BP 13 EMT Final Video

PE9_Creaza

Another useful feature in Creaza is mind mapping. This feature compliments the classes that I have been taking, reminding me of a concept map that my classmates and myself were previously introduced to. This feature will help users with planning and brainstorming activities. In addition to the Mindomo mapping feature, the movie editor and the audio editor work well with your own footage and built in templates as well. In order to progress teachers and students to the 21st century standards I think that Creaza is a big hit. 

PE8_Creaza

 This screenshot shows the cartoon/fairytale element of Creaza.com. It is not to hard to use for beginners. However, I better not speak to soon as I am just starting, on this site. I choose my background and then clicked on Characters to choose the little red riding hood. To transfer these features onto the canvas to begin creating you can simply drag and drop. If you take notice to the top of the screenshot you can also add various shapes, text and change font sizes and colors like a word or photoshop application. I think that students and educators alike, can have lots of fun creating here!!!

PE7_Creaza

    The latest Practical Experience tool that I am exploring is Creaza.com. I think that this site is awesome because it creates a user name and password for new users to login and create by telling digital stories. Users can create cartoons or movies to express their ideas. I believe that this is really an awesome web 2.0 tool because it is interactive and modern. The templates are in fairytale formats so that many different audiences can relate. see post 8 for an example of the little red riding hood format.

PE6_Schoolology

This is a screenshot from the Schoolology site that has all of the information for the gradebook. I am hoping that if I add a student they will be able to pull up their grade. I don't want all grades to be shown. If this is the purpose of this site, this is wonderful. I am going to set some students up tomorrow at work so that I can really get a feel for how this works. and I will be back here to update the blog.

PE5_Schoolology

On the Scoolology.com website here is a screenshot of the attendance page. I am currently trying to figure it out so that I can truly take advantage of all of the features on this site. I am hoping this is so that other teachers can find out if students were present or absent in a certain class, but if this is the purpose of that feature it may be some privacy issues if it is open to the public. I am still trying to gain more understanding as I peruse this site.