Popplet Practice

First, make sure Popplet will work on your computer.

If you go to http://popplet.com and the page loads, you're all set.
If not, we'll need to enable Flash for that site.  To do so, in Chrome go to Settings/ Content Settings

Click on 'Flash'

Click Add/ and enter http://popplet.com

OK, Time to play!

Go to

Blue Team:  http://popplet.com/app/#/4785682

Red Team: http://popplet.com/app/#/4785817

Green Team: http://popplet.com/app/#/4785979

Sign in with
Email: bufsttp2018@gmail.com /
Password:  ttppower

Using Team Viewer for Screen Mirroring

Download Team Viewer for your Computer here:
https://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/windows/
Install the program onto your computer.

Phone Apps: There are several Team Viewer apps.  The show your phone screen a computer, you will need to install
Team Viewer Remote Control:  Android   Apple
and
Team Viewer Quick Support:   Android   Apple



To start mirroring your phone screen, start the QuickSupport app and wait for it to show your ID (as shown below.



Open Team Viewer on your computer.  Click the 'remote control' section on the left.  Enter the ID shown on your phone into the 'Partner ID' section and click 'connect'.

Digital Storytelling & Reading Resources

There are an ever-growing number of online tools and resources related to reading material and digital storytelling.  This week, your task is to check out and experiment with some of these.  Remember to Diigo anything you find potentially useful.

For comprehensive lists of resources, check out the
  Digital Storytelling Guide 
and
  Reading Resources


----Abridged Lists---
Storybuilding Tools

• StoryBird Storybird.com
  Seven Ways to Survive School
  Allows users to make their own visual stories using contributed illustrations. Thousands of user generated stories to read and discuss.
   
• StoryJumper  (how to, create, examples)
  Dumplings and Mandoo
   
• MyStoryBook.com
  (example My Five Senses)
    
• Utellstory.com  Overview   How-to Video  Example

Photo/Video Story Makers

• PhotoPeach Example 
• Flipagram Example 
• Dvolver.com
• Powtoon - part presentation tool, part animated video maker
  Love Story Example
• Windows Movie Maker Guide

Make your own comics and animations

• Storyboardthat.com  -  How-to Screencast  -  How-to Screencast#2  -  Teacher ExamplesCurated Storyboards   Lesson Materials    Recent Boards
  Wonder Materials
   
• Makebeliefscomix.com/Comix
   
• ToonDoo
   
• Bubblr

Sources of Books/Reading Materials

• Story Online Storylineonline.net
  Videos of famous people reading storybooks. Includes printable handouts with activities, but not the original text of the books.
• International Children’s Digital Library ChildrensLibrary.org The Alien 1000’s of children’s books from around the world , sortable by age level and book type.

• FreeKidsBooks Freekidsbooks.org Free downloadable storybooks.
   
• BooksShouldbeFree.com Public domain audio books available for browsing. Easy to search, nice interface.
   
• Booksie Sections: Children Young Adult Example: A different Twilight and a different Bella 40,000+ plus short stories, novels, and essays written and published by users. Other users can comment on stories (which usually includes very authentic teenage language).
   
• StarFall.com http://www.starfall.com/
  Excellent resource for younger students learning to read

High-Interest sources of reading material for students

• Time for Kids  Simplified articles from the magazine, Kid reporters, and lesson materials.
   
• Seventeen magazine     Fashion, Beauty, and Celebrity articles aimed at teen girls
   
• Boy’s Life   
  How to build a ship in a bottle Originally a scouting oriented magazine.  Includes video game reviews, jokes, and blogs.
   
• National Geographic Kids  
  Tigers Cuddle with Apes Print-friendly materials on countries, animals, and science.  The site also has a variety of videos, games, puzzles, and photo activities.
   
• Webtoons
• Kidjutsu, Comics for Kids  
  Free comics sorted by type and age level
• Batoto  http://www.batoto.net
  Dr. Frost   Comic    Discussion
  International comics translated into different languages (mostly English)

Korea-related

• Soompi http://www.soompi.com/
  Kpop celebrity news and very active discussion forums
   
• Allkpop   http://www.allkpop.com Short articles about Kpop in English
   
• Kpop Lyrics    http://www.kpoplyrics.net Afterschool Heaven Kpop lyrics romanized and translated into English, along with some Kpop news stories

TO DO Tasks

•  Look through Reading Resources and the Digital Storytelling Guide Use Diigo to bookmark sites and/or post site reviews on your blog.
    
• Create a comic using StoryboardThat.com or a digital story using another tool and post it on your blog.
   
• Embed or post links on your blog to interesting stories you find. 

Jeff's Examples of Digital Storytelling