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**Assignment:** Briefly explore the Web 2.0 "quickie" tools listed below. Read the tutorials and idea links for each tool.  

  **What Web 2.0 "Quickies" are Available **  Web 2.0 "quickies" are sites that we thought were fun but didn't really fit into an other category. These sites range from word clouds to avatars to quick and easy things to do with digital images. We hope you enjoy checking them out!  

 <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**Big Huge Labs** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">http://bighugelabs.com/  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">http://bighugelabs.com/education.php  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**Tutorials:**  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Click **VIEW TOPIC FILES** at the top of this window to download Big Huge Labs help sheet. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**Ideas for Using:** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;">
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Use the badges to create name tags for field trips.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Use the Trading Cards to create Flora and Fauna Cards
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Create an Avatar to use as with your online presence
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Student created National Park trading cards.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Create Movie Posters to share about a book or time in History.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">More ideas in the slide show below this table
 * http://www.slideshare.net/bdyck/big-huge-labs

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**Wordle** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">(or other alternative word cloud site)  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.wordle.net  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Alternatives to Wordle:  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">http://tagul.com/  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.tagxedo.com/  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;">**<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Tutorials: ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Click **VIEW TOPIC FILES** at the top of this window to download Wordle help sheet. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/starter+sheet+-+wordle.pdf <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**Ideas for Using:** [] http://www.slideshare.net/JenniferW/wordle-ideas

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">Taking it a step farther... edit your word cloud with Picnic: <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">http://digitaltoolsforteachers.blogspot.com/2010/12/word-cloud-christmas-card-ideas.html

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**PicLit** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.piclits.com  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**Tutorials:**  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.learncentral.org/resource/view/3211/PicLit-Poetry  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">http://technostories.wordpress.com/2009/12/17/poems-with-piclits/  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**Ideas for Using:** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;">
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">http://piclits.com/learnit.aspx
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Have students create a story starter sentence on a PicLit picture. Post the picture to their blog and other students can continue the story in the comments. (Could also be done as a collaborative story on a wiki).
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.scribd.com/doc/31038678/PicLit-Samples

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;">**<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Voki ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.voki.com <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**Tutorials:**  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Click **VIEW TOPIC FILES** at the top of this window to download Wordle help sheet. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">http://www.teachertube.com/members/viewVideo.phptitle=How_to_Create_a_Voki&video_id=114976 <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">**Ideas for Using:**  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;">
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">http://helenotway.edublogs.org/2008/01/19/voki-avatars-in-the-classroom/
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Make a Voki.com avatar for a famous person in history. Record your voice for it to speak and allow other students to guess who it is. Or put the avatars in famous places and points in history. Have students write about the place or event from a first person point of view. Have students create book trailers with avatars representing the characters.
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">http://digitaltoolsforteachers.blogspot.com/2010/06/talking-avatar-videos.html
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">http://digitaltoolsforteachers.blogspot.com/2010/07/creating-characters.html
 * <span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Voki for Education- Click **VIEW TOPIC FILES** at the top of this window to download Voki in Education ideas

http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp
 * The Newspaper Generator**
 * How to Use:** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">1. Type your newspaper title, date, headline and article. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">2. Click GENERATE.  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">3. Make changes as needed to fit the article onto the image.  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> 4. Click DOWNLOAD YOUR IMAGE and save the file to the desired location.
 * Ideas for Using:**
 * Creative writing
 * Write about famous battles or events in history.

http://vozme.com/index.php?lang=en
 * VozMe (text to speech)**
 * How to Use:** <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">1. Type in or copy and paste some text into the field. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">2. Choose a male or female voice from the dropdown box.  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">3. Click the "Create mp3" button.  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">4. A new window will open with your text as an audio clip.  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">5. Right click on the "Download mp3" link and choose "Save Link As.."  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">6. Save the file to your computer  <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Tahoma,Helvitica; line-height: normal;"><span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">7. Use in class or add to your webpage
 * Ideas for Using:**
 * Embed vozme on a web page with text copied and pasted into it
 * http://attipscast.wordpress.com/2010/01/16/a-t-tipscast-episode-48-vozme/