Thing 10

Today's assignment was to have fun with online image generators.  I did just that - had some fun!  A couple of these were familiar to me, but most were fun to play with.  Here are examples of what I did:

Comic Strip Generator

http://www.txt2pic.com/comic-strip/

From Spiffy Text, through the Custom Sign generator.  Blake's homecoming date (Delaney) won Friday night.  I had nothing to do with any of it, but I sure felt proud as if I had!

http://www.spiffytext.com/

Word Mosiac, through Image Chef:

http://www.imagechef.com/

Wordle:  http://www.wordle.net/
I have used Wordle before.  This site is a lot of fun, but there are some things you should know about it: The more times you type a word, the larger it will appear. Also, you~must~use~this~symbol between words in phrases, otherwise the words will be split up in the image. I haven't figured out how to save any images yet.  I made saved screen shots for this assignment, and even those I'm having trouble copying and pasting into this blog without putting a whole Word document in here.  Make sure you print any randomized mix you like; once you hit the Randomize button you won't be able to get that image back.

I used Wordle in the library last year.  I had the students write down the title of a favorite book and at least 3 characters in the story on paper.  I may have had them list the setting and genre too.  They then typed the title 5 times and the rest of the list one time each and put it into a Wordle.  They were able to randomize their work and print one screen they liked.  I have since learned that it is much easier to type everything into a Word document and copy and paste it into Wordle, especially for 4th graders who don't realize they've misspelled a word (and because most of them still type using the hunt-and-peck method - it takes them SO LONG to finish typing!).  I've also thought of using Wordle by typing a certain genre mulitple times, and then listing some books in our library that match that genre.  I would print this into half-poster size to put around the library.  The trouble, though, is time: rotation doesn't leave much of that.