EmilyBrady

This blog entry is about a tool of my own interest from the list of Learning- Information Processing Technologies provided by Dr. Wang. I chose the website blockposters.com . In class we discussed the L of TLC which is Learning. We also talked about PICRAT and I believe this website would be considered Replaces and Passive. I think this because it is simply creating a poster than a teacher can print of to display.  This website gives the ability to create large posters that you can print from home for free.  There are 3 simple steps to create a poster.  This is an example of a poster I created of Abraham Lincoln. In this example the image is going to be printed on 9 different pieces of paper that can be put together to create the large poster. This website is the simplest website to use that I have looked into so far. It only has the three steps that the website takes you through.  I believe this website is not versatile at all. It has one objective and that is ...

This blog entry is about a tool of my own interest from the list of Learning- Creativity Technologies provided by Dr. Wang. I chose the website befunky.com . In class we discussed the C of TLC which is Creativity. We also talked about PICRAT and I believe this website would be considered Replaces and Creative. I think this because it is simply creating a collage online rather than on paper and it lets the students be creative with a topic.  This website is a online collage maker. It allows many different images and can have customized text as well as many other customizations.  This is an example of a collage I made about space.  This website was extremely easy to use. It doesn't have a lot of components to it so there is no confusion that I could find. I don't think this website it super versatile. I think it is a good tool for students to create a visual on a topic but doesn't teach a whole lot in my opinion. Teachers could use this tool to create images to excite ...

This blog entry is about a tool of my own interest from the list of L1 Instructing Technologies provided by Dr. Wang. I chose the website Wordart.com . In class we discussed the L of TLC which is learning. This tool can be used for information processing by activating prior knowledge.  This website is used to create word clouds. Word clouds give a visual representation of a topic while highlighting the important and most frequent words. This website is a great tool for teachers to create posters for their classrooms for students to activate their prior knowledge of the topic when they look at it.   The fir st ste p is to cre ate a free account so that you can save the work you create. Then hit "+create" You can then type as many words as you want to be in your word cloud. Note: every time you edit something you have to hit visualize to actually see a change. You can also change the size of the word according to importance as well as the font. Also a very cool thing about ...