Multipurpose,+Multimedia

The tools found on this page can serve a variety of purposed, from class collaboration projects to individual or small group digital stories, even motivational tools for instructional purposes. toc

VoiceThread
media type="custom" key="4171261" VoiceThread is a free web-based application. The standard free account is limited to a three Thread limit. However, teachers can easily apply for a free “pro” account, gaining access to the several [|pro account features.] Teachers can add identities for each individual students, but all users, teacher and students alike, share one account and one password. To help maintain anonymity, students can upload a picture or avatar as a representation. (More information on [|educator pro accounts])


 * VoiceThread Examples **
 * [|Many Voices of Darfur] - Bill Ferriter's 6th grade students. Bill provides an idea of how he utilizes VoiceThread with his students on his wiki, [|Digitally Speaking]
 * [|Why do people hate]? - Another Ferriter example
 * [|Letters from the Internment Camp] - A project from the [|Digital Library,] a database of articles about successful VoiceThread projects. Each project comes with directions and tips for implementation
 * [|Kenya Escape] - A personal account of the election in Keyna, the violence and unrest that followed and its impact on the people.
 * Welcome to Our World - Seeks collaboration with others to share their world
 * [|This is Brazil] - Students from Brazil selected the 5 most important cities in Brazil and gave reasons for their selections. Viewers were allowed to comment
 * What Do You Value? - Celebrate the peoples around the world
 * [|Landforms Where We Live] - A teacher uses VoiceThread as an instructional tool
 * [|Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday] - Students describe what they have learned and other students comment on their work. (early primary)
 * [|The Great Depression: Poetry for Two Voices] - Students create their own poems from the perspective of those in the photos from this era in history.
 * [|VoiceThread Examples] grouped by subject area and grade level
 * VoiceThread Examples in Education - A Slideshare of applicable VoiceThreads for education
 * Diary of Anne Frank - Join in the conversation as thought provoking questions are asked about this classic. You are also invited to make a copy and use it with your class.


 * VoiceThread Resources **
 * Jen Wagner's [[file:educationalsoftware/VoiceThread.pdf|Tutorial]]
 * [|Video Doodling] - A tutorial on doodling on a video embedded in VoiceThread
 * How to leave a VoiceThread [|comment with your phone]
 * [|Tutorials on various features of VoiceThread,] including the [|Doodler] and [|Video Doodling]

Glogster
media type="custom" key="12012981" If the glog is too small for you to read, [|click for Tony Vincent's full-sized version].

Glogster is another free web-based application. Users can create interactive, virtual posters. With a Glogster account for Educators, teachers can create up to 200 student accounts which are all linked together. Special controls and permissions apply to only those students in this teacher created group.

[|An historical timeliine] - Niel Stephenson explains this assignment on [|his blog] A Country Divided - 5th grade students created a Civil War wiki. Each student created a Glog to display their work Causes of the American Revolution [|Abraham Lincoln's Bicentennial] [|Harriet Tubman] Civil War Sallie Trek2India Inventors [|Women's Rights] Civil Rights Movement The Great Depression Greetings from the World - Students from around the world created Glogs to show their perspective of their country. Winner of the Best Educational Wiki [|Environmental Heroes] - Several versions for various environmental heroes including Theodore Roosevelt [|Irish Immigration] A glog timeline of events Using Glogster as an [|assignment sheet]
 * Glogster Examples **

[|Glogster] for Educators A [|video tutorial] of all the features of Glogster
 * Glogster Resources **

Another [|printable tutorial] for Glogster LibGuide for Glogster

Voki Resources
Create your own [|Voki] [|Avitars in Education] - Some ideas and resource for using Vokis [|A Voki Tutorial] LibGuide - How to create and embed a Voki Voki Lesson Plan Database

[|Chatting with George Washington] - Students answer interview questions posing as George Washington [|Biography] - Third grade examples War of 1812 - Eighth grade examples
 * Voki Examples **

