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Want to make those boring pics look better?

Make your own news headline

Summary To create an iTunes App Store account without a credit card please follow the steps below. In order to create an account without a credit card, you must make sure you are in the App Store, not the iTunes Store.

Create poetry with images and text prompts. Great for use with the projector to make class poetry, or to play around with language.

Make 2D screen based cartoon stories to illustrate conversations and dialogues. Stories can include an unlimited number of frames and are view frame by frame. Each frame can include: * Images: Drag and drop library items onto the frame, or import your own digital photos or images saved from the web. * Text bubbles: Select from a range text bubbles and information boxes. Drag and drop onto the frame and start typing! Text can be in any language and any script. * Voice recordings: Add new voice recordings using the simple built in recording panel. You can also add recordings already saved on your computer. Stories are saved on your computer as HTML page (webpages), and can easily viewed by others on any computer using a web browser such as Internet Explorer. Stories can also be printed. Completed stories can also be loaded back into the Cartoon Story Maker and edited or added to. Very cool

Ouch, makes my brain sore looking at this. Big is truly relative, as is small

All of the great pdf's from Makeuse of!

Hard to explain, sort of like a diigo on a photo, comments, questions can be posted or tagged to certain parts of the image Could be great for a H/W front loading session, have the kids view and ask questions /make comments before sharing in class. Could be anonymous or not.

More Brain games

Finding spelling lists making you and your students want to top themselves, this is both creative and subtly clever.

not IT but i love this.

make a tutorial quick!

"The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments create a matrix of 25 cells as illustrated below. "

Where do you see yourself? your class? More importantly where would you like to see yourself/class and what steps can we make to see this happen in 2011-12?

Flash game making.

Nice, a teacher looks at kids making tutorials!

Transitory art but a very cool human story