Kelsey faith sutherland's Blog – March 2010 Archive (3)

Today I worked with BigHugeLabs to create a magazine cover. Although the site was a little tempermental, I ended up with a great magazine cover. I could alter the fonts, chose and picture I wanted, share my cover with the entire web, and continue to edit the page until I really liked it. You can also make movie posters, motivational posters, and much more through this site.

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Creating the character poster was an interesting experience. I liked making the poster because I wsa unfamiliar with Excel and this helped me use it in a way I had not experienced before. Also having children in your classroom make a character poster can make things more interesting and personal for your classroom.

Kidspiration (preview by clicking here!) is a tool tha can be used to make brain webs on a computer. It is great for children who cannot read because Kidspiration can have sound and verbally tell a child what a picture or word is supposed to mean. After playing with Kidspiration, I realized how beneficial it could be to lower end elementary school kids as well as upper elementary students. A teacher of lower elementary children could use…

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