Tech-Tac-Toe ... Blabberize

I created this Blabber for students in a high school Special Ed class to learn five fun facts about Abe Lincoln. The end result was fun and the students loved it. 

Photo Source: en.wikipedia.org

Creating a Blabber is great for a group or team exercise where tasks would be assigned to match and enhance diverse ability levels. In addition, group learning allows for students to build social skills, sharing, tolerance, leadership, and more. Some of the steps needed to make a Blabber include deciding on a topic, researching the facts, searching Google Images, downloading the image, making the Blabber itself, and, finally, sharing the finished product. When I first saw Blabberize, I admit, I didn't think much of it. However, after going through the process of creating Abe Lincoln, I realized this has quite a bit of hidden potential. It can be used with endless topics throughout the year and is a fun way to get students interacting with technology ... and each other.

Blabberize is a free tool and can be found at www.blabberize.com. The most difficult part for me was making the mouth move. That's when I turned to this video below, another Web 2.0 tool! Even with the step by step instructions, I found the tool didn't save well and was very cumbersome. If I ever figure out how to master this, then I'll definitely use it again.

 
Source: YouTube Erinnielsen28 

Thank you Miss Nielsen, I couldn't have made this Blabber without you!