The Things You Can Read: Multimedia Presentations

The Things You Can Read welcomes you and thanks you for your readership. We, here at The Things You Can Read, ask your help, if you visit our site regularly, please follow us either via email or Google Friend Connect. Launched on June 7, 2012, our site has already attracted a great deal of attention. One of the goals of the site is to feature reviews of Children's Picture Books, Young Adult novels and Adult Literary Fiction/Nonfiction. A second goal for the blog is to be a resource for teachers of English and writing--with examples of student created writing, writing tips, resource links, and the opportunity to pick the brain of a seasoned English teacher. To spice things up...every now and then, we'll also include random quotes and thoughts on education and life in general, but our ultimate goal is to reach out into the blogosphere and be a "Book Whisperer" and "Writing Whisperer" to children and adults of all ages. Thank you for your readership. Here is to a lifetime filled with reading and writing.

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Saturday, August 25, 2012

Back to School Resource Series: Giant Cookie Message Maker

According to the Giant Cookie Message Maker, "Giant cookies are much yummier than their normal-sized counterparts." So make as many as you want using the Giant Cookie Message Maker!

Happy Messaging,
The Things You Can Read

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Another Tool in our Back to School Series

Here is another tool in our series of Back to School resources to use in your classroom or on your blogs. Write your own message for your multimedia presentation using Back to School Chalkboard Message. Fun, easy, and free, three things we love at The Things You Can Read. Give it a whirl and share your messages in the comment section here at The Things You Can Read, and one more thing, don't forget to follow us via email or Google Connect.

Happy Reading☮

The Things You Can Read!

Believe In Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love, and the Power of Books!

Monday, August 20, 2012

Another Great Tool: Animoto for Educators

In The Things You Can Read's quest to find new and exciting resources to make teaching and blogging more exciting, we have found another great tool: Animoto. If you use YouTube in your classroom and you noticed all those great projects popping up many of them were created with Animoto. Check out our one minute video to see how it works. We haven't shared the best part yet, Animoto will give teachers a free trial for 160 days. Since you are limited to 50 videos with the free educator account, you may want to consider a personal account too. Here is the link for all those educators out there: Animoto for Education. Just an FYI...We have both types of accounts here at The Things You Can Read because with over 100 students, we'll use up our 50 video limit in no time. Now, if you don't mind being limited to 30 seconds, then you can create 30 second videos for free all the time, but you will still need to set up an account. Let us know, here at The Things You Can Read, how this tool works out for you!

Happy Animotoing!

The Things You Can Read

Saturday, August 18, 2012

Turn a Quote into a Masterpiece: Create a Quote

We, here at The Things You Can Read, are gearing up for our return to the classroom, and have been scouring the Internet for resources, which we can use to add a bit of spice to our multimedia presentations and our classroom walls. First, we have to say that we love quotes. We collect them! So, imagine our surprise to discover our most recent find. Turn your most beloved quote into a stunning masterpiece using Create a Quote. The Things You Can Read is really in love with this Internet tool, and to start the year off, we plan on having our students bring in their favorite quote, and make their own masterpieces. Do you have a favorite quote? Share it with us here at The Things You Can Read, and enjoy creating your own masterpieces using Create a Quote.

Happy Reading☮

The Things You Can Read!

Believe In Truth, Beauty, Freedom, Love, and the Power of Books!

Monday, August 13, 2012

Extra, Extra, Read All About It!

Boy, are we here at The Things You Can Read excited about this great find. If you want to spice up your blog or your classroom multimedia presentations here is a resource for you, The newspaper snippet generator. This free Internet tool can presto chango your writing or that of your students, and make the words look like a real newspaper article. Fun stuff!

Also on this site are links to The Movie Clapper Generator:

The animated Squirrel, Daffodil, Tomato, Owl...etc, etc, etc...

Have fun playing with these resources and let us here at The Things You Can Read know what you create with them. We love to hear from our readership!

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