Via RSSSpeechable: Add speech bubbles to your images
I think the title says it all. Sometimes, the best Web 2.0 sites are the simplest! Speechable let’s you upload your images and add bubbles to them. That’s it. Wham bam, done.
When you’ve finished one, you can either use their embed code to put it in your blog/website or just download it yourself. I mentioned this site during the Streamathon and a few days later I got an email from Laurie Sullivan. She shared a blog entry where she used the site to create some images that she plans to use with her students! Check them out!
October 3rd, 2008 at 11:27 am
I liked this site yet had trouble getting all the text to save (Laurie had the same trouble) - per the vendor, it is a known bug and the fix should be in shortly. For the time being, they suggested over sizing the boxes.
But better news- I was concerned about some of the gallery photos (I work with some younger students). Ryan will set up a subdomain so your students will only see photos from your district. Since this is not on their site (and works only for education) - contact Ryan at webmaster@speechable.com and he will set up your subdomain.
January 30th, 2009 at 10:43 pm
Thanks you so much for sharing this cool Web 2.0 tool. I have a field trip coming up with my students. I always like to snap a few picture to take back to the classroom. My students will have a ball adding text to the photos. What a fun way to initiate discussion about the trip - they won’t even know they are learning!
February 4th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
I had no idea something like this existed. I’ll be heading over to sign up for this soon. Like Karen, I go on a lot of field trips and it will be fun to add speech bubbles to the pictures!
February 4th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
WOW! I have so many ideas in my head on ways I can use this. I have several bulletin boards in my room with student pictures, by using the speechable tool, I can make my boards more appealing. I can also see using this as a learning tool. Labeling pictures with ther right terminology and the definiation. I will also be able to share this tool with my 9 year old daughter. She has so many projects to do, that maybe she will be able to implement this into one of them.
February 5th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Oh we can have fun with this tool in my world cultures class! Students can take their pictures and ask essential questions. I could have partners create a conversation about an issue in a country and have them display their thought process on how to solve the issue. They could also record their “knowledge” about what they learned in the bubbles. This might be more exciting than just writing about what they learned. (The L of KWL)
Thanks for sharing this site.
February 6th, 2009 at 2:19 am
Thanks for sharing this site. This is a fantastic tool to use in the classroom.
February 6th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
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February 6th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
What aneat application! I can use this in my theatre class to add dialouge tio frozen pictures to help my students write scenes. It so much better than storyboarding.
July 6th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
What a great tool to use in the classroom! Thank you so much for taking time to review these sites for use and then letting us know that they exist!
July 8th, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Thanks do much for sharing this site. I have some many ideas for ways I could use this and have my 1st graders use this as well. Thanks!
July 8th, 2009 at 11:18 pm
I think my 6th grade students would have a ball taking pics and writing on them. I would love to see how creative they could be in adding text to show what they know about a subject we are studying. Thank you for the link!
July 9th, 2009 at 10:26 am
This is such a wonderful idea. We also have robust vocabulary words in our district and this is a great way to help students to remember the definitions. This is a great alternative to writing vocabulary sentences or drawing pictures. My students will love this.
July 9th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Thanks for sharing this! It looks like a fun way to let students be creative in non-traditional format.
July 10th, 2009 at 4:27 pm
This is a great way. I have done this in publisher, but this web2.0 tool looks much easier.