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Exclamation, The Champ! by Javier Saltos

http://blabberize.com/view/id/1685402

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Disclaimer: This particular video has no particular value in the classroom. The technology used to make this video COULD be of use in the classroom. For this assignment, we didn’t have to make it educational, and thus, I decided to combine two of my favorite things: Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail, and two of my favorite fictional characters- Commander Erwin Smith and Levi Ackerman of Shingeki no Kyojin. Now, on to the process!

This video was surprisingly easy to make, if a bit time consuming. This video was rendered using blabberize, With this site, you upload an image, draw a mouth shape over the part of the picture you would like to move as the mouth of the object (including setting how far the mouth opens), and then adding an audio clip that is no longer than 30 seconds. This audio clip can be from a song, movie, or recorded by the creator using a microphone. For this video, I downloaded the audio clip you hear above, then used iTunes to make it an mp3 and create a series of clips short enough to put into the program. For this one, it was at least 6, which meant that each time a different person spoke or I had to reupload my image, redo the mouths, and add the audio. (It was totally worth it.) After I had all of my blabbers made, I downloaded them and put them together in Windows movie maker, and saved them as the video you see above. 

I must say, this was a lot of fun to do, and I think, like Don Gato y Señor Perro this is something I can see myself creating a character for use in the classroom to provide examples and give students a laugh or two. This is also something that is easy enough to use that I would be okay with my students making a few blabbers for class projects or to spice up their own presentations. 

The one thing I will say, is that it seems the window for deactivating accounts is very short. I made this about a month and a half ago, and I was unable to get back into my account today. It’s not a big deal given the nature of this piece, and because I have all of the files downloaded on my personal computer, it is something to keep in mind if you don’t plan on using this very much. The account is free, and I’m sure its easy to make another account, but make sure you download your blabbers as soon as you make them, in case it happens to you!

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A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #143: Contemporary Book Study Projects

A.T.TIPSCAST Episode #143: Contemporary Book Study Projects

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Students can take any photo and create a conversation or speech through them.  Give students a challenging photo and have them decipher what that person might say.  Better yet, give students a script of what needs to be said and have them find a photo to go with it and Blabberize it.  Maybe just create an attention getter by using the program to launch a unit.  Use it while it is still free.