educational level for older students. I can’t really think of an activity a teacher could create involving Comic Sketch that would challenge them or fit in with the curriculum. Comic Sketch is really great for younger classes, K-8.
 * Appropriate for what audiences:**

No educational version but it is free so an educational version isn’t really needed.
 * Educational version:**


 * Weaknesses:**
 * The website is confusing at first, but students only need to click on 1 link to get where they are going, [|Draw Comics].
 * Not everyone is interested in comic strips.
 * I’m having a hard time thinking of an activity that meets curriculum standards using Comic Sketch.


 * Strengths:**
 * Very basic to use once students get to the blank piece of paper with pant.
 * It is fun and different.
 * Students can access the webpage at home, sign in, and show their parents.

My best idea would be to have students write a story first where they develop setting, characters, then build to a conflict, have a resolution, and an ending. After they have written this out on paper they would be allowed to turn it into a comic strip using Comics Sketch where they would draw there characters and act out the story. || Alysa Greer || OurStory is a way for users to create a story using a timeline where they can add images and videos. A user can share their timeline and invite others to be co-authors. It would be a really fun tool for documenting family history. Under the About Us page the creators of OurStory explain that this website is to be use to help people documents moments in life they don’t want to forget. I spent a semester abroad in Australia and this website would be an awesome way for me to upload pictures and record my memories of the trip. Definitely for an older audience, there are multiple tools that users have to be able to use and they are not all in the same place.
 * Ideas for use:**
 * Our Story || http://www.ourstory.com/ || **Ease of use:**

The [|Help]section on OurStory answers pretty much every question you could think of but that is the only site support I found.
 * Site Support:**

OurStory is for an older audience. The popular stories on OurStory’s homepage include a lot of stories about traveling and dealing with the news. Comic Sketch and TikaTob were bright with big buttons to push on in order to navigate, OurStory has a much more serious tone with a neutral background color and smaller font, along with actual photographs not personal drawings or creations.
 * Appropriate for what audiences:**

I did not find an educational version but it is free!
 * Educational version:**


 * Strengths:**
 * The products users create are very impressive. They can publish them on the website and show family and friends.
 * OurStory could be used for entrance essays to colleges.


 * Weaknesses:**
 * Users have to create an account and when they do they have to check a box confirming that they are at least 13, but I don’t think this website would really appeal to a younger audience anyway.
 * There are 3 membership options. Digital Family, Standard, and Guest. The Digital Family comes with a fee, $36 for 12-month family package. This package gives you unlimited access to the website allowing you to download as many pictures as you want and share it with friends. The standard package is free and appropriate for classroom use. Guest package is just for people interested in reading stories and commenting on stories.

This site would be great for high school seniors. They could document their educational journey through high school and include their future plans. I think they could even use OurStory when applying for colleges. Instead of submitting an essay on a word document, they could submit a link to their Story and show the college their writing ability along with their use of digital technology. || Alysa Greer ||
 * Ideas for use:**
 * Tar Heel Reader || http://tarheelreader.org/ || The Tar Heel Reader was developed at UNC, hence its name, and is really geared towards first-tome readers or struggling readers. The creators built their own site on top of a wordpress site. Basically what you do is go to the site and pick a book to read. You can select either a man, woman, or child to read the words to you, but the voice is just different frequencies of the same computerized voice. Pictures are uploaded on to the site with all of their photo credits attached. This way if you want to create your own story you can use the photos you’ve found online as well as your own, and anytime they are searched the Tar Heel Reader site will come up with the story. I found it pretty easy to use and pretty self-explanatory. There isn’t an area for help, but a FAQ section of the site. It tells you how to join and use the site as well as why it’s set up the way it is. So while there isn’t much site support on the surface, the FAQ page really does help. I think the whole site is designed for educational purposes. While it could be used at home for parents to teach kids to read or just for fun, it’s designed to help people with their reading skills..

Weaknesses: The Tar Heel Reader won’t really help with those in the secondary levels of education. Books and words are usually pretty simple, so it’s not really meant for those in the upper grades unless they are really struggling to read or do not know how to read at all. Another weakness that I found was that words aren’t always pronounced correctly and homophones can confuse the computer. In the story I listened to, it kept interchanging the word “lives,” as in something is alive, with the word “lives,” like I live in Maryland.

