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= = = Digital Portfolio - Multimedia Workshop 2008 = In in this portfolio, you will be able to view the various products that I have created. Be sure to click on each page to view everything this wiki has to offer!

Concept Mapping

 * 1) [|Bubbl.us]- This tool was easy to use and manipulate. It seems to be kid-friendly and would be a tool useful in the classroom.
 * 2) [|Stixy]- This tool was so much fun to use! It feels like a digital corkboard to randomly place your favorite photos and notes, but also assimilate some sort of order to it all.
 * 3) [|Mindomo] - This tool was slightly more intimidating from the homepage. This seems to be more appropriate for adult use, rather than elementary aged students. (//I did discover that the Tab key will automatically create a new bubble!)//
 * 4) [|Freemind]- This is a downloadable application, rather than a net-based webtool. My favorite part of this tool were the little icons that you could add to the bubble. Any user can add or delete them with ease.

Word Processors

 * 1) [|Google Docs] - How cool is this! I think this would be an excellent tool for students to be able to work on their documents at school or from home rather than having to e-mail it back and forth or using a flash drive.
 * 2) [|Zoho Writer] - This is similiar to Google docs. The fun feature I found on this page was a user can add speech bubble comments to the documents.

Fun Stuff!!!

 * 1) [|Flip Video] - Using my Flip camera, I spliced together a montage of videos and created a movie mix. I then added the video to my teacher webpage!
 * 2) [|Zamzar] - This is my new best friend! I have tried for a few years now to figure out how to download videos off of the Internet...and today, I learned how! If you add the tab to your Firefox browser, you can automatically download videos to your computer.
 * 3) [|ScrapBlog]- What a neat way to organize and display your favorite photos! This would be fun to do with a class after you finished a project.
 * 4) [|RockYou]- Create fun slideshows set to music with neat visual effects!

Instructions

 * 1) [|Newspaper Generator -] Here are the directions on how to generate a newspaper clipping, and then how to add it to your classroom webpage.
 * 2) Click on the link above.
 * 3) The newspaper clipping should automatically open on the page. Fill in the information necessary: Name of newspaper, date, headline, and your own news story.
 * 4) Click generate.
 * 5) Click save. Choose a folder to save your .jpg in. Click save again.
 * 6) Go to http://lumberton.tx.schoolwebpages.com/admin to sign in to your webpage.
 * 7) Click "Edit Website" under __My Sites__
 * 8) Make sure you are in Edit Mode, not View Mode to change your webpage.
 * 9) Choose the existing box or newsletter box you want to place your newspaper clippins. Rest your mouse until the yellow pencil appears. Click the mouse and select add image. (In a newsletter box, click edit newsletter box)
 * 10) Newsletter Box - Click attachments, add image
 * 11) Content Box - Click Add image
 * 12) The Image will be in "Your Personal Gallery" Hold down the ctrl button while clicking on this to allow popups.
 * 13) Click the green plus "Add" button.
 * 14) Select upload method. Browse your computer to find the newspaper .jpg. Click Open.
 * 15) Click the green Done.
 * 16) Click Add to Site, resize the image if necessary, and click Done again.
 * 17) Your website should automatically refresh and you will see your newly added image!