Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Video with Photopeach


Click on the link above to view a video that I made with Photopeach. This link takes the viewer into Photopeach. The programme had a way of embedding a video into a blog or site but despite using multiple computers and trying to also embed into a google site, I couldn't get the embed function to work. Therefore I took a screenshot of the first photo and added a link to enable others to view this creation.

Thursday, September 8, 2016

My Word Cloud

I was learning to make a word cloud about quality blog posts. I thought it was easy because we helped each other. Choosing the colours was fun.

This was a piece of work that I completed with a year 4 - 5 class to show them how to post a blog that has a title, labels and a short explanation of the writer's learning.

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Quality Blog Posting: Word Cloud

Here is a word cloud I created using http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds, an easy app to use.

It was really easy to create by adding information and then to change the size, colour, layout, font. Then I saved it to my desktop and uploaded it to this blog.


Monday, August 15, 2016

Canva makes design simple


My first play with Canva was very easy. There is a range of templates, pictures, frames etc available, although some are at cost, to create graphic designs in no time. This tool could be used to graphically show the characteristics of something, eg survey responses, blog statistics, places in the world you've visited....the possibilities are endless.


Using voki to Record Learning

Voki is a great tool for students to share their learning by creating their own avatar, choosing a background and then recording their voice or using a range of provided voices to speak about what they have learnt. My short voki below explains one of the characteristics of a smart blogger.