I just realized that I put Things 13 and 14 together instead of separating them into their own posts! So I don't have major issues trying to separate them, I am leaving them attached (for my own sanity).
I choose FotoFlexer because I am already active on Shutterfly and Photobucket and have used them a great deal. I used our holiday sing a long for my pictures because the last song is "teacher driven" and always entertaining for all the students.
http://fotos.fotoflexer.com/22128e3b89504c591e9e035a03de26a5.gif
For Photo Peach I used our trip to the pumpkin patch and our pumpkin carving activity that we did as part of our unit on living things and life cycles.
I choose FotoFlexer because I am already active on Shutterfly and Photobucket and have used them a great deal. I used our holiday sing a long for my pictures because the last song is "teacher driven" and always entertaining for all the students.
http://fotos.fotoflexer.com/22128e3b89504c591e9e035a03de26a5.gif
For Photo Peach I used our trip to the pumpkin patch and our pumpkin carving activity that we did as part of our unit on living things and life cycles.
Voki was very fun, and a bit unnerving in a funny way. I guess you could come up with some true classics with a bit of creativity. I was able to pick a face, change the hair, eye color, add some glasses, adjust the mouth size, add a background, etc. I actually posted two different ones. One is on my About Me page and the other one (I like it better) is about how I am using Google Earth in the classroom is on my classroom page for my parents to see.
Life Cycles and Mitchell's Farm on PhotoPeach
For my presentation I used Blendspace to put together a presentation on the life cycle of a pumpkin. We do a great deal of work with life cycles; pumpkins, butterflies, chickens, ladybugs, etc in my classroom. I found the site pretty easy to use. I was able to move around pages, add video and text pretty easily. I really like the ability to download from the different sources so I could have videos dropped right into my presentation.
For my rubric I used Rubistar and made a three tiered rubric based on my students abilities. As I have multiple children who are non verbal, my rubric needs to reflect participation to show knowledge without the need to talk. I often need to assess on values that do not include fine motor such as writing or drawing or speech. http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=2509860&