If you choose to pay for the Club Smilebox subscription ($6/month or $40/year) you can print your Smilebox or burn it to a DVD. It’s free! With the free version you upload your finished product to the Smilebox site and you can embed it into a blog or sent it in an email. Scrapbook: Any project where you want to display several pictures with each text, such as a class book to summarize a field trip, a science experiment, a state or region project, etc.Slideshows: Any project where you would want one line of text with each slide, all with a cool background and music.Postcards: A thank you note to a volunteer or speaker a “who I am” type of project (some postcard designs let you include over 30 pictures) invitations to an authors’ tea or other special event recipes etc.Some classroom applications could include: Then classroom time can be devoted to the actual writing and uploading of pictures or scanned drawings. As a teacher, I would pre-select 2-4 background options and let the students choose one. What I like about Smilebox is that you end up with a great professional looking product but kids won’t spend hours choosing their background, clipart animations and transitions as they often do with PowerPoint or iMovie: that’s already embedded in the design they choose. The slideshows come with a selection of background music that you can choose from. Depending on the design, you can add between one line to several paragraphs of text. You upload your pictures or videos but there are no voice-over capabilities. Smilebox is an online tool that helps you create postcards, slideshows, and scrapbook-like albums. Smilebox may look like a scrapbooking tool.Īll you need is a little imagination to transform it into an educational tool!
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