JeopardyLABS





JeopardyLabs allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world. Building your own jeopardy template is a piece of cake. Just use the simple editor to get your game up and running.  Not interested in building your own jeopardy templates? Well that's cool too. You can browse other jeopardy templates created by other people. It doesn't get any better than this!

I tried Cosmetology, Dental, Surgical and found jeopardy games already created!  Try your Lab or area of study first and see if there is a jeopardyLab already created. 

Everyone may use this website for free.  Browse the jeopardyLabs already created or create your own.  One drawback...If you want to be a member, you have to pay at least $1.00 to sign up to use JeopardyLabs through PayPal.  When signing up for an account, they automatically put in a $20 amount, but you can change this to $1 - I did try $0 - did not work, must be at least a $1.

BUT think of all the jeopardy games you may create or use some of those that are already created for your SMART Board!!!

No fees

No registration

No PowerPoint

Pasted from <http://jeopardylabs.com/>

Comic Strip Builders - Bitstrips & Comic Life

Bitstrips
Create your own cartoon characters and comic strips using the items included in the drag-and-drop builders, with quite a bit of flexibility in what you can make, i.e. scenes, facial expressions, body langauge, cartoon panels, etc.
And it is FREE....

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Comic Life http://comiclife.com/education

Making comics is fun for everyone, and Comic Life makes it easy. Teachers and students will find Comic Life a very useful software tool, and now it's available for both Mac and Windows platforms.

Technology not only changes how we write, but it also changes what writing is. Education will need to re-evaluate which writing skills teachers should pass to their students. Digital graphic writing is one genre students need to be fluent. Comic Life is the "word processor" of digital graphic writing.

Inexpensive

Schools often don't have money to buy expensive software. At $19.95 for a single license, however, any teacher will find Comic Life a bargain, and administrators will find the cost of licensing Comic Life for labs affordable.

Comics in the Classroom:
100 Tips, Tools, and Resources for Teachers:   This link is to a page on TeachingDegree.com where Using Comics in the Classroom is discussed with many other links!
http://www.teachingdegree.org/2009/07/05/comics-in-the-classroom-100-tips-tools-and-resources-for-teachers/

Welcome Back!!

New School Year...exciting!

Next week, Tuesday, September 20, I will start posting to this blog every Tuesday.

We will explore more Web 2.0 tools that will engage our students.

This summer, I did expand the Labels to include English, Social Studies, Math, Science and Career & Tech Labs.  When you click on one of these labels, you will see which of the Web 2.0 sites I recommend for each group.

Hope your school year is the Best!
See you next week.