LiveBinder

Here is a copy of our classes live binder that I participated in.

Web 2.0 Tool: Blabberize

Web 2.0 Tools bring lessons to life!

Incorporate web 2.0 tools to introduce lessons in a fun and engaging form! Many teachers get stuck in the unoriginal pattern of passing out worksheets and expecting their students to stay on task and remained focused. But by investigating different tools to introduce lessons in a unique way and to reach different learning styles, you are truly bettering your classroom and furthering the students retention.

I am going to use Blabberize in my classroom! 

Blabberize is a website that allows limitless creativity to explain or teach anything you would like. In blabberize you pick any picture and crop the mouth out to create the allusion of a moving mouth. You then record your voice and blabberize does the rest. The website creates the movement based on the recording and it appears as if the picture is talking. Click here to go directly to the Blabberize website!

Here is Blabberize's cute introduction!

 

Watch this tutorial so you better understand this tool!

 

 

 

How do you establish an account one may ask?

1. Open the application and click register

2. Create a username and password    

3. Let the creativity begin

 

This program is completely free and doesn't require parent permission nor does it have any age restrictions.

 

Applying it to real life:

I am using this web 2.0 tool in my 8th grade English class. I will be using this to liven up a vocabulary lesson. The class will be divided into groups and each group will be given a iPad. They will all log into my personal Blabberize account for convenience. (Blabberize allows you to log into the same account from different devices at the same time). I will then give each group five SAT words, each word having a different level of difficulty. The students will then need to give a definition of the word in their own words and put the word into a sentence being as creative as they can. All of which they can make fun and unique by using silly pictures and voices, thanks to Blabberize. Then once the class has finished, each group will show their Blabberize videos explaining their words so that the whole class learns the other words as well!

I wouldn't use this in high school for the students to do... but I would definitely use it as a teaching tool. I plan on randomly inserting funny blabberize videos into my lessons to keep the students interested. So whether it be for student use or teacher use, this is a great tool!

 

I picked this tool to present because though it may sound simple, it can work for ANY subject and any introductive activity. It is a very handy and versatile tool.  

 

 

Here is an example of it working with History!



 

     

                       

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did!