Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Web 2.0 Sites for Schools: Kerpoof and Kubbu

KERPOOF

Kerpoof is an interactive website for kids that is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company.  You can do tons of things on this website such as: make artwork/drawings, make an animated movie, make a printed card, t-shirt, or mug, tell a story, spell a drawing,vote on others' artwork, and you can earn Koins from the artwork you make that you can use to buy stuff (such as movie scenes) at the store.  I spent a lot of time playing on this website when I was exploring.  It is extremely easy to use and can serve as a great lesson reinforcer.  There are even directions on how to use Kerpoof to go along with your lessons, and it has lesson plan ideas.  I definitely would love to use this tool in my classroom, and I wouldn't mind going on it every once in a while just to play around. It's a lot of fun!


Kubbu
Kubbu is more of a teacher website. A teacher can assign quizzes, group work, and homework on this website, and manage all conversations and grades.  It's hard to tell what all I can do with this site without having any students to test the options on, but it seems like it could be a helpful tool that can serve as one of my multiple means of representation of a lesson.  I do like that this website is free, but my "Do Not Track Plus" icon on the top of my window indicated that I did have 2 followers.    


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