Technology Tool: Wordle

Create a word cloud poster using Worldle.  It is simple...and FREE.

Just click on the posters below and you will get a pop up window with the poster.  You will be able to print it out.

Press the Randomize button and you will be able to get different posters using the same words.

These samples are the skills we want our youth to develop in STEM related activities.



Type in a bunch of text and it will create word poster for you and you can create them in different formats too.



and then...

Technology Tool: Motivator Poster Maker

Let your kids get creative using Motivator,  Open a FREE account, and create your own motivational poster.  You import your own picture, type in a title and a saying, then press CREATE and it does the work for you.  It allows you to send it to an email address, and if you decide you want to get the poster printed in a large format....of course you can pay for that.

Technology Tool: Animoto

Another tool for exercising your creativity...try Animoto
Free version allows you to create a thirty second slide show.  Upgrade for $5.00 a month and you can create 10 minute videos and higher quality output.

When you sign up for your FREE account, you get a code that you can give to your students (up to 50) to use the free account.

Technology Tool: Glogster Poster Maker

Create your own poster using Glogster...and it is FREE.

Technology Tool: Domo Animation

Here is a fun and time filling tools for your kids. This is FREE and you can create any number of cartoon animations.



DomoNation.com: 4-H Robotics by bygsky


Like it? Create your own at DomoNation.com. It's free and fun!

Timetoast Timeline Development Tool

I found a nice little time line generator that can be used to keep track of things you are working on. Needing an example of timeline material, I decided to go back through my history with the PA 4-H Science team. Below is the actually timeline, and the program allows you to grab the HTML code to embed in other programs.

You can set up your own FREE account at Timetoast

Creative Tool - Generator

Here is a neat little creative tool for you to play with...

Generators

Screenjelly Screen Capture Software

Here is a great tool for capturing what you are doing on your screen.  You can use this a number of ways, and a few ways I have used it is to record How-To videos for the PA 4-H Science website, and for it's sister site 4-H 4-U Productions.

{Click on the box in the lower right-hand corner to enlarge the screen}

Awesome Screenshot

Here is a little technology tool you can add to your toolbox.  This site allows you to do screen captures that you can use in other presentations.  The best thing that I like about this tool is that it allows you to blur out sensitive material that you do not want others to use.



Awesome Screenshot is actually and extension to be used in Google Chrome and is really easy to use.


Video How-To:  {Don't forget to click on the box in the lower right-hand corner to go full screen}

Using Google.docs

Here is a quick and easy vidcast on how to use Google.docs.

Google.docs How -To


To get a better view, there is a box in the bottom right corner you can click on to enlarge the vidcast.