1. Powtoon - http://www.powtoon.com/ This free website allows you to make a short, animated presentation. Several free templates are available for use. They claim that it's as easy to use as PowerPoint, so if you can do PowerPoint, you can do Powtoon! In the classroom, use Powtoon to announce an assignment. Show the video in class or put it on your class website for students to view at home. One of our classmates in 602 made a super cute video a couple weeks ago that did exactly that.
2. The Why Files - http://whyfiles.org/ The Why Files explains and expands upon current news stories. The content is primarily science based, but is also great for social studies. This is a great way to get students to go more in depth on topics they read about. Talking about current events and science discoveries helps keep students engaged. I like that national science standards and lessons are also included on the site.
3. Thinglink - https://www.thinglink.com/ This free website allows you to make your digital images come to life. You upload an image and then add links to it. Use this with a picture of the library. Add links to the catalog, the library website, or any other information for students. In the classroom, let students take images for a project and add video and web information that goes more in depth. See below for the quick, personal Thinglink I made. It took me less than 15 minutes. Just hover your mouse over the picture and you'll see the icons to click for more info.
What fun! Made me want to run in the event myself. But the real question is what are you doing up at 4:45 AM on a Monday morning??
ReplyDeleteI also chose Thinglink as one of the websites I found interesting. I like your idea of taking a picture of your library and adding links such as your website or library catalog. You did a great job with this. I didn't know they held these events.
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