Strengths: I think this tool is great for the younger grade levels. I keeps things very simple and doesn’t require complete teacher-student one on one time to aid in reading. What else is great is that you don’t have to use their stories, but can create your own that relates to whatever is going on in your classroom and your students. I also like that has a whole section devoted to photo credits, so the issue of copyrights doesn’t get in the way or cause and problems. It’s great because anyone can use it, no log-in required to read.

This tool would be great for grades 6 and under. I could see it being used in the reading classes with some of my 6 graders that struggle with basic reading. As a teacher I would have my students create their own story and write it as best as they can. We would take the time to go through the writing process and all, and then I would join the site and put their stories up on it. That way they could practice their reading skills on their own work and that of their classmates. Or if they weren’t quite up to that level of writing, I could create my own story revolving around the curriculum and have them read it using the Tar Heel Reader while they try to take notes on the words being said. || Ashley Farinholt ||
 * bubblr || http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ || Bubblr let’s you create your own comic strips using already existing photos on Flickr. It was created for teachers by teachers and artists and keeps in mind copyrights as well as creative commons when using photos. You can search all photos on Flickr or use your own, or use a combination of both. You can add little speech bubbles to any picture and create a sequence so that it makes a comic for you. You can also take already existing comics and wipe the speech bubbles clean before filling them in with your own little bits of information. I found Bubblr very easy to use and very self-explanatory. You simply type in whatever it is you want to search for and the site comes up with a list of photos for you to pick from. You can do this as much as you want. After you select a picture, you can drag a speech bubble on to it and type in whatever you want. You can then either publish your comic, or add more frames to it. Everything you need is right in front of you. I didn’t see much support on the site, but there is an “about” section that gives you some details about the site and who to contact if you have questions or need support.

Think this tool would be useful for students of all ages. The younger ones probably couldn’t create their own comics, but those in secondary schools could easily use it. It would be great to use at home or in the classroom, or to keep parents updated on the class. You could upload pictures of your class onto Flickr and then go to Bubblr and create a comic, adding speech bubbles when necessary, and send it out to your students parents. That way they feel like they’re a part of the class too.

While Bubblr can be used for personal reasons, it would be a great tool for the classroom as well. As I mentioned earlier, teachers could use it to keep parents updated on special events or projects in the classroom that they can’t physically be there for. Teachers could also create comics for students about the topic the class is currently on or students could create their own comics for fun or for a graded project.

There are both strengths and weaknesses for Bubblr. It’s great that it keeps creative commons in mind as well as is directly linked to Flickr. I also like how you can search for nearly anything and it will provide you with the pictures so you don’t have to search all over the internet and then worry about citations or photo credits. Another strength is that it’s easy to access. Anyone can use it, whether or not you have a Flickr account. It would also teach students how to leave a positive digital footprint because anyone can access the comics. As a teacher I could borrow ideas from other educators or from other comics and use them in my class.

Bubblr does have its weaknesses, however. Because it doesn’t require a log-in or anything, anyone can use it and post anything on it. There maybe some comics or content that isn’t appropriate for students. Students also may post things that are inappropriate on the site and there would be no way to really monitor that. While the fact that it handles the copyright issues for you, it could make students lax on how to cite things properly and when to give credit to others when they’re doing other work for class outside of Bubblr.

