Drop+Boxes

Handouts & Presentations www.tammyworcester.com Part 1: Creating Digital Work

Ultimate goal = to get URL and/or embed code for finished product

Web Tools That provide embed code and/or a URL:

Vocaroo Audio recording tool http://vocaroo.com/

RecordMP3 Another audio recording tool http://www.recordmp3.org/

Drawz It! Drawing tool http://www.drawzit.com/

Scribble Maps Mark up a Google Map http://scribblemaps.com/create/

Google Docs Students create and then “publish” documents docs.google.com

for Web Tools That don’t provide embed code and/or a URL:

Take a screen shot and then upload using:

Skitch (Mac only) http://skitch.com/

or

Jing (Mac and Windows) http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

Offline Tools: Ways to get URL/embed code for offline computer projects

Word/PowerPoint/Excel files -Upload and convert to Google doc and then publish. -Put into public Dropbox folder and then get shared URL.

PowerPoint Slide Shows -Upload to SlideShare and then get URL/embed code -http://www.slideshare.net/

iPad Apps That upload to the web for easy sharing!

AudioBoo Audio

ShowMe Drawing and audio

Sock Puppets Create a puppet show and upload to YouTube Note - Login to YouTube with your Google Account!

iPad Apps That don’t upload to the web for easy sharing!

Dropbox: 1.Save to photos (camera roll) or take a screen shot. 2.Upload into Dropbox. 3.In Dropbox, click the paperclip icon to get the link (URL).

Fotobabble 1.Save to photos (camera roll) or take a screen shot. 2.Upload into Fotobabble. 3.Record audio description. 4.Upload to Fotobabble website; then get embed code or URL.

Using an iPod/iPhone/iPad To digitize analog projects

Built-In Photo App - Capture video; upload to YouTube; then get embed code/URL

Fotobabble - Take picture; record audio; upload; then get embed code/URL

Part 2: Collecting Digital Work

Digital Dropbox with a Google Form Create fields for: -Class -Last name -First name -Assignment name -URL -Embed Code -Student Notes/Description

Students use the same form each time they turn in a project.