Creativity

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Digital Storytelling

 * [|Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling]

[| Glogster] [[image:GlogsterThumbnail.jpg width="152" height="213" align="right"]]

 * a great tool for creative expression by students
 * see my example of a Glog for my sandbox page
 * students love the opportunity to create a unique place for their own work
 * the applications can be limitless
 * Ideas for using in the library and the classroom
 * an alternative to posters
 * as a website portal page
 * a place to post original poetry, artwork, songs, videos, stories, autobiographies
 * Check out some of the [|Top Glogs]
 * [|Practice creating a Glog]
 * [|Glogster for Education]


 * an excellent resource for [|Creative Commons images] for use in projects and publications
 * a photo sharing and management site for storing, manipulating, editing, mashing up, and featuring your photos media type="custom" key="4004665"

[|Wordle]

 * //"Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text."//[[image:Wordle.PNG width="328" height="206" align="right"]]
 * an excellent tool for students for:
 * finding and creating keyword lists for research
 * analyzing literature
 * compiling vocabulary lists
 * great for ELL students
 * =====[|Five Reasons to Use Wordle in the Classroom by Terry Freedman]=====



 *  Create personalized speaking avatars
 * great tool for foreign language classes
 * students can create their own avatar w/ audio

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