Creative+Tool+Resources

After you have located and synthesized information to answer your subquestion, choose a creative way to represent your ideas. Here is a list of possible tools that you can use to represent your information. Most of these Web 2.0 tools will produce a URL that you can post to your Group page located in the left hand navigation bar. Ask for help posting your URL, video, etc. if you need it.

[|Independent Lens: Off the Chart Web Karaoke] This tool is a easy as 1..2..3. Listen to a sample song. Compose your own poem or lyrics that represent what you learned in your inquiry process. Perform your song to ready made music.

[|Slideshare] Slideshare allows you to upload and share your PowerPoint presentations and Word documents on SlideShare. Share publicly or privately. Add audio to make a webinar. Share what you learned in your inquiry process through Slideshare.

[|Audacity] An open source, free, cross-platform sound editing system that records music, voices, or any other necessary sound for presentation. You can use Audacity to incorporate sound into podcasting, powerpoint, or moviemaker. Audacity is great for beginning podcasters. Make a podcast of what you learned in your inquiry process.

[|Toondoo] Toondoo is a cool, comic-creating tool from Jambav, a fun site for teachers and students. Jambav is devoted to creating a unique array of free and customizable online games of educational value for children of all abilities. Represent what you learned in your inquiry process through a comic strip.

[|Voki] Voki is a free service that allows teachers and students to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages. Let your avatar explain what you learned in your inquiry process.

Create a video using a Flip camera. Create a video of what you learned in your inquiry process.

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