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1 Google Presentation or Prezi:

- Google Presentation: Introducing Smilebox, iMovie and Edmodo

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Smilebox is an awesome Web 2.0 Tool that every teacher should try at least once. When you need to think of an activity that will demonstrate to parents what is happening in the classroom Smilebox would be the perfect choice. A personalized greeting with a photo of a student sent home would bring a smile to the face of a proud parent. Then realizing that their child created the card would just be icing on the cake.

The students will be working in groups, 3 students in each group. During a class discussion as a group we made the decision to use Smilebox as a method for fundraising. It was also decided that we would sell personalized Christmas Cards. This required that we have a group to research the cost of materials to create Christmas cards. A group was needed to develop our marking plan. A group was created to work on designs, and one more groups to organize the actual production of the cards.

Collaboration and critical thinking skills will be needed from the beginning to the end of the project. Observing and helping as needed will be my responsibility. I have filmed our work up to this point and I hope to keep filming so we can look back and enjoy the collaborative work we will have done together.

The opportunities with this program are endless. For my class the motivation was there to try to do something that will develop into a wonderful learning opportunity. We will also be raising funds for our class trip to Washington D.C.

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Teachers could choose to use Smilebox in a variety of ways; each student could create one photo card, or a photo collage of the class could be created with everyone choosing one picture for the collage. Smilebox has multiple uses and can be used to enhance any classroom. The following rubric will be used as an assessment tool for this assignment

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