Powerpoint from an Elluminate Live session presenting Blabberize.com as an educational tool.

1. Live! With Rutgers CMSCE Facilitator: Heather Johnson, NBCT, M.Ed. Today’s Tool: Blabberize www.blabberize.com Visit us on the web at http://cmsce.rutgers.edu/

2. IMAGES+ AUDIO Engage visual learners With camera technology you can create authentic images Google images and search engines offer a variety of images Audio allows listener to grasp the message without the barriers of decoding written text Students can pre-record themselves and avoid stress of a live presentation but still lend their voices to projects

3. www.blabberize.com Take any picture and Speak through it

4. Why blabber? Students can create a script and read without the pressure of a real-time presentation Students who are more verbal students can explore their thoughts without the pressure of misspelling Students can listen to their presentations and rerecord to improve the message, correct errors

5. What to blabber? Animals Retell an animal’s perspective from a fable Demonstrate understanding of facts about an animal A day in the life of an animal

6. What to blabber? People Personal narrative Biography of a famous individual family member Community member Retell a story from a character’s point of view

7. Other useshttp://summercoreworkshop.pbworks.com/Blabberize Blabberize a student of the day for a "Who I Am" section Blabberize a famous mathematician explaining a solution to a math problem Blabberize in a foreign language One student per week can blabberize a summary of the topics covered

8. Examples Photosynthesis Rap http://5daled2010.wikispaces.com/Photosynthesis+Raps Digital Storytelling http://www.thebookchook.com/2009/10/blabberize.html Teacher Using Blabberize to present class project http://blabberize.com/view?id=95456

9. Blabberize Resources Blabberize Cheat Sheet http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/etowe-180736-blabberize-cheat-sheet-education-ppt-powerpoint/ Tips to Use Tool http://www.blabberize.com/blog/

10. To Consider… The site has some mature content, so browse carefully For this reason, do not send students to browse the site Consider pre-recording your audio Test out your recording equipment, try to use headphone/ microphones to minimize background noise