All About Me Box

 

 



I created this box out of five sheets of 12x12 Cardstock paper. The three layers are the same shape, but get smaller in size. When opened it shows pictures I took that explain About Me. This is a fun project to make and can be used in many different ways. Some ideas are for holiday presents, mothers or father’s day gifts, or birthday gifts. The students can create them and put inside whatever they would like. Another great idea would be to make it a keepsake box for when a student moves so they can remember their class or for a new student who has just moved to the town and the students can put their pictures inside with their names and what they like. This is great way for the new student to learn the names of the students and what they like. It can also be used to store flashcards or write information on the different flaps for a certain subject. Again, a fun project and children can show their creativity!

 

Tiki Toki Tutorial

This is a tutorial on how to use Tiki Toki.

How to Blur out a face or faces

It is important to know how to blur out faces in photos for the security of the people. I used Gimp when blurring out faces. -Download Gimp -Open Gimp and then open the image you want to blur out a face on -Choose either the rectangle or sqaure shape or circular shaped blur to blur out the face or whatever you want to blur out. -Draw the shape around the object you want to blur out -Click Filter, Blur, Gaussian Blur -Increase the Blur until you have the blur you want -Then click OK and save the picture.

QR Codes

We have been learning a lot about iPads in these last few weeks. One app I learned about was the QR Code Scanner app. This app scans this QR code that is made from an internet site. The QR Code can direct a person to the desired place that the product wanted people to go to. I created a game out of it. I will attach it at the end of this post. The game is dealing with English terms. On a sheet there are twelve English terms. The studnents need to use an iPad and scan the pop tops. Once scanned they then need to match the definition that was scanned to the correct term. Students can use this like flash cards or a game can be created out of it. Studnets would be able to play tic-tac-toe or a form of Bingo. This would be a fun activity to create with the students. It can be a great form of flash cards. The site I used to create my QR Codes is as follows: http://www.snapmaze.com/ This site is very user friendly and easy to follow.

Ispy

This is a fun activity to make for your class or have your students each make a page. It is a book a teacher would be able to put together for the class and may not even be a big expense if there are good deals out there. How I created this picture was my teacher brought buckets of goodies to use. Our teacher brought her camera for us to use to take the pictures. She then uploaded them for us to use. I then picked out what I wanted people to find. They can either rhyme, list, or just make a sentence.

Magazine Cover

I created this magazine cover in Photoshop. It was very easy and fun to do. It is a great way to showcase a student, a niece or nephew, or anyone else. It can show off what they like and what their hobbies are. So many neat ideas can come from this project.

Polaroid Pictures

Our teacher provided this template for us to create polaroid pictures.

Form

I created a form using PowerPoint. The form I created was dealing with a worksheet. I used the subject of spelling. I created three different sections and used words that are from the spelling words for that week.

Germ Cover

I created this germ cover to make my hand sanitizer spray look better. Children are always getting sick and sharing germs. Here is a fun activity to get the children involved and have fun with being clean and careful.

Instagram Pictures

Here is a link to the site on where I created these instagrams. http://www.thecollegeprepster.com/2012/01/tutorial-instagram-photostrips.html

Cupcake

Our teacher provided us with a template of a cupcake. We then learned how to use tools in photoshop. We learned to use the magic wand to cut objects out and how to add sprinkles to your cupcake. This is the final product.

The Bears and the Great Big Storm

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/bears-bed-and-great-big-storm

Show your WILDSELF!!

This webiste is such fun!! It would be fun to incorporate this website into the classroom. It may work when learning about different animals or even to let the children describe themselves. It is up to you what you want to be and what you believe you are. It is your choice! Here is a link to the website: http://www.buildyourwildself.com/

Poster Program

I was going to use this site to make my poster, http://www.blockposters.com/, because it looked easy to use and some fellow classmates said it was. I struggled with it. I was not able to make my image smaller than one megabyte. I am going to try and work that one out still. The website I did end up using was http://www.postermywall.com/. It works Great! Friendly and easy to use. I did not have to download anything, which I love, besides my poster. I will be using this site to creat posters around my room. It is cheaper than buying posters and I can make them how I want them to look. I also will be able to control what is on them. Here is a how to on the website: I went the easy way and clicked on the green button titled "Creat your poster now!." From that point you can choose how you want to make a poster. I selected "upload background." I was able to upload a poster I had already created in Photoshop. From there it uploaded and I was able to choose if I wanted anything else. I left it just the way it uploaded and then downloaded it to my computer. I really like how on the homepage a person can take a tour of the website. This is very helpful to get to know the site better. Again here is the site URL: http://www.postermywall.com/

Photo Cube

Making this cube was a great time! It is easy and inexpensive. I love to display pictures around my house so this is a neat idea to incorporate more than one picture. The website listed below is where I found the template and step-by-step guide on how to complete the cube photo block. I would suggest understanding how photoshop works before attempting this project. Or some people might see it as a way to teach themselves how to run photoshop.


http://styleburb.blogspot.com/2011/04/fun-family-photo-cubes.html

Wordle

To create this wordle I went to the following site: http://www.wordle.net/ Here I was able to create a wordle about me!