PD+Assignments



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Please make suret he computer volume is turned up and then click on the arrow in the lower left corner of the Voki to hear your assignment. A Voki is another great way to present information, review ideas and get students motivated! It does require you to register with an email account. You can record up to 60 seconds. It allows you to create a likeness of you or if you prefer you can select pre-designed images of famous people, animals, etc. Here is a [|link] to the Voiki site.

Scroll down the page to view the written directions and suggestions for this hand on asignment piece of the PD..

Please click on this **link** **to post your response to our WallWisher.**


 * Please create your own** [|**Delicious account**] **where you will be able to start saving your favorite websites in one online account!**

This is YOUR time to explore, collaborate and create projects that we will then share, discuss and review at the end of class. Have fun! :)

Below you will find some suggested assignments that will help you begin to use the Web 2.0 Applications we discussed today. Please use the application that you have been assigned to either complete one of these assignments or one that will address a lesson you are or will be teaching.

1. Take a picture of your classroom and using **Fotobabble** record a welcome message to your students for the start of school.

2. Using a digital camera take five to ten pictures of parallel lines and create a 30 second **Animoto** video.

3. Create a **Wordle** about the life cycle of a butterfly.

4. Create a **PicLit** describing an image with a minimum of five adjectives.

5. Using **Storybird** create a book about the firstsigns of spring.

6. Create a **WallWisher** that your students could respond to about an upcoming lesson.

7. Using **Make Beliefs Comix** create a comic strip explaining synonyms and give two examples.

8. Use **Blabberize** to create a message about Earth Day.

9. Use one of the **Fodey generators** (Newspaper, etc) to explain the requirements for an upcoming assignment.

10. Create a **Big Huge Trading Card** as a book review for your favorite book.