20+ Flash games centered on typing greet you when you land here. The site lives up to its name. From Keyboard Ninja to the offbeat Excuses Excuses where you have to type just as they appear on the screen and learn a few in the process for the time when you don't do your homework. Most of the games have an advertisement at the beginning.
Animation virtual studio.
"A virtual animation studio partnering with animators from around the world to create, high quality 3d, 2d and flash cartoon animations. Aniboom cultivates animated content by leveraging the web providing online animation opportunities such as animated competitions and free online animation software."
The educational web site ProProfs.com has launched a free, easy-to-use quiz creation site that can help teachers enhance their lesson plans and engage students. Called Quiz Maker, the site is based on feedback from thousands of ProProfs users who shared their ideas for how ProProfs could improve on its Quiz School application.
a free service for
creating animated videos. Without
downloading any software or
having any special skills, Memoov
allows users to create animated
videos up to five minutes in length.
Creating an animated video with
Memoov can be as simple as
selecting a setting image(s),
selecting a character or characters,
and adding dialogue.
Memoov offers users a wide variety
options that make it stand out
amongst similar services. Memoov
allows users to customize the
appearance of the characters in their
animated videos. On the dialogue
front, Memoov gives users the
option to record their own voices for
use in their videos. Users can also
upload pre-recorded dialogue in
MP3 format. Memoov users have
the option to add background music
to their animated videos.
a neat site for
introducing elementary school
students to making simple animated
video stories. On the Zimmer Twins
site students can create a story from
scratch or complete one of the "cliff
hanger" story starters.
Students do not need to have any
drawing skills in order to create a
story as all elements are added to
the video through a simple drag
and drop interface. Students select
settings, characters, character
actions, emotions, and text styles
then drag those elements into the
storyboard. Students then arrange
those elements and type words into
the conversation bubbles where
appropriate.
Wiffiti (http://wiffiti.com) allows students to submit a text message to an online bulletin board. Messages can also be submitted to Poll Everywhere, but the Wiffiti board is large and animated and students love the fake names it assigns to their posts. ..
The Kids' Science Challenge is a national (United States) contest for students in grades three through six. The challenge asks students to innovate and build upon on our current conceptions of how things work. There are three areas of innovation in this year's contest; reducing waste, developing meals to be eaten on Mars, and developing a toy or game that demonstrates an animal's intelligence. The contest is open until February 29, 2012.
Applications for EducationTo help students start thinking about the topics in The Kids' Science Challenge, the challenge website has a series of games and videos for students. For teachers, The Kids' Science Challenge offers a page of lesson plans and hands-on activities designed to help students develop ideas related to the contest's three challenge topics.
takes about 5 minutes, and I guarantee it will put a smile on your students' faces. The activity is very SMART board friendly. I used it at my last staff meeting to talk about overcoming INSURMOUNTABLE problems. Enjoy!