Foreign Language Professional Development
August 15, 2008
Image Manipulation - using photos and images as support materials
Copy-right friendly materials and/or digital pictures you take
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Picture Sources
- Flickr Creative Commons
- Discovery Education Images (SBISD password required)
- Microsoft Clip Art & images
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Image Generators - using the images
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Cartoons
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- Frames for Images Samples
- License Plate Messages Sample (scroll down)
- Buttons - do you have a message to share?
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Image Generator COLLECTIONS
- Big Huge Labs
- Image Chef
- Kid Safe Image Generators
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Swivel - use to explore data
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Add Letters! - make custom signs
- Scrapblog - create scrapbooks
Podcasting
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Audacity - tell stories, talk about books, share information through audio-only files
Part of the load set on the new laptops. Go to Start --> Programs --> Applications.
John review.wav
Audacity and mp3 files.doc
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Voice Thread - storytelling with pictures and audio comments
- Sample: Federal Holidays - create a new holiday. Be sure and click at least 4-5 slides into the program to hear the kids talk about their ideas.
- Digital Storytelling at it best: Escaping Kenya during political unrest.
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PhotoStory - storytelling with pictures, narration and/or music
Part of the load set on the new laptops. Go to Start --> Programs --> Applications. (It is not with the other Microsoft programs).
- Assistance
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PhotoStorySAMPLE.wp3 this is an incomplete example saved in the mode which allows for editing.
Animated Podcasting
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Animoto - "music videos" that can be used as TEASes (Technology Enhanced Anticipatory Sets), introductions, conclusions & wrap ups (especially student-produced )
- Mexican Folk Dancers Paris Scenes Salvadore Dali List of more samples