Animoto for Education
Animoto puts images to music. No two combinations are the same. Create your own Animoto productions Civil Rights Animotos - Seventh grade examples

Blabberize
Make a still image talk with Blabberize A Blabberize tutorial to help you create a Blabber

Historical quotes - A movie made with Blabberize figures George Washington
 * Blabberize Example**

Morfo is an iPad app similar to Blabberize, Historical perspectives made with Morfo
 * Morfo**

Museum Box
[|Museum box] enables students to gather a collection of artifacts, media clips, and text to "build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box." You can browse through a [|collection of museum boxes] others have built. Australia - How the transportation of convicts shaped Australia Cheyenne Cube Creator - An alternative for Museum Box

Mixbook
[|Mixbook]allows users to create a very visually appealing book with images and text. What sets it apart is the ability for multiple users to collaborate on the same book. There is a special version for educators. Famous Americans

[|Kids for Kenya] [|Famous Americans] [|Treatment of the Jews by the Nazis]
 * Mixbook Examples **

PhotoPeach
Photo Peach for educators has 2 tracks, image and music, with caption overlays. It also has the capability of embedding quiz questions along the way. PhotoPeach tutorial - Teacher explains how to use PhotoPeach to her students.

On behalf of others: You don't always have a choice - homelessness Communities American Presidents- a quiz
 * Photo Peach Examples**

Themeefy
Themeefy - Personalize your own multimedia magazine Themeefy tutorial Martin Luther King Day

Thinglink
Thinglink allows you to add hot spots to an image to make it interactive. Click on a hot spot and learn more about the subject of hte image Thinglink tutorial Thinglink blog Thinglink Teacher Challenge - An online professional development opportunity for teachers during Summer 2014. See the products they created over the 10 week course.

Social studies vocabulary words Apollo 11 Interactive maps on Padlet Mouse over the image below to activate the Hot Spots and learn about Lincoln original source Thomas Jefferson in Monticello
 * Thinglink Examples**

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A Thinglink on digital citizenship - original source media type="custom" key="28292133"

ZooBurst
ZooBurst - Build 3D pop-up books The Presidents The Battle of Fort William Henry

Comic Master
Comic Master - Create a graphic novel Bullying

Wordle
Create word clouds using [|Wordle] [|Wordle Tutorial] [|Wordle Educational Uses]

Add a shape to your word cloud with Tagxedo

[|US Constitution] [|Comparison of Presidential Inaugural Addresses] Guess Today's Wordle - Just an example of how you can use Wordle to create puzzles for your students [|Slavery]
 * Wordle Examples **

Go!Animate
Go!Animate - Create easy drag and drop videos

Thirteen original colonies Visit the[| Mayan culture]as some 7th graders take you on a tour More examples from this class The Great Compromise An interview with Thomas Edison
 * Go!Animate Example **

xtranormal
Create 3D animations with [|xtranormal]. xtranormal tutorial LibGuide - How to create an xtranormal

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Try it Mouse over the picture to activate the hot spots and learn about Lincoln. original source

Timelines
Tiki Toki - Create an interactive timeline. Free account allows one timeline. Paid education account ($100 per yr.) allows for 50 individual student accounts, collaboration & files to be embedded [|xtimeline] - Create a multimedia timeline. Collaboration is possible. Dipity - An interactive timeline tool Timeglider Timetoast My Histro - Integrates with Google Maps Joyce Valenza's list of timeline tools


 * Timeline Examples **

The Fight for Democracy in the Middle East Copyright Law [|Sojourner Truth] [|Abraham Lincoln] Apollo Timeline Civil War Timeline World War II History of Idaho Pages of My Histro [|Examples] Road to Revolution - Timetoast

Meograph
Meograph - Create interactive timelines that tell a story media type="custom" key="23723104" width="56" height="56" Original source The Constitution

Meograph Tutorial

Other Ideas to Try
Trading Card Creator - Have students create trading cards for historical figures.