Fun Online Snow Activity

Well, it is cold outside and I wanted to share a fun online activity in support of Southeast Texas' coldest day this season. It is suppose to be down in the low 20's tomorrow. So friends, grab those devices, computers, and go to this site to create your OWN unique snowflake. It is called SnowDays-It's Aways Snowing Somewhere . Create your own and then you can share it, print it, and if you really are crazy about it, you can order items for a cost. I like that it has an UNDO feature, so you can get specific on how you want yours to look. If you hover over the snowflakes, you can see all the different places people are from who have created ones. There have been over 12 million made. Here is one I have made. I can't wait to see yours. Enjoy the cold weather.

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Posted in cold, online, share, snowflake, tool, Web 2.0 tool

Rose, Thorn, Bud

I have read several different articles on this neat activity for parents to use with children or for teachers to use in their classroom as a reflection. Parents can do this around the dinner table or as a bedtime activity. It shouldn't take more than 5 minutes for each child. I wish I would have done this with my children while they were growing up. Teachers can use this activity for students to reflect after a long day or week. For the rose, they share their best part of the day. For the thorn, they share the worst part of the day. And then for the bud, they decide on what they look forward to the next day. Isn't this a great idea to use? I love it and will share this with my grown children to use with my grandchildren. I hope that they like it and to tie it to the rose is a perfect visual.

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Posted in Activity, bedtime, parent, reflection, share, students, teacher, writing

SEED OF HAIR RAISING OPTIMISM

SEED OF HAIR RAISING OPTIMISM   Remember, GOOD energy is contagious. Spread it around.

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Posted in energy, optimism, share, soul feed

My new Tool: QR Voice

I've been playing with a new tool today! It is called QR Voice. So very easy to use and works in minutes. It allows you 100 characters, and you can post to Facebook or Twitter! It has a slider that allows you to size the QR code that will be scanned. Here are the steps for those who can't wait to use it:

How does it work?

1. Enter a message up to 100 characters
2. Optionally choose a language in which the message is written and will be reproduced
3. Optionally resize the desired qr-code image to be generated using the slider
4. Clickgeneratebutton, the one with a tiny qr-code in it
5. The qr-code will be generated in the center of the screen
6. You can scan it with your smartphone qr-code scanner app in order to hear the message
7. Use the link above the qr-code image to save/share/embed/print the final qr-code image
8. Use the social buttons to spread the word about your recent generated qr-voice. Browser URL location is also bookmarkable
   
   Here is one that I have made:

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Posted in mobile learning, QR voice, share, social, Web 2.0 tool, web tool