How well does contemporary education prepare students for work in today's global economy? That was the question I wanted my Grade 8 to analyse and respond to from various perspectives, including those of a worker, a business owner, a government official, and an international charity worker. What could be more interesting than a talking animation? They chose a relevant image from Google that depicted one of the above roles, recorded their response, and shared it with me - isn't that fascinating!
Blabberize is a photo editing tool that converts a photograph or other image into a talking animation. One can browse pre-created blabbers or create their own. One needs to upload an image from their computer, choose an area to serve as the "mouth," and record sound using their microphone or a short.mp4 file. Completed can be shared via email or embedded in another website or blog. Users unfamiliar with copying and pasting embed code can share the blab's URL.
Some blabber by my students!
Some more ways to integrate blabber into your lessons -
SOCIAL SCIENCES:
Using short videos to interview famous historical figures about their lives, accomplishments, or beliefs.
Students could record excerpts from historical figures' speeches.
Instil empathy in young students by requiring them to research a particular culture and then write and blabber about how their lives differed from their own.
Infuse new life into historical figures
Use current events to evaluate politicians' major platform pledges during campaigns.
LANGUAGES:
"Blabberize Photos that define vocabulary terms used in a particular lesson."
Ask students to identify characters from a novel and write down their favourite lines from the narrative that most accurately describe them.
Use Blabberize to dictate a foreign language passage
Children can make guesses about the word based on its description.
Another way to spice up the classic class recordings is to create fun songs or entertaining dialogues in foreign languages.
Teachers can record oral pronunciations of vocabulary words and use them as a reference for upcoming assessments to assist resource students.
Students of foreign languages can upload photos of themselves dressed up and use Blabbarize to communicate "in character" for various assignments.
Students can create a Blabberize dressed as various characters from a book or novel and then report on multiple sections of the text from that character's perspective.
Involve literary characters in self-introductions.
Use student-read blabs to increase oral reading fluency. Create "commercials" for your book.
In world language or ESL/ELL classes, create entire conversation sequences of blabs between students.
Instruct speech/language students to create blabs to improve their articulation and track their progress over time.
Use student-read blabs to increase oral reading fluency. Create "commercials" for your book.
Instruct students to blab about the author's thoughts while writing a poem or literary selection or while an artist painted.
Create visual vocabulary/terminology sentences incorporating an appropriate character and referencing the term in context.
OTHERS:
This tool could be used by students or teachers to introduce themselves to the class.
Teachers can use this tool to make announcements or to solicit weekly feedback.
Blabberize can be used by students to read their reports and other written assignments.
Students may upload a photograph of an animal and write a report about it.
Embed the assignment instructions on your teacher's web page.
Encourage your students to "blab" using photographs or digital drawings!
Instruct students to create artwork in a paint programme, save it, and then make it "speak."
SCIENCES/MATHS:
Science teachers could use a Blabberize to provide step-by-step instructions for an experiment. If anyone requires additional education, replay the message.
Infuse new life into significant scientists or mathematicians and analyse their work
Recite the steps necessary to solve a math problem.
Students can create a blab about an animal's habitat
Students could also photograph themselves performing a lab and then blab the images to demonstrate concepts.
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