A way I would use Bubblr would be to have my students create a comic strip about the topic we’re covering in class. After learning about ancient Egypt, I’d like them to create a comic using image on Bubblr to illustrate a day in the life of an Egyptian. They would be able to chose to be either the Pharaoh, a noble, a soldier, a civilian, or a slave. I would have them do this individually, depending on their age, and create little speech bubbles on the images to tell what they’re doing and why. This would be a great way to assess the students knowledge and comprehension of the overall topic and add a little creativity to a social studies class. || Ashley Farinholt ||
 * ToonDoo || http://www.toondoo.com/ || ToonDoo is a site where you can create and share your own comics online. When I first read about it and opened the site, I thought it would be a great assess to the classroom and easy to use. I instantly started thinking about how this could be used as a project for students. I loved the idea of being able to pring out your own cartoons as well. But once I got started, I realized it wasn’t that simple. In order to use ToonDoo you have to create an account, which takes at least 24 hours before you can access the site. The directions are a bit confusing even after you’ve applied for an account. There are no clear directions on where to start of how to create you comics. There’s also only certain actions and tools you can use unless you pay for a subscription instead of just the free trial, which of course is what I choose, so maybe there is more detail if you pay for it. As far as site support goes, you can email the admin or ask questions to other users in the discussion forum. Other than that there isn’t much help for users. It was a this point that I realized maybe this isn’t so easy to use and therefore maybe it would be too confusing for students to use as well. It’s much easier to look up other peoples cartoons and use those for a class instead of creating your own.

I think the site would be appropriate for all ages of students. For me it would be a learning experience with the students since I’m still not sure of everything on the site. But it would be great for kids to do group projects on, or for me to create cartoons about the topics we’re discussing in class. This is what makes ToonDoo educational. It can be used to create comics for fun, or it can be aligned with the curriculum and worked into lesson plans or projects. It would be a fun way to involve students in the learning process by creating their own cartoons, and it could make material I give them more fun because cartoons would be involved.

ToonDoo’s strengths were a little more difficult for me to find than its weaknesses. I thought it would be a great tool to use in the classroom to make learning more fun for students, whether I’m the one making the cartoons for their content or they are creating comic themselves. It also gives you a lot of options when creating cartoons so you don’t have to have any background in art to make the comics. Everything is right there for you to use. There would definitely be advantages to using ToonDoo in the classroom and a number of possibilities for projects once you figure everything out.

The weaknesses of ToonDoo were far more prevalent to me than the strengths. It could boil down to me not being as tech-savvy as I’d like, but what that also tells me is that it may be difficult for students, especially in the younger grade levels, to figure out. The directions on how to use ToonDoo and create your own cartoons is not straightforward, and site support isn’t as easy to get either. Other users can help in the forums, but only administrators can view those, so I don’t think students could view those if they were using it on their own. Overall I don’t think this is an easy tool to use unless you’ve had a good deal of experience with it prior to using it in the classroom.

Even though this isn’t my favorite tools and I feel it has a lot of weaknesses, I can see its potential in the classroom. I would love to have students create their own cartoons. My 6th graders are learning about ancient Greece right now, so it would be great if they could use ToonDoo to illustrate the myths they created in class. They created their own myths using directions and certain criteria, but using ToonDoo to animate or even just create images to go with their myths would make the project even more fun. While I’m not sure how easy it would be for them to use and access the site, I really do like the idea of the students creating their own cartoons using our course content. || Ashley Farinholt ||
 * Pixton || http://www.pixton.com/ || Pixton is a site that allows users to develop comics using the various settings and characters provided by the site. There is both a free version and a “Pixton+” version of this site. The free version includes the ability to create unlimited comics using “fully posable characters.” The free version also allows users to rate, embed and remix comics. The “Pixton+” version, costing $3.35 per month, offers several additional features, including: print and download, “advanced comic maker,” “super long and freestyle comics,” the ability to upload pictures and photos, the ability to create contests, a “super profile page,” and “team comics.”


 * Ease of Use:** I have been able to navigate Pixton with ease from the first time I registered on the site (unlike Wordpress). The menu at the top allows even the most novice user to easily find their way around. The creation of my first comic was also incredibly easy. I had a 3 scene comic created in a matter of seconds.


 * Site Support:** The site included a very basic and yet helpful instructional video as well as a setup guide and a “search help” option for FAQs. There is also another Discussion Board where users can discuss ideas they have or issues they may have with the site.


 * Intended Audience:** The site could be utilized effectively by elementary students and, with the right technique, could be incorporated in a high school class (probably more as an activator than anything else). Also, the site does not permit swear words or incendiary language, which is a benefit regardless of the age of your students.


 * Is there an educational version?** There does not appear to be one, but certain features available to paying customers might offer additional assistance to educators interested in incorporating this technology into their classroom.

