miércoles, 27 de agosto de 2014

Blabberize






Functions and Features:
Blabberize is an online service that allows anyone to create blabbers, or more specifically edit photos into short videos with attached voice and facial movement animation.  The process is quite simple.  To create a blabber, choose a photo from your files, crop and edit if desired, select the portion of mouth that you would like to animate, record or upload a voice file, and publish to your free account.  Title, describe, and attach tags to your blabber for sharing in social media and converting to video.  Choose private or mature to help negotiate internet safety concerns and object to blabbers that are inappropriate.  Finally, browse through other blabbers by searching through tags to discover what others have created. 

  • Blabberize is most appropriate for elementary grade levels due to the humor/silliness factor, although older students may find it funny as well.  
  • Blabberize could be targeted to any subject level for content and assessment presentation purposes. 


URL(s) of sample educational :
An example blabber teaching different Latin phrases: http://blabberize.com/view/id/1029025

Pros:
§  It is available anytime and anywhere
§  It is very easy to learn and use
§  It is humorous
§  It can be utilized in all subject areas
§  Content is controlled by the user
§  Teachers can integrate this technology into instruction and assessments
§  Teachers can use this for multidisciplinary curriculums
§  It is free to anyone who has an email account

Cons:
§  It is limited in the amount of blabbers someone can create based on bandwidth, unless you make purchases or subscribe to cover costs
§  It is limited in its animation
§  It is limiting to those without certain technological equipment
§  It could lead to technological abuse due to the nature of the function and social media
§  It could not be used indiscriminately with grade school students due to potential internet safety concerns


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