Wednesday, July 6, 2011
PicLits for writing practice!
I'm excited about this tool! Not only can your kids easily choose an image and create their own text to describe the image BUT the text can be chosen from columns of Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs, etc. How great that reluctant writers could just drag and drop text and learn grammar at the same time! The word to choose from are different with each image and when you drag and drop a word you are given the option to change the form of the word (butterfly can be changed to butterflies, stretch to stretches, etc.) There is also a "freestyle" option for unlimited word choice. Currently the site is free but the creators are weighing an inexpensive paid option. The only thing that doesn't seem to work is the ability to post to a blog. So click below the image to view the PicLit I just created (it's very simple - I'm no poet!).
http://www.piclits.com/viewpoem.aspx?PoemId=108910
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5 comments:
Nice. I see the picture and poem on your blog, so you must have got the embedding ability to work?
ok how did you get your voki to post on your blog?
Jerry, I actually saved the image, inserted it in the blog post, then added the link. There was no embed feature but a cool tool none the less.
Cindy (Rev1mom) - I believe you click on "Publish your Voki" on the Voki site, then select the Blogger icon.
Great website! I really like this and think it will work especially well with my Smartboard.
I love the drag and drop feature. I think it will really help struggling students, plus most of our kids really can't type so everything takes forever! :)
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