WWW.CAPZLES.COMWeb2.0 Tool

Jami O’Connor

Casey Potts

Allen McGuire

Presentation Creators

"Technology also changes the way teachers teach, offering educators effective ways to reach different types of learners and assess student understanding through multiple means. It also enhances the relationship between teacher and student. When technology is effectively integrated into subject areas, teachers grow into roles of adviser, content expert, and coach. Technology helps make teaching and learning more meaningful and fun.“Edutopia Staff (2006)

www.Capzles.comAudience and Context:Capzles is an awesome free time lining tool that meets the needs of teachers and students of all ages and ability levels.  Capzles is also a free and beneficial tool for businesses to use to show case their products or services over the Internet. For example: a landscaping company could show the progression of a project from start to finish.  Because personal photos and videos can be added to the themes, colors and backgrounds of Capzles, parents can make free, one of a kind timelines of their children's growth. Sound clips of the children talking or singing can also be added along with video clips!

Capzle’s Features:

Combine multimedia content into an easy to view timeline called a capzle Ability to add “moments” consisting of video clips, images, sound clips or text Ability to share capzles on the site or by sending links or invitations via email Social networking aspects such as Friends, messaging, and sharing of content Content creation tools very easy to use Site is very well designed and easy to navigate

Integrate Capzles into the classroom:

Capzles is a great way for students to create timelines about any subject. The Web 2. collaborative aspect of Capzles makes it very appealing to students. It allows them to gather photos and information and place their work in a visually appealing shared location. There are web applications that let you create photo albums (Picasa, Jalbum), and then there are applications that allow you to create videos and animations (i.e. Animoto). Sometimes you want something in between those and that is where Capzles comes in.

Before beginning a Capzles be sure to have all of the images, audio, music, Word documents and any other information saved to your computer for easy access.

Home Screen

Click “Create” tostart a new Capzlespresentation.

The tools bar on the left is all you need to create!!

You can view your Capzles as you create it in this window.

Using the bars on the left of the screenYou can add tags to find yuour Capzles,add descriptions, add your content, designthe background, add music