BLABBERIZE

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Blabberize is a photo editing tool that creates talking animations from a still image. Users open a free account and upload a picture from their computer. Using a built in pen, users draw a mouth on the desired part of the picture and add audio by microphone or phone, or by uploading a pre-recorded audio file. The final picture can be embedded on a webpage or shared with others through a unique URL. With Blabberize, students can create a personalized interpretation of whatever it is they're learning in class.

Tutorials
I have prepared a visual illustration on how to operate Blabberize.



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Ideas from the authors
__**ART GALLERY** __ //ACTFL Level: Beginner// to Advanced Together with the teacher, students "spend a day" (lesson) at the Prado Museum using Google Maps 3D. Each student chooses a painting and research about it. Students uploads a digital image of the painting into Blabberize. Students record 30 seconds narration in the target language briefly summarizing in the target language information about artist and art history period. Students also describe 2 characteristics of the work that the like.
 * ACTFL || NETS ||
 * 1.1-1.2-1.3-3.1-3.2-5.1 || 1.A-2.B-3.B-3.C-3.D-4.C-5.C-6.A ||

CLASS DICTIONARY __** //ACTFL Level: Advanced // Students collaborate on a Blog site and create a class dictionary. Every week each student is assigned a word learned during the week or related to topics analyzed in class. Students research the definition of the word and select a picture that represents the word. Using Blabberize students narrate the definition/translation of the word and give at least two examples of sentences in the target language using the word. Students upload the Blabberized word on the teacher's blog. Additionally, each student leaves comments to at least two classmate's Blabberized words giving 1further example of sentences that uses the word blabberized by classmates.
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 * ACTFL || NETS ||
 * 1.1-1.2-1.3-2.1-2.2-4.1-5.1 || 1.A-2.B-2.D-3.B-3.D-4.D-5.B-6.A ||

//ACTFL Level: Intermediate to Advanced // Each student chooses a important historical event or figure of the target country among the ones suggested by the teacher. Students locate online and import into Blabberize a digital image representative of the person or event. Students gather and report infomation in the target language covering the following topics:
 * __BLABBERIZE HISTORIC EVENTS __**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;">Brief biographical notes on the person or summary of timeline of the event
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;">Relevant facts about the person or event
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;">How the person or event fit or has impacted the target culture/country
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">ACTFL || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">NETS ||
 * <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">1.1-1.2-1.3-3.1-3.2-5.1 || <span style="color: black; display: block; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">1.A-2.B-3.B-3.C-3.D-4.C-5.C-6.A ||

Ideas from the web
<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">http://kditzlerteacherresourcepage.wikispaces.com/Blabberize

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