Thing 9

For Thing 9, I decided to pick a theme, Summer Vacation, and use that theme with various image generators.  After a quick search, I came across a site that allows you to create newspapers, brochures, pamphlets and various other templates .  I decided to use it to make a sample report that a student might make on their summer vacation.  This site is very simple to use.  You simply select one of their premade templates and insert your own pictures and text.

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/Printing_Press/




Sticking with the Summer Vacation theme, I used the link provided in the 23 Things page, which brought me to image chef http://www.imagechef.com//  At this site, I found Word Mosaic which is an interesting image generator which allows you to chose from a variety of symbols.  Once you have picked your symbol, you enter in your text (for this example, I entered in words that a child may use to describe their summer vacation), and it will utilize those words to create an image of the symbol you originally chose.  For this example, I chose a sun as my symbol since it best portrayed the theme of Summer Vacation.  I could see using this site during brainstorming sessions as a class.  Instead of the teacher simply drawing the typical brainstorming bubble on the whiteboard, the students could work together to think of words that describe a certain theme, and then they can add those words into the Word Mosaic to create a visual aid of their brainstorming session.



A third option that I came up with to use an image generator in a classroom setting would be a simple way to add a little fun into a worksheet or homework assignment.  Instead of simply writing out the directions on the top of the page, a teacher could add an image (bonus points if that image corresponds with the topic) to give a bit more visual interest to the assignment.  This image was created at http://www.happyfacegenerator.com/