1. Activator – It could be an interesting and different way to lead into your lesson 2. Debate class – You may use this to show the two sides of a debate in a humorous and less than contentious way. 3. Class Project – You may want to have students put together their own comic to explain a series of concepts in a new and interesting way. 4. Order of events – You could create a comic strip with the order of the events scrambled and have the students attempt to order the conversation sequentially.
 * Ideas for Use:**

1. Free version allows users to get the gist of the software and get an accurate understanding of the technology before purchasing software. 2. Large selection of scenes and characters 3. Users can earn points through the popularity of their comics that they can use on additional scenes / characters 4. Users can put their comics on various merchandise such as mugs and t-shirts and purchase these products directly from the site. The merchandise section also sells Pixton merchandise, but I doubt that this has the same popularity as the merchandise created from user-generated content. 1. As mentioned above, the site does not a specific division dedicated to education. I’m sure that there are educational comics created by users, but no specific category within the website. 2. Most of the comics seem to be childish and may serve as a distraction to younger students if they were to create their own comics as part of a school assignment. || Jason Hoy ||
 * Strengths (other than those listed above):**
 * Weaknesses**
 * Gnomz || http://en.gnomz.com/ ||  || Jason Hoy ||
 * Kerpoof || http://www.kerpoof.com/ || Kerpoof is a site specifically designed for children under the age of thirteen. The main activities included on the site are: spell a picture, make a movie, make a card, make a drawing, make a picture, tell a story.


 * Ease of Use:** I have been able to navigate Kerpoof with ease. I would hope this would be the case, though, given the intended audience.


 * Site Support:** The site includes FAQ sections for educators as well as non-educators. The instructional video in the teacher section, however, leaves much to be desired.


 * Intended Audience:** The site could be utilized effectively by elementary students and potentially with certain middle school students.


 * Is there an educational version?** Kerpoof seems to place an emphasis on education. They offer special accounts for teachers as well as including national and some state standards (including Maryland). They even have entire sections of their website dedicated to listing ideas as well as lesson plans created by other educators. Kerpoof sends out an education newsletter as well.

1. Activator – You could use a Kerpoof video to tell a story as an introduction to a lesson. 2. Elementary vocabulary unit – You may use this in a computer lab with students that are just learning how to spell words such as cat, dog, tiger, etc. 3. Movie Creator – You may want to have students work in groups and create a fictional story that can be expressed through video. 4. Make a Card – You could have elementary school students construct a card for their loved ones right before various holidays.
 * Ideas for Use:**

1. Allows for easy sharing of work. 2. Large selection of scenes and characters. 3. Users can earn “Koins” to spend on additional scenes and effects for their creations.
 * Strengths (other than those listed above):**

1. Instructional video for educators seems to just be a fast-paced collection of three or four creations and not a step-by-step instructional video that would really assist new users. 2. You would not want to use this with an upper level middle school classroom or any high school classroom because of the childish design of the site. || Jason Hoy || Mixbook does have a help section but it is organized more like a FAQs option. The help button at the top of a project will take you through a text tutorial. Customers have access to a “chat now” service and are able to email Mixbook directly for additional questions or services. There is not an education version but there is a Mixbook Education program available that offers 10%-30% discounts on purchased books for teaches. This tool is appropriate for all ages. An email and password is required so its use by individual users in the classroom may be limited without parent involvement. Mixbook also allows users to invite friends to collaborate on their projects
 * Weaknesses**
 * __Mixbook__ || [] || Mixbook is a tool marketed specifically for users to make scrapbooking projects. The site is geared for making books that mark special events like weddings and trips that can then be purchased. Books range from $6.99 to $54.99 depending on size, binding, and number of pages. The books do not have to be purchased and are stored electronically but are not available to download. Calendars and cards can also be generated using Mixbook. Users need to create a login account using an email. Book projects are very easy to get started. Once you choose a theme from the wide variety available you can generate a template complete with clip art, text boxes, and photo layouts using the “give me a book that’s almost done” feature. Images are easily uploaded from your computer or from photo sharing sites such as flickr, picasa, facebook, photo bucket, and smugmug. The photos from my iphoto and flickr accounts were easily upload to Mixbook with a simple click. The editing tools are easy to use. Text can be added and modified by color, size and font. Photos can be rotated and resized. Mixbook offers a wide variety of stickers that are organized by theme and easily searched. The auto fill feature will automatically fit the pictures you have uploaded into the selected themed book. In general, all features were easy to use.

