This blog is no longer utilized - however I keep it up so that I can share with others what I have done within this social media course.

This was my first time teaching this course.

To see the current social media class that I am teaching please visit.

Final Words from Mrs. James

Thank you for making this such a fun semester.  I LOVED reading your blogs - what quality work you did!  The pictures and the designs of your blogs - I could just look at for hours!  I hope you continue to blog and explore the Internet for new tools.  Please share with me if you find a cool tool!  There is so much more that needs exploring.  Remember to utilize the tools that you learned about in this course.  Share these tools with others!

VoiceThread Final

Add a link to your Internet Safety Project.  Please include a voki in this post - telling your reader to click the link - and  saying a summary of what your project is about.

Please go to your first blog post and review all of the tools that we have gone over this semester.

Write one final post - signing off for the course.  Reflect upon some of the tools - your thoughts on the course - besides adding a social networking element (which will be included in Social Media II next year) what else can I do to make this class better.  Please be honest - honesty is the only way for me to improve.  Thanks so much for taking this new course.  I hope you had fun! and learned that the Internet is not just about Facebook, games and research!

http://voicethread.com/share/1601796/

Click the voicethread link above to submit a comment and voice!  You can do this in the middle room.

Your final post - my final post!!!! Wow - there have been so many!!!! I hope you continue to blog! Create your own personal blog and keep track of all your favorite web tools by utilizing one of your favorite social bookmarking tools.  Share the tools with other teachers, parents, siblings, employers, coworkers and grandparents!!!!

Thanks for taking this course - and please continue to explore the web - there are so many valuable FREE tools out there that will enhance your Internet experience.

Kerpoof Studio

Kerpoof Studio

The Kerpoof website is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company. 

What is Kerpoof? The answer to that is not so simple. Kerpoof is all about having fun, discovering things, and being creative. Here are just a few ways that you can use Kerpoof:
  • Make artwork (even if you aren't good at drawing!)
  • Make an animated movie (really! it's easy!)
  • Earn Koins which you can trade for fun things in the Kerpoof Store
  • Make a printed card, t-shirt, or mug
  • Tell a story
  • Make a drawing
  • Vote on the movies, stories, and drawings that other people have made
Check out our What's New and How-To pages to learn more about what you can do with Kerpoof. Kerpoof doesn't come with a manual or a directory or a map. If we've done our job right, then finding your way to the various nooks and crannies of Kerpoof will be half the fun.
In addition to being a lot of fun, Kerpoof has many educational uses. Visit our educator page (with ideas and lesson plans for how to use Kerpoof) or read our flyer for educators if you are in a hurry but want to learn more.

Symbaloo

Symbaloo is social bookmarking website that utilizes icons.  I love this simple to use website.  Today students and I revisited Symbaloo.  abilene.symbaloo.com - which is a customized symbaloo education account with our school logo on it.  Symbaloo was generous enough to give us this account to utilize the school year.  Thank you Symbaloo! 

Students and I will explore Symbaloo to see what other types of web mixes are out there that we would benefit from - adding to our Symbaloo page

Notaland

Today the class will explore Nota and Glogster. 

Nota is casual collaboration.

Mash your ideas and media together with friends in a dynamic whiteboard wiki.  Using photos, videos, and other web content you can instantly create brainstorms, presentations, scrapbooks, and collaborate with others on a project (chat with up to 50 people at a time).


Nota is a unique, cutting-edge collaborative web platform that allows users to create, share and collaborate on presentations and virtually any other form of online material. Using Nota’s proprietary toolset, users can instantly integrate text, video, maps, clip art, photos from web album or on the local computer, or license-free images from Flickr, and material from an ever-expanding array of sources. Users can then instantly embed their work in Facebook or blogs, and can share and collaborate with friends.

http://notaland.com/


This is an AWESOME website!!!! You can add your own pictures, text - collaborate with others.  LOVE LOVE THIS TOOL!!

Come Doodle with ME!!

Doodle Room

Doodletoo

http://doodletoo.com/#/lobby

What is DoodleToo about?

Doodletoo.com is an online drawing tool and chat room in one. Enter one of their rooms and draw your messages, ideas, moods, express yourself or post pictures to share with others! Everyone sees your pen and can join you, help you, challenge you or maybe become your friend. The whole world can now see your paintings as they are being created. It's a lot of fun – check for yourself! Register your nickname, choose your default color, start drawing and enjoy yourself! Welcome Doodler!

DoodleToo is a simple chat website :-). Every time you’re drawing you can press ENTER or click "Say it" and enter any message you want to share with the others. Continue drawing with your message appearing at the top of your pen. Click "Snap it" and you’ll get a screenshot! Save it, send it or post it to Facebook for all your friends to see.

DoodleToo on my website

Room Embed API

DoodleToo on your website? It’s easy! Use our DoodleToo Room Embed API and get fully customizable rooms for your website, brand, chat or your private social platform. Our API will use your DoodleToo nickname automatically.

Nota

Nota is casual collaboration.

Mash your ideas and media together with friends in a dynamic whiteboard wiki.  Using photos, videos, and other web content you can instantly create brainstorms, presentations, scrapbooks, and collaborate with others on a project (chat with up to 50 people at a time).


Nota is a unique, cutting-edge collaborative web platform that allows users to create, share and collaborate on presentations and virtually any other form of online material. Using Nota’s proprietary toolset, users can instantly integrate text, video, maps, clip art, photos from web album or on the local computer, or license-free images from Flickr, and material from an ever-expanding array of sources. Users can then instantly embed their work in Facebook or blogs, and can share and collaborate with friends.

http://notaland.com/

Glogster

 https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpYlMIb2LrhZEd_NmzolxRHz1-B20g4qaJ9ai_74HrY6kaIuOAqDLPHGbq6xao0qEcgRgMgXFLylovSQVXpQZGrXUNnepDDHilpAZzYt2x2lMFozdbSERpPB_mBqYv61gCO-gv5vX_-S2I/s1600/Picture+11.png

Glogster

Glog is a kind of poster - fully designed by yourself! Glog is a fancy creation from text, images, music and video.  Your Glog will stand out. It gives you a perfect tool to express yourself.
   
Text
Tell the others what you think about yourself, about love, friends, school or about the world. Simply write what you have in your mind! Just choose the design you like and write a poem, joke, greeting, a  letter or create a presentation.

Images

Don’t forget to add images! Choose the best of your own pictures or the pics you got from the Internet. Cool celebrities, cartoons, characters, glitters or art. Just add them to your Glog and make it fancy.

Music

Words and pictures isn’t enough? Pump it up with some audio! Show the others what kind of music you are into. Pop, rock, hiphop, electronic, jazz or techno. Just upload your favorite mp3 or listen to the music on other Glogs.

Video

Have your own video? Watch your favorite band’s clips every day? Upload it to your Glog. It is easy: you can use videos from your fav video sites. Make your Glog rock and add a video or even a movie.

Comix

http://avenscorner.com/flashgames/comic/comic.html

the free online comic strip maker!

Create an online comic strip using Comix! You can upload your own images or use images/objects that Comix offers. You can add backgrounds and borders as well.  Save, publish or print your comic strip!  More than three pages can be created.