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The first web 2.0 tool I chose was **Glogster**. [] A Glog is a kind of poster - fully designed by the student. Glog is a fancy creation from text, images, music and video. Glogging gives students a perfect tool to express themselves.

On the glogster site I thought it would be neat for my students to scrapbook their favorite artists and reveal why they chose artists they did. This would fall into art history.Here is the example I created: [] After creating these, I thought it would be fun for the students to share with the class their glogster page by projecting it onto the whiteboard. __The Glogster tool will:__ 1. Make tedious projects, like art history, fun! 2. Improve computer skills. 3. Allow students to be creative. 4. Give students ownership to their page. 5. Show other students and teachers what they like and who they are.

The other web 2.0 tool I chose was **Be Funky** photo editor. [] Edit your photos, add photo effects, text, speech bubbles, frames, stickers and more This site enables students to pull up a picture found on the computer, or upload a picture they have on their PC and edit their photos, add photo effects, text, speech bubbles, frames, stickers, etc.

I believe that this tool could definitely help the Publications class at my school. The yearbook is a huge deal at almost every middle/high school, and this Be Funky editor could be used to turn boring photos into something funny by adding photo effects or a speech bubble with a funny message inside, or a photograph can be transfered into a cartoon by just clicking a button!

Here is a couple of photographs that I edited. The first is Munch's "Scream" that I added photo effects and a speech bubble to. The other is a photo taken at a Cardinals game and I added photo effects to this one too! []

__The Be Funky Editor will:__ 1. Give students a chance to personalize photographs. 2. Allow students to be creative. 3. Give students ownership to their work. 4. Make a boring activity turn into something fun. 5. Help improve technology skills.