tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565.post2022082683795417170..comments2023-07-14T05:36:36.786-07:00Comments on Of Life, Education, E-bay, Travel & Books: Library2Play2 - Thing 2 - Image GeneratorsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17333382268292453140noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565.post-4593064545067251962009-07-10T19:17:17.701-07:002009-07-10T19:17:17.701-07:00I love the idea of using bookr to illustrate the G...I love the idea of using bookr to illustrate the Gettysburg Address! It could be used to illustrate a poem, other speeches. (I Will Fight No More Forever, comes to mind.) Thanks for the idea.LUV2GOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12435688151120153213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565.post-53942317966767161082009-06-24T05:45:38.637-07:002009-06-24T05:45:38.637-07:00I am glad that you have the same reaction to Bookr...I am glad that you have the same reaction to Bookr that I did. It is great for a simple project that doesn't require a lot of time however, some students may become frustrated since they can not edit the layout or upload pictures. I am going to try to use this with my summer school class to see their reactions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565.post-14049927230611202892009-06-21T16:09:10.145-07:002009-06-21T16:09:10.145-07:00Thanks for more great ideas! Several of the WITS ...Thanks for more great ideas! Several of the WITS writers used animoto this school year. Appreciate your recommendations!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15073960668480704066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565.post-57478920937384231622009-06-20T18:20:56.326-07:002009-06-20T18:20:56.326-07:00Thanks for sharing your reflections & suggesti...Thanks for sharing your reflections & suggestions on using Bookr and Animoto with your students! I think my students will enjoy using Bookr this year. I have used Animoto with my students, but my students have never created their own. I have wanted to, but I didn't know how to get around the email address... I will look into getting an educator account.jchoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09111042217199283924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7144565.post-5485614529583243652009-06-14T06:44:49.583-07:002009-06-14T06:44:49.583-07:00Guusje
I've been enjoying reading your blog a...Guusje<br /><br />I've been enjoying reading your blog and all the educational tech available to teach with. I feel like I'm in the dark ages here - I have no access to anything like this, but I am really interested in knowing if any of it would aid me in my classes.<br /><br />This summer I'm teaching (July) an intensive (2 week/4 hr days M-F) academic writing class. I will have a minimum of 24 university students, 99% of them with English as a second language. I have to teach them summary, expository writing, compare/contrast, synthesis, etc. AND somehow check all these papers.<br /><br />What I have been doing is using the computer lab. I teach the unit, assign a video, join them in the computer lab and they watch and write in the style/form assigned. I give them quick writes - sometimes as little as a concise paragraph so I can check them all before the end of class.<br /><br />This is less than ideal as some are done much faster than others and I can't release them to wander the U halls, socialize (we don't have a sep. student lounge yet) and disturb the other classes, so they wind up with something else I've cooked up that's related, and generally causes me oodles more work checking.<br /><br />Is there one or more of these applications I could introduce them to that I can learn quickly that would be useful?<br /><br />I don't mind if they work together (collaborate), but they've got to eventually produce their own work.<br /><br />The other class I teach, Business Writing, is comprised of separate units where they works as groups to generate the final product. I'd like some program where I'd be able to see who edited what - or who did what on the assignment.<br /><br />If you have any help for me (a teacher's conference? a something useful?? a program?) it would be greatly appreciated.<br /><br />So far I have kept pace (and proud to say, a step ahead) with the changing environment in business schools and focus on environmental and social concerns in business, but I am lagging in the tech department and could really use some learnin'.<br /><br />Any advice you have would be greatly appreciated. Haha, I could fly up and take one of your classes (bloggers?) along with your fourth graders, after school, haha!<br /><br />Can you steer me in a useful direction?<br /><br />Muchas gracias! It's fun to be back in touch, and I hope this might lead to something good for both of us!<br /><br />Susan (Coburn Weinberg!) :-)S.C. Weinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18297464944598365275noreply@blogger.com