Visual Literacy
*This is part of my book SHOW & TEACH coming out soon!
*Utilize this site and its many capabilities to do cool things with photos
*Create your own “motivational” posters
*Create puzzles
*Create trading Cards on famous historical figures or events
Wordle.net : copy in your text and create cool word clouds. You can change colors, fonts, and looks.
*Paste in famous texts and have students “guess” what will be covered in class
*Paste in famous texts and have students analyze the work via its visual
*Have students paste in their work and analyze
*Have students paste their work in and use in various other activity
Site: 38 interesting ways to use Wordle Article: 5 reasons to use Wordle
Icue.com : FREE site from NBC News. Images, Primary Docs, News and Documentary clips. Message boards. Polls. AMERICAN HISTORY, CURRENT EVENTS
*Students can create accounts and become each others “friends”
*chose and color code “cards” that are videos, images, etc
*Students can take notes on “cards” right there and comment on each others pics
*Games based on American History and current events
Flip cam – No document camera? Hook your Flip cam up and set up on a tripod…your own version of a doc cam.
MovieMaker : FREE Microsoft download. Can use still photos or video.
*Students can create PSAs, news stories, movies on various content topics using their own photos or copyright free ones
*Teachers can create various movies to introduce themselves, teach mini lessons, etc
Photostory 3 : FREE download from Microsoft. Can only use still photos
*Teachers and students can create movies from still photos
Jigsawplanet.com : create online playable puzzles from your own photos or copyright free photos