Thing # 7 Image Generators

Voki was so much FUN! I defiantly want to do this with my students. There are so many activities that are coming in mind in which my students can use Voki for. Some examples are, my students can use Voki to explain the steps of multiplying and dividing big numbers, tell the the difference between customary and metric measurements and some real world examples that can be measured using those measurements, they can create an verbal acrostic poem for a vocabulary word for the Science unit being taught, and much much more!! The best part about Voki is that it is easy and user friendly. The kids will be self motivated to want to express their learning through their avatar. 

Tagxedo is another cool motivational image creator. Students get on Tagxedo and create a "cloud image" of words. These can be vocabulary words, words that students are having difficult recognizing, spelling word practice, or just putting together words that help students retain taught knowledge. During this previous year, my students attend a seminar which was conducted by a police officer. The officer informed the 4th graders that when they turn 10 they are responsible for their own actions and can receive legal consequences for their negative actions. As an activity form that seminar,  I had my students come up with as many words as they could think of from the seminar they had attend and put together a cloud of words to help them remember the good choices they would have to make as they got older Then we printed the cloud images and  hung them on my behavior bulletin to keep a visual reminder for my students and the choices they will be making for the rest of the year. They loved going to Tagxedo and creating their images with words. I plan on using Tagxedo for other assignments as well, more vocabulary base assignments for Science unit.