Strengths: Ease of use Easy access to photo sharing sites Wide variety of templates and clip art Availability of text to use for digital storytelling No software is needed. Free (unless you purchase a book) Finished products can be shared with a URL link

Weakness: Individual users need a log-in with email Browser support. Firefox did not support the site well. Safari worked much better. Cost if you purchase the books. No sound available.

A creative teacher can use Mixbook in many ways. The Gallery shows some projects that were done for class work by students and teachers. Some applications include publishing a report, writing about a special event or classroom activity, demonstrating a concept, or publishing a creative story. A flickr gallery or set can be turned into a project with text and additional information and visuals. || Liz Cerand || There isn’t much support or an education version offered by Xtimeline. There is a blog accessible at the bottom of the page that offers ideas for implementation and lessons. The search option enables users to search events, timelines, or users. An email contact is given for the purposes of feedback, problems with the site, and advertising information.
 * Xtimeline || http://www.xtimeline.com/index.aspx || Xtimeline is a free web site that offers users a way to make timelines and to access the vast library of those already created by other users. Creating a timeline is fairly simple. Once the timeline is established events, dates, photos, videos, and link sources can be added. Descriptions can be added in order to elaborate on specific entries. XTimeline allows for more than one editor for a given timeline. Users can request to be editors on existing timelines as well. When an event is loaded to the timeline, only the date and title appear. When a user selects an entry on a timeline, an information box highlighting any additional text or media is displayed. Users can access the information in a different format by selecting “more information” from the text box. The events will then display like a slide show rather than a timeline.

Strengths: Ability to have more than one user edit a timeline Accessibility to a large variety of historical, biographical, and technical timeline information No log in needed in order to view timelines Timeline products can be embedded or shared with an URL

Weakness Ads all over site. The site is funded by donations and advertisements. Takes a long time to load timelines Information text and images are small, no ability to change size or font Timelines are not visually appealing Validity of timelines Creating a timeline requires a login with email and password

Xtimeline is appropriate for high school students. Users must be 13 years in order to use the site as stated in the user policy. The application can be used for a number of purposes that include reporting and collaboration. If a teacher were using published timelines for class content, I would recommend paying close attention to the validity of its source. Users should cite references on Xtimeline but many do not. Some ideas for using Xtimeine include:

Create a timeline to report important historical or biographical events Interview a grandparent or important figure and create a timeline about their life Create a timeline about a change that has affected the world Create a timeline bout an engineering principle or invention Read a book and create a timeline about important events in the story Create a timeline outlining activity in a class or project Create a personal timeline || Liz Cerand ||
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 * Liz Cerand's Screencast on Mixbook. You will need to click on the caption option to view the captions.**


 * Mixbook allows user to publish books, calendars, and cards using their photos. Teachers can use Mixbook to introduce topics, present content, highlight classroom activities or motivate students. Students can use Mixbook to publish reserach, creative writing or collaborative group projects.**

http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/clf1oJkv5


 * [|Alysa Greer's Screencast on TikaTok]**

TikaTok is a website that allows its users to create story books with text and pictures. The pictures can be photos you took or pictures you illustrated by hand. You have to create a free account if you want to save your stories. You do have the option of publishing your story and receiving a physical book but that costs money depending on whether you order a hard back or soft back.

http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/clfiY0kas

Click on this below file to read my screen-cast script on a word document.

Ashley's Screencast on Bubblr

Bubblr is a site that lets you create your own comic strips using photos from Flickr. They can be humerus or they can be fact based. You can use either already made comics or create your own. It would allow teachers to educate students on using the internet properly to do research to create their own comic by intertwining the core standards along with the 21st century learners standards. It's easy to use and presents information in a fun way to students instead of a typical PowerPoint.