Ms. De Santis’ Blog

Have you seen voki?  You can make an avatar, record (or type) a message- then you can position yourself on the web.  I’ve made a sample of this free application.  Think of kids might be engaged if your voki announced the do now?

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While the election season is in full swing, Demetri (from Jason Brown’s English class) created this Xtranormal.   Jason outlined  the class assignment: “As part of a unit on persuasive writing, the students developed political parties based on ideas about the class that they would like addressed.  Each party had to agree on the issues, establish reasons as proof that their ideas are sound, and then apply persuasive techniques to get their points across. “ 

Students created a PowerPoint in class and could opt for extra credit by producing an Xtranormal at home (Jason created student accounts for his class).  Did Demetri convince you to vote for his candidate?

my voice, and a Michael Phelps commercial. Give up? It’s a writing prompt I created with gizmoz.

This is a free site that opens the doors to new ways of presenting video, slides, and images. Looking for a little more information? Watch the Web 2.0 below.

I know you are!  But have you been to their site (www.xtranormal.com) recently?  There are several new backgrounds and players.  I’ve had some questions on the best way to present these films.  While you easily embed your film to a website (blog, wiki, etc), it has been more of a challenge to insert xtranormal to PowerPoint presentation.   While links will work, there are times I’ve presented PowerPoint without internet access.