Evaluation+of+Multimedia+Programs

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1. Name of the Program:Glogster 2. URL of program:http://edu.glogster.com/ 3. Purpose of the Program:create an online poster 4. Ease of Use:excellent 5. Your reaction to the program: I am going to try to have the students create a historical report using glogster. They will chose a historical person on which to report and use the glogster program to incorporate the information.

1. Name of the Program: VoiceThread 2. URL of program:http://voicethread.com/#home 3. Purpose of the Program:add voice to a presentation 4. Ease of Use: good 5. Your reaction to the program: It would be fun to have the kids add their voices to their presentations. It is fairly easy to use and the students will pick it up easily. It is easy to change and update if you do not like the comment you have used. You may use a microphone or a cell phone.

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1. Name of the Program:Embedit 2. URL of program:http://embedit.in/ 3. Purpose of the Program:embed a document to blogs 4. Ease of Use: good 5. Your reaction to the program: This would give me th option to embed a document into my class blog. The students would be able to view the document. Otherwise the only way to include a document onto my blog is to copy and paste. This would be a great improvement.

1. Name of the Program:Digital Vault 2. URL of program:http://www.digitalvaults.org/#/create/?record=3456 3. Purpose of the Program:create movies or use pictures on a historical site 4. Ease of Use: good 5. Your reaction to the program: It was a bit tricky to figure this program out. But it would fit nicely into my curriculum. The kids would be able to work the program easily and could create movies and connections between historical events. This will use the higher order thinking skills.

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1. Name of the Program:Strutta 2. URL of program:http://www.strutta.com/ 3. Purpose of the Program:create an online contest 4. Ease of Use: good 5. Your reaction to the program: This site allows you to create an online contest. It took quite a lot of time to set up the contest. I am not sure that I would do this with my students' work but it is a possibility. I think the kids would get a kick out of this.

1. Name of the Program:Widgenie 2. URL of program:http://app.widgenie.com/Home.aspx 3. Purpose of the Program:take information and present it in a graph or spreadsheet 4. Ease of Use: poor 5. Your reaction to the program: I don't think I would ever use this program. It sounded really good in the beginning. One should be able to upload information and then this website would transfer it into a graph or spreadsheet or other visual organizers. It also appears that one can create widgets as well. This would take way more time that my planning time during the day would allow.

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1. Name of the Program:World Digital Library 2. URL of program:http://www.wdl.org/en 3. Purpose of the Program:ability to access information from libraries worldwide 4. Ease of Use: excellent 5. Your reaction to the program: This is very easy to use and there is nothing to download. Kids can quickly browse and choose appropriate information.

1. Name of the Program:Twine 2. URL of program:http://www.evri.com/ 3. Purpose of the Program:search engine 4. Ease of Use: excellent 5. Your reaction to the program: This gives another search engine option. Kids need to explore other search engines other than google. This engine was quick and gave information that was considered the "latest". However, it brought up inappropriate words/sites that would not be good in a school setting.

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1. Name of the Program:Capzles 2. URL of program:http://www.capzles.com/# 3. Purpose of the Program:create an online photo timeline 4. Ease of Use:excellent 5. Your reaction to the program: It was very easy to set up. Once I was in, I could easily create my first timeline. Students would be able to upload their own images to create a historical timeline and add text. They can also get very creative by adding music. 1. Name of the Program:Lexipedia 2. URL of program:http://www.lexipedia.com/english 3. Purpose of the Program:online dictionary 4. Ease of Use: excellent 5. Your reaction to the program: I really like this site. There is no log in! The students can simply type in an unknown word and the program will give synonyms and parts of speech. The words are color coded so the students can simply use the key to decide what each word is.

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1. Name of the Program:Lovely Charts 2. URL of program:http://my.lovelycharts.com/ 3. Purpose of the Program:create professional looking charts 4. Ease of Use: poor 5. Your reaction to the program: It looked like it was going to be really good, but once I signed in and started playing it was not user friendly. I had a hard time getting the tools to work to connect my flowchart. I could see this being used in an office setting more than an educational setting.

1. Name of the Program:Smart Notebook Express 2. URL of program:http://www2.smarttech.com/st/en-US/Products/SMART+Notebook+Express/default.htm 3. Purpose of the Program:share notebook lessons online 4. Ease of Use: good 5. Your reaction to the program: I think it would be a good program to explore all options. One would be able to upload notebook lessons for students to access from anywhere!

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1. Name of the Program:Obsurvey 2. URL of program:http://www.obsurvey.com/default.aspx?cookie=true 3. Purpose of the Program:online survey 4. Ease of Use: excellent 5. Your reaction to the program: It was an easy survey program. I could quickly add questions and comments. It was easier than Survey Monkey. I think the students would be able to use this program very easily!

1. Name of the Program:Rich Live Chart 2. URL of program:http://www.richchartlive.com/RichChartLive/default.aspx 3. Purpose of the Program:online chart 4. Ease of Use: excellent 5. Your reaction to the program: This was way easier to use than Lovely Charts. I was able to upload directly from my spreadsheet and create a chart or graph. Students could easily utilize this program.

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1. Name of the Program:Schoo Noodle 2. URL of program:http://www.schoonoodle.com/ 3. Purpose of the Program: online bookmarking 4. Ease of Use: excellent 5. Your reaction to the program: It is a place to bookmark and attach standards to your classroom resources. This is a good way to organize your websites you use in the classroom and to attach the standards for which we are accountable.

1. Name of the Program:Story Bird 2. URL of program:http://storybird.com/ 3. Purpose of the Program:create an online story 4. Ease of Use:excellent 5. Your reaction to the program: This is very easy to manipulate. The students can create a new ending for a story....drawback you must use the story illustrations provided by the website.

1. Name of the Program:Tagul 2. URL of program:http://tagul.com/ 3. Purpose of the Program:word collage 4. Ease of Use: excellent 5. Your reaction to the program: This was easy to use. The benefit of this over wordle is that you can create a design for you picture.

1. Name of the Program:Vorbeo 2. URL of program:http://vorbeo.com/ 3. Purpose of the Program:online question/survey 4. Ease of Use: excellent 5. Your reaction to the program: I really like this one. I was able to quickly create a question and embed it into my blog. I could use this to survey kids about how they are doing on projects for example....are you going to be ready to present your project tomorrow? I will be able to see those answers at home at night or in the morning before the students arrive.