The Web 2.0 tool Fotobabble could be useful in my classroom. In fact, after discovering it last night I used it today. This Web 2.0 tool allows you to upload any photo and record a message to play with the photo. I had to be out of the classroom today and I put a link on Moodle for my students taking them to a talking picture I created using Fotobabble. It was a picture of me with a recording of specific directions for the assignments they were going to work on with the substitute teacher. I can't wait to get back tomorrow and find out what they thought.
I also plan to use this tool with my Graphics Applications students. When my students alter photos using Photoshop they could upload the photo to Fotobabble and give a description of the alterations they made to the photo. We do one assignment where students need to distort pictures of different people. To add a language arts component to the assignment students could use Fotobabble to create a story about how the person got his deformities.
Fotobabble could be used in Language Arts classrooms at any level. Elementary students could draw a character from a story using a drawing program then upload the photo and give a description of their character. Secondary students could do a similar activity with a character from a novel. They could answer a question or tell a story from the character's point of view.
Click on the link below to see the Fotobabble I left my students today.
Karen,
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love your site and how you used it while you were gone. I will definitely have to try it next time I have a sub. Please let me know what your students reactions were.
I could also see using this with students who don’t really like to present in front of their classmates, but would be willing to post on a personal site for their peers to review.