Creative+Technology

 **__Creative Technology.__** By Amy Blakeman
 * __Definition__**

Creative technology is any type of technology that can be used in the classroom in a creative and fun way to enhance teaching and learning. The three Creative technology sites I based my presentation around were [|Kerpoof], [|Fotoll], and [|Pikikids]. Kerpoof is a program that lets students make their own stories and pictures by inserting their own images or ones provided to them by the site and by inserting written work. As the three programs are quite new there is not alot of information about the history and creation of each, therefore for this wiki i will mainly be focusing on Kerpoof with the inclusion of some brief information on the other two sites.

Kerpoof not only provides the students with a creative project but also includes various lesson plans and advice for teachers who want to include Kerpoof in their teaching. Pikikids is a program which allows students to create their own comics using pictures, speech bubbles and by selecting different lay outs. The students are also able to comment on their own comics aswell as others that have been saved as public for others to view. Fotoll is a program that allows students to creative a number of polls in which others can comment on or vote for. As Fotoll is a good program to use there are some aspects a teacher may want to consider when including the program in their lesson.


 * __Key Features__

Kerpoof**  •  Easy to use •  Safe for students (Avatar)  •   Free to use  •   works within a web browser  •   It is copywrited and you are granted free use if you comply with the terms of use and site etiquette policy  •   Teacher can have their own account  •   Students can save, print, edit their own work  •   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt">Provides lessons plans that involve Kerpoof for most learning areas  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt">Kerpoof provides technical assistance if needed  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt">Easy how to play instructions  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> encourages students through rewards system (coins)  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt">Students can see other students work  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt">Ability to create personal profile  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt">Shows students how the site is being updated

• <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Allows you to develop polls within class lessons  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Allows you to search for polls created by others  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Allows you have your own account  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Easy to use  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Free to use  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Student can save their work and look at the comments and ratings made by others about their work  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Students are able to comment or rate other peoples polls  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Ability to add photos to their own polls  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt">Ability to create a personal profile of themselves including name and picture
 * Pikikids** <span style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode'; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: +mn-cs; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Allows students to see top rated comics, latest comics and latest discussions  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Allows students to search for comics  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Students can have their own accounts  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Free to use  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Easy to use  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Allows students to select the layout, effects and picture of their comic  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Allows students to save, edit or print their comic  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Students are able to select whether they want their comic to be private or public  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Once saved the comic then shows when it was updated, who by and whether It is public or not  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Allows students to rate or comment on their own or others comics  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> Allows for reporting of inappropriate images  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt"> All images are copywrited if used for this website purpose only  •  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; language: en-AU; mso-ascii-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: +mn-ea; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-color-index: 1; mso-font-kerning: 12.0pt">Ability to create personal profile
 * Fotoll**


 * __Education Value__**
 * http://www.educational-freeware.com/online/kerpoof.aspx
 * http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/kerpoof-honored-parents-choice-foundation/story.aspx?guid={0BB9B8A1-1C20-4528-A68D-B6A7B6A682E7}&dist=hppr

__**Future Learning**__


 * Kerpoof**
 * http://www.kerpoof.com/teach?c=overview
 * http://www.kerpoof.com/teach?c=faq
 * http://www.kerpoof.com/how_to_play
 * http://www.kerpoof.com/membership
 * http://www.kerpoof.com/teach?c=accounts


 * __Future Teaching__

Kerpoof**
 * http://www.kerpoof.com/teach?c=lesson_plans
 * http://www.kerpoof.com/teach?c=ideas
 * http://www.kerpoof.com/teach?c=standards
 * http://www.kerpoof.com/teach?c=coloring_sheets
 * www.**kerpoof.com**/edu/plans/polar_regions_ lesson_plan.pdf


 * I hope this information is as useful to you, if you are wanting to include Kerpoof in your lessons, as it was to me.**