CREATIVITY AND TECHNOLOGY

In the spring I will be offering an online high school course for AIG students entitled Creativity and Technology.  Each module will consist of lessons that involve technology in some way.  Most of them use online tech tools.  Below is a list of the tools that will be used thus far but there are more to come.  Why not take a look at these in preparation for the actual course?

MODULE ONE:

*edmodo.com

*Photo manipulation using:

http://pixlr.com/

http://www.befunky.com/

http://www130.lunapic.com/editor/#

*Screen Captures

MODULE TWO:

* Jam-a-Gram

http://www.ujam.com/

*Save a PowerPoint presentation as .Jpegs

*Sign up for a Google Drive account

*Save a YouTube as a MP3 using

http://www.youtube-mp3.org/

*Create a video using Movie Maker

    * http://www.schooltube.com/video/f4eb6e04c40a4559b634/Movie%20Maker%20Tutorial

    * http://vimeo.com/10484867

MODULE THREE:

*Microsoft Word in order to create an job application

*Current event poster

http://www.glogster.com

*Major concern screencast

http://screencast-o-matic.com/

MODULE FOUR:

*Create PDFs from Word document or PPT presentation

*Create an online flip book using a site like:

http://www.flipsnack.com/

MODULE FIVE:

*Create an entire lesson in the subject of your choice

https://www.blendspace.com/

MODULE SIX:

*Create an original gameboard using either

PowerPoint or Glogster

MODULE SEVEN:

*Create an original animation using

Squeak Etoys which can be downloaded from

http://www.squeakland.org/download/      Choose Etoys to Go.  This can be downloaded onto AIG laptops

Tutorial:  http://screencast-o-matic.com/watch/cIjOebVp6O

MODULE EIGHT:

*Create an original infographic with your own data using...

http://www.easel.ly/

Tutorial:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mbnmf_jE1Xw

MODULE NINE:

*Write an original six word story

*Write a collaborative story

*Write a five photo story

MODULE TEN:

*Create an original personal budget game using PPT

MODULE ELEVEN:

*Create an original FakeBook page

http://www.classtools.net/