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Share Video Clips in Class with Drag On Tape!

Jen — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:23:49 +0000

A while back I wrote an article Flipping out for Fliggo that was posted by Technology & Learning. I can’t tell you how many people stopped me or wrote to tell me how much they enjoyed the product. Well, as many of you already know….Fliggo was replaced with another product that I do not recommend for educational use. I have vigilantly been seeking a substitute for Fliggo for a while now.

Today I found Drag On Tape, a resource I feel comfortable recommending as a reasonable (not perfect) replacement to Fliggo. Drag On Tape is a mashup that makes it easy to post and combine different YouTube into one video that can be clipped and watched without a link back to YouTube. When posting and developing video clips choose the Tape is Locked/Tape is Public options prior to saving your clip(s) so that students cannot change or add videos. By the way, the YouTube video is present and visible on all the videos you import, but when users try to click on the logo to go to YouTube, they are taken back to the Drag On Tape timeline of videos. Registration for this Beta tool is free with email verification.

Check out this site on your classroom computer prior to using it for a lesson, particularly if YouTube is blocked by your school filter. Review Drag On Tape with your Technology Coordinator…it could serve as a valuable “work-around” for teachers and students who want to share valid, curricular YouTubes in class or as an assignment. Click on the link below to view the sample stop frame videos I posted to share with students who will be using my Claymation Animation WebQuest later this Fall.

Click here to view several Stop Frame Videos I put together with Drag On Tape.

Putting on a New Face

Jen — Sat, 01 May 2010 04:47:07 +0000

How many times have you wished you could change the image that stares back at you from the mirror? With Web 2.0 tools you can give yourself a face-lift, take off several pounds, or simply imagine a new you! I took a little time to play with a few online tools today that could be used to put a new face on you, your colleagues, family, friends, or students. Customize an avatar or design a new who-ever using some of the tools I am sharing in post today.

Face Your Manga – “…realize your virtual alter?ego” as you shape a customized avatar that can be used with Instant Messaging Programmes or as a logo for your classroom website, notepads, and more. Give students an opportunity to create personal avatars. Then post them on your SMARTboard or bulletin board to see if students can recognize their classmates among the avatar images. Check out my sample below…

myWebFace – create a comic version of yourself using the Create a Cartoon You option of this Web 2.0 site or upload a photo of yourself and use the numerous filters available in the PhotoFX section of the site to style your photo with a number of different effects. I have posted some of my sample experiments below…

Pimp the Face.com – this site reminds me of the drawings that witnesses create with police artists following a crime. The generator was fairly simple to use, but the self portrait result I am sharing below looks like it should be in a police blotter…

Of course my favorite face is still the one I created using Voki and posted on the left-hand side of my blog. Any time you can add voice to a character (or new face) life is good!

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Six Sweetheart Generators

Jen — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:29:41 +0000

In honor of Valentine’s weekend I am sharing sweetheart generators that you can send out via emails, post online, or cut out to create your own homemade and personalized valentine. Enjoy!

Glitter Word Generator

Candy Heart Generator -personalize some calorie-free sweetheart candies as you use this generator. I have posted a sample below for your review (image reduced from original size).

Word Hearts Generator – type words in the generator separated by commas to create a filled in heart. Image needs to be captured using print screen and an editing program, but it’s still a really neat concept. Do you recognize the famous poem used to the fill the heart below?

WishAFriend.com: Single Grunge Heart Generator – sample shown below (if sample does not show immediately try refreshing your screen):

Make a Grunge Heart at Wishafriend.com

Satisfaction – personalize a big ol’ beating heart for your loved one.

Beating Heart Generator
Comments – Graphics – Layouts

Cryptogram – another heart generator