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Friday, September 10, 2010

Tool 3

I was recently exposed to the wide world of image generators and mashups.  Who knew?  It blows my mind that people are able to create these amazing generators that can entertain for hours!  My first attempt was with the Wordle.  I decided to pay tribute to Twilight.  Yes...I must admit I am a "Twihard."  I've read every book and seen every movie to date.  It is nothing but fun to sit back and read good book from the saga.  It is my escape from reality. 

For educational purposes I love the idea of using a Wordle as a book review format.  Kids could have a really out of the box experience as they worked to describe their novel with choice descriptive words, events and character names.  Love it!

My second image generator came from Spell with Flicker.  I loved that I could use it to create a photo mashup of my blog identity.  Super cute and cool!  In the classroom, kids could use this as a creative way to dress up their own projects or even spelling and vocabulary words.

Check out my "Ode to Twilight" below and my Spell with Flicker creation at the bottom of the blog.  Let me know what you think!

Wordle: Ode to Twilight


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5 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 13, 2010 at 1:26 PM

    Robin I love your Twilight wordle!! I can't wait to use this in our LA classes this year! What do you think about using it with our book clubs?

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  2. BHE Book Club BloggerSeptember 13, 2010 at 1:31 PM

    Kendall,

    I think that is a great idea! Wouldn't that be such an amazing book review idea. We could even print them to put on display!

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  3. Science is Special!September 13, 2010 at 4:57 PM

    Robin is the BEST Blogger I know
    She is so smart

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  4. JillSeptember 14, 2010 at 5:20 PM

    I love your Twilight wordle! The kids will love using wordle to summarize all of their favorite books! Such a creative idea to use for book club and book reviews.

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  5. Book Nook GirlSeptember 20, 2010 at 9:54 AM

    LA Lady,
    Great Wordle and love the Spell with Flickr! I can see that you and BHE Babe are already putting your heads together to use these with book clubs and spelling!
    I love the Twilight Wordle - great!

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