Primary Games

Today by far was the funniest day I have had in Computer Essentials so far. We explored this awesome game site called Primary Games. I loved the site and I highly recommend it to anyone that loves a big variety of games to choose from, and games that actually have a challenge! My top three favorite games were Crazy Taxi, Parking Mania, and Lemonade Stand. These all of lots of challenges in them here is the link Primary Games.


The home page of the site should look like this. Have fun and enjoy!!! XD

ToonDoo

Well today we looked up this comic strip design website called ToonDoo. It's pretty awesome you can make anything from a comic strip, a book, a traitr, a doodle, etc. If you don't know what a traitr is its just a character you can make to put into a strip design or book. You can save your traitr, but you have to name it first. Its fun to play with, but very time consuming because there are so many options! Its super easy to use too, all you have to do is sign up. Don't worry its completely free just click where it says sign up for free. Below is an example of what I created on this site, enjoy! Here is the link if you are interested ToonDoo.

Here is the Traitr that I created on the site.

Vistors to My Blog

Soooooo the other day we added a flag counter to our blogs. So far I have only had visitors from America and the state of Kansas....Flag counter is just a little gadget to see where people view your blog from. Flag counter looks something like this, if you wanna see where your main audience comes from then I suggest getting the flag counter

Flag counter looks something like this. You can customize it yourself. If you are interested click here. Just follow the easy steps on the website!  ^_^

Word Clouds

Today we explored the wonderful world of word collages. I'm going to show you three website that I really liked and found very useful. I hope you enjoy reading about them, and I hope you find one that you really like! Keep in mind that we explored many and that I'm only going to show you my favorite three.

The first is Wordle. It was definitely my favorite out of all the other ones, it was the easiest to use and the fastest. I like it because of it's simplicity, but if you are a person that likes a complicated, or intricate design this wouldn't be the website for you!

 This is what I created click here for you to start creating your own word cloud.









The next one I went to is called Tagexdo. This one is a little bit more complicated and has a lot more options to choose from. The creations always turn out nice!

I created this one from the Jersey Shore cast. If you like how it looks then click here to start creating.











The very last site I liked was Textorizor. I didn't personally create any on this site but I thought it was very nice and cool! This site is very complicated too, so if you like complexity then click here. This is an example that is on the website! Enjoy :)

Photo Editing

Today we explored photo editing websites! If you like to take a lot of pictures then keep reading. We explored many different sites, but I'm only going to show you my favorites. I hope I help you in finding a new way to edit your photos!

The first site I would like to show you is picmonkey.com. The name sounds very odd but don't let that discourage you. This site is very fun, and professional. They're are lots of photo editing options to choose from. There is a catch though, to get the really cool editing tools you have to sign up for a membership. I think the membership costs money, but I am not sure. You might have to explore the site for yourself. Click here to start editing! Below is a picture of my creation it isn't very good because I don't really know how to edit pictures since I don't take pictures a lot, so I apologize for that.

The second site I'm going to show you is photofunia. com. This website was by far my favorite because it made me laugh the hardest. It takes your picture and places them in awkward or funny situations. Its an amazing site and I hope you like it as much as I do. Not only can you place your pictures in other ones you can also edit it really nice and make yourself look amazing! Click here to begin editing! Below is an example of what I created. Now don't judge the picture please :).

The last website that I will show you is piZap.com. This site is my second favorite. Not only can you edit pictures but you can also create meme's like the ones that are on Facebook. It's so fun and easy to use. This site is amazing and I hope you enjoy being funny. The picture I edited was one of the backgrounds from the site because I didn't have a picture. If you're interested in this site click here. Bye!

Teaching Tools

Today my class explored the websites of superteachertools, classtools, and teachweb2. Just like with every website there were some tools I thought were cool and others I thought were useless. Today my post is going to be about the tools I found on these websites.

The Random Name Generator was a really nice and helpful tool because my teachers always have no one who raises their hand, therefore they have no one to answer the question! With this tool all you have to do is enter the names of the students in your class, click on fruit machine to right, then hit the lever. The name generator will look something like this. I haven't entered anything yet, but its just an example. This website isn't all about tools though you can create a fake facebook profile or create a fake text message. If you happened to be interested in tools like these then click here to visit.

The Seating Chart tool is amazing to me because everybody always complains to the teacher about where they sit. This is a way for teachers to save time and not have to deal with writing it all out. The computer does everything for you and is nearly compatible with every browser. It even works on the Ipad! I like this website the best because it has the best tools in my opinion. I highly recommend visiting this website to check out the tools and games. Below is a picture of a sample seating chart your chart will look something like this after you are finished. Click here if you want to check it out!

From what I have seen the teachweb2 site is really cool! The sidebar on the left shows categories of education. Once you click on one of the categories you will be showed a page on your right. It shows you links that are helpful to the subject you are trying to teach. If you need help forming your lesson plan I suggest visiting this website for ideas and links for assignments or homework. If you are interested in this website please click here. The easy bib tool on this site is the one I found most helpful because it sites your own sources for you! This is really helpful when you are doing a research paper, it saves time and a headache if you don't know how to do it. Below is a picture of the homepage of teachweb2's site. I hope these sites help and I hope you enjoy doing some exploring of your own, Bye!

Stykz

Hi there! Today we explored the animation program called Stykz. All you do is create your own animation, it takes a little bit to learn how to move the figures just right though. You will get the hang of it! Below is what I created while we explore. Now don't judge me if it looks weird, today was my first day exploring.  Click here if you are interested in downloading the program. I hope you have fun creating animations! Bye!