No matter what grade you teach, Blabberize can be a serious or fun way to get your students to learn the required content.
No matter what grade you teach, Blabberize can be a serious or fun way to get your students to learn the required content.
What is Blabberize? We hear you ask. Fear not. Read on to discover everything there is to know about Blabberize and how it can be integrated into your everyday classroom life.
Blabberize is a photo editing tool (and now iOS app, too!) that takes an image and uses it to create wonderful talking animations. You can choose between using a preset image or the option of uploading your image.
Following the upload or selection of your chosen image, you then:
Blabs saved and completed can then be shared easily, safely, and efficiently. You have the option to share your blabs via the following methods:
There are many ways that you can use Blabberize to entertain and educate your students, no matter the grade they’re in or what subject you’re teaching them. Here, we’ve rounded up some of the best suggestions for incorporating Blabberize into your everyday teaching routines.
Give out homework using a blab. Upload a silly photo of your face, give a prompt or question, and then challenge your students to respond with their blab! If you teach history or literature, why not set each of your students a character or historical figure, ask them a question, and challenge them to answer via a blab, taking the role of whoever they’ve been assigned?
Your students can be as serious or as silly as they like, and it’s an inventive way to get into the mindset of the people they’re studying. Some questions you could ask include:
Getting your students to create a blab about themselves could be a fun icebreaker. Get them all to upload a fun selfie in class and record some facts about themselves for five minutes. You can then spend the first lesson watching them all back and laughing together!
If you teach a second language such as French, Spanish or German, why not get your students to record a blab of them speaking in that language? This opens up a wealth of opportunity! For one, it enhances the learning experience of the student speaking because it reinforces what they’ve learned.
Blabs are a great way to talk to your students if you’re off. Let the substitute teacher know what you’ve recorded and ask them to play it. This could be a great and informal way of setting tasks while you’re off and politely reminding your students to respect the new teacher while you’re away.
Remember to set boundaries with your students on the language and images they can use. It would help if you emphasized the repercussions of not following your rules. Remember that you can set your blabs to certain tags, such as ‘mature’ or ‘private’. The latter means that only the users you authorize can see the blabs, which is key for maintaining student confidentiality. If you’re using images from the internet, remember to ensure they are stock images that are legal, safe, and free to use. Nobody besides your class will likely have a look, but it’s better to be safe than sorry!