Tool+Box

Tool Box ~ Project #1


 * 1) 1 Tools in Microsoft Office
 * 2) 2 Discovery Puzzle Maker
 * 3) 3 Digital Story Maker
 * 4) 4 Web 2.0: Storybird
 * 5) 5 Link List: Vacaroo, FlickerStorm, StoryBird, Kerpoof, SimplyBox, Skype, Glogster, VoiceThread
 * 6) 6 Text Sets
 * 7) 7 Wikis programs

Using different tools to discover ways of incorporating Microsoft Office Products using MAC and/or PC. Explore MS Word in Mac - Explore Document Elements, Quick Tables, Charts, SmartArt Graphics, WordArt and Project Gallery for examples.
 * 1) 1 Tools in Microsoft Office

Used in the document below: Quick Table, Pie Chart, and WordArt



Used in the document below: Power Point presentation of the 21st Century Skills needed for education




 * 1) 2 [|Puzzle Making using Discovery Puzzle Maker][[image:puzzle_maker.jpg width="170" height="102" align="right" link="http://www.discoveryeducation.com/free-puzzlemaker/?CFID=12940959&CFTOKEN=58525281"]]

Puzzlemaker is a puzzle generating tool for teachers, students, and parents that allows the user to create their own puzzle: word search, criss-cross, math puzzles.






 * 1) 3 Digital Storytelling

Digital storytelling allows students to share their stories outside of the traditional books or lecture. It allows students to develop or learn from creative presentations using different skills: writing, performance, research, art and technological skills.

For this assignment I created something more personal to me. I used pictures I took myself. They were uploaded to Picasa, which is a program on my PC through Google that allows me to edit images, create movies, and make each picture public or private. The photos were placed in the following order: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter. Each image has a caption identifying where it was take n. Music was also uploaded and added to the video.

In order to play the movie created, it was uploaded to youtube.

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Create your ow n : [|Digital Story: Windows Live Photo Gallery]


 * 1) 4 Programs available on Web 2.0

My project was creating a story using [|Storybird].

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Project #4 was to use a new tool from the list of programs:


 * [|Vocaroo]: **Records sound to embed into websites.


 * [|FlickrStorm]: ** A tool to collect appropriate pictures for students to search and use.


 * [|Storybird] ** **: **  Creating online books using artistic images.


 * [|Kerpoof] ** **: **  Creates movies, scenes, and videos. You can also record yourself reading a book aloud for anyone to listen to.


 * [|SimplyBox] ** **: ** Bookmarking tool which creates an easy, graphical representation of websites which can be navigated by non-readers and easily accessed by teachers and students.


 * [|Skype]: **<span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;"> A new way of using the telephone to communicate all over the world.


 * <span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">[|Glogster (edu)]: **<span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;"> Posters created to interact people from all over the world to share thoughts and ideas. Click on icons and this poster become interactive.


 * <span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">[|VoiceThread]: **<span style="color: #548dd4; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;"> Photos, writing, and voice are displayed for a visual lesson and discussion.


 * 1) 6 Text Sets

Text sets are multiple books based on the same theme. In this case, the theme is "Clouds." Each book brings a additional piece of information to learning about the topic of clouds.



[|Clouds Glogster]

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