Monday, June 2, 2008

Thing 8 - Cool Tools or Fustration Causers

After I played with the tools, I was glad I read the posts below because I had a lot of the same questions. 1. How do I get to these tools if I was in Flickr? 2. How can I put these tools somewhere other than the computer? 3. How can I use these tools while teaching?

I liked the spell - because it could help teach about layout. Often as I look at my students' newspaper and yearbook, I wonder if anyone teaches layout anymore. The letters need to be similar or have a connection apperance to them. The spell feature had a neat way to change a letter to make a better "fit".

I did the matching using the RESA23 tag, so they were familiar pictures. I could see my Japanese teacher taking photos of the kangi characters so students could make sure they were recognizing them (but if the sight needs to connect to Flickr to do it, then the students would be blocked.) But I liked this matching because it flips the cards for you. (Like the appeal of computer solitare)

And I like Sudko anyway, so I liked that. It might be easier for a student to learn to do that puzzle before a number one just because it may be easier for some to focus on the image rather than a character.

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