The site is: www.slides.com. It allows you and your students to create slide shows right on the computer by uploading pictures and choosing how you want them to be viewed. It also allows you to add captions to tell a story from a visual perspective with minimal words. I made one as an example. Check it out at: www.slide.com
I seem to have gotten a little turned around here in that I thought that I had already included in formation for this new site along with information on Flickr as they can be used in conjunction with one another. After making my Flickr page, I shared the idea with a colleague who then shared with me the idea of Slide.com as he had used it to make a "Day in the Life" mini documentary. I decided to take some of the pictures I uploaded to my Flickr page and use them to make a demonstration slide show. This turned into several short slide shows as I tried to figure out which one looked the best, so I could share with you all. I have chosen "Family flight lessons" and will send out the link to you later.
When working with both of these applications, several students came to mind and ideas or how they would utilize this tool started popping up. I thought this application would be especially great for my students that love to draw and are very visual in their approach to learning.
Because science is such a hands on subject, it works with mostly everything that we do.
Some lessons that I would use this for are:
Living Systems organization- there are 5 levels of living things (cells, tissue, organs, organ systems, organisms) and each can be represented with a picture representation.
The idea is to have students search for pictures of items that would represent each and make a group in correct order with tags to show the levels. This would allow them to accomplish the same task with individuality and creativity. Also, this would be an engaging activity that can be stored, shared and even used for other projects later on (Life science builds on previous topics). They could also take this information and create a slide show for presentation, thereby connecting two applications.
Other ideas for lessons are listed below. This includes one that I found on the web. Enjoy!
1. Education History program
2. Student Museum on line
3. Environmental Awareness project
My comment:
Dedra, slide.com sounds like user friendly and easy kinesthetic way to take notes present lessons to classmates/students. Since I am anxious to incorporate Flickr, students cell phones/picture taking ability, and more updated powerpoint technology in my classroom this looks like it could really tie everything in!
Lorri, it is very easy to use and for students, it is very interesting because they can manage it easily, and use their own photos to create slideshows for school and for personal use. You should try it out.
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