PicLits:Creative Writing with Images and Key Words-Special Guests: Terry Friedlander and Carrie Lightner

Date:  
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Time:   
9:00am Pacific/10:00am Mountain/
11:00am Central/12:00pm Eastern
Location: Elluminate

Recording (full):
https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2010-05-08.0751.M.ACE02B5F35AA7E7975F015AAC6F794.vcr

Tiny url for full recording: http://tinyurl.com/PicLits

Recording (chat):  http://wiki.classroom20.com/Classroom_20_Live_May8_2010

Recording (audio): http://www.humyo.com/10294235/CLASSROOM%202.0%20LIVE%20piclits.32K.mp3?a=x6FcVpAm958

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Recording (video): http://blip.tv/file/3597219

Topic: PicLits: Creative Writing with Images and Keywords

Special Guests: Terry Friedlander and Carrie Lightner

Follow-up Reading/Viewing Suggestions:

http://www.PicLits.comhttp://www.scribd.com/doc/31038678/PicLit-Samples  (Scribd document with PicLits Samples)http://www.scribd.com/doc/31052541/PicLits-BIBLIO  (Scribd document for PicLits Bibliography links-links to writing, technology and teaching articles of interest)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/31059450/Piclits-Press-Links (Scribe document for PicLits videos, tutorials, articles, and other testimonials from users/reviewers)
http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/morning_news/my_tech_guy/090213_website_day_write_picture (MyFoxHouston - Can you really "write" a picture? Doug Delony, Senior Web Producer)
http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/talkowski/2009/03/07/piclit-eases-the-way-into-writing (Discovery Education blog post: PicLit Eases the Way into Writing)
http://paulhami.edublogs.org/2008/12/16/piclits-online-resource/ (Blog post by Paul Hamilton: PicLits: Online Resource)
http://www.ncs-tech.org/?p=1958&cpage=1  (Blog post by Kevin Jarrett: Pic-Lits: proof that a picture is, in fact, worth a thousand words!)
http://annemarie80.edublogs.org/2009/01/13/piclits/  (Blog post with example of how she created a SmartBoard lesson for 3rd graders using PicLits with links to student examples)
http://nclearningonline.learnnc.org/node/44  (Blog post by high school English teacher: Creat(ing) Writing Using PicLits)
http://instructify.com/2009/01/21/picture-prompts-for-poetry-at-piclits/  (Alice Mercer's blog post/review of PicLits)
http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/PicLits  (Wiki created by Wendy Drexler for teaching with web 2.0 tools that describes strengths, weaknesses, ideas for classroom use)
http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=721  (iLearn Technology blog post about PicLits with ideas for both individual, group and whole class uses)
http://web.nmc.org/5cardstory/   (FiveCardFlickr: designed to foster visual thinking-five random photos and your task is to select one to add to a selection of images, that taken together as a final set of 5 images- tell a story in pictures. When you are done, you have the option to add a title and explanation)
http://web.nmc.org/5cardstory/show.php?id=5271  (Example of a FiveCardFlickr story: Time for Change)
http://www.flickr.com/groups/858082@N25/pool/  (Flickr group pool of photos with quotations "Great Quotes about Learning and Change"-join the group and contribute your PicLit creations)
http://bighugelabs.com (BigHugeLabs: free and premium services for creating posters, games, puzzles, and many other projects using photos from Flickr)
http://www.betterenglish.org.ph/creative%20writing%20through%20photographs.htm  (Learning English and creative writing through the use of photographs: discussions and interactive exercises)
http://www.creativity-portal.com/howto/writing/writing.prompts.html  (Writing, Blogging and Creative Photo Prompts: Topic Starters, Picture Prompts, and Thought-Provoking Questions for You to Answer)
http://www.creativity-portal.com/prompts/365/pictures.html  (365 Pictures-Prompts to Inspire Creativity: One picture and text prompt per day to inspire your creative life)
http://www.shambles.net/pages/learning/EnglishP/Write/ (Shamblesguru: Ways to Support Writing in the Classroom)