Pixton

This week we used a cool tool called Pixton. It allows you to make comics about anything. It lets you make characters, design backgrounds, and make different types of comics. I made a comic about some of the things I like to do.

A New Way of Learning

For the past week we have been working on a project for ISTE's technology committee. We have been sharing about having laptops and how they help in schools. We made a prezi. Prezi is a great web tool. It allows you to make a poster type thing, and it lets you make a path and it zooms in on each part of the poster. It is great for presentations.
Our prezi is about all of the tools a computer allows a person to have. We listed some of the tools we have used this year.

A New Way of Learning on Prezi

You Tell You

We used a website called You Tell You. It is like an online magazine or newspaper. People can sign up and write articles about what ever they want. Most of the articles include lots of pictures. It is very easy to use. I wrote an article about a trip I took a few years ago to France and Switzerland. Here is the link to My You Tell You article.

Dipity

Madeleline L'Engle on Dipity.

We made timelines on dipity about a person or organization. I did mine on Madeleine L'Engle, the author of A Wrinkle in Time, and one of my favorite authors from when I was little. I chose to do this about an author because I love to read.

Happy Birthday!

     This weekend is going to be busy. I have relatives coming today and leaving Sunday. On Sunday we are going up to my grandparents house to celebrate some birthdays in the family, my dad's, my grandpa's, and my cousin's wife's. It is also my grandpa's twin sister's birthday, but she lives on the east coast; so, she can't make it. October is a big month for birthdays in my family. So, happy birthday to them, especially my grandpa and great-aunt, who are turning 80! Hopefully I have time to fit in homework this weekend!

My Animoto

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

We made slideshows on Animoto, which is a website that allows you to make slideshows of pictures and video with music put to it.

Juxio

One of the first web 2.0 tools we used was Juxio. It allows you to make a type of powerpoint online. You can upload photos and add captions. We used Juxio to make Powerpoints about our passions. Mine had a variety of things on it including traveling, history, reading, and music. We Skyped with one of the creators of the website. His name was Will. He then posted on a blog about how we used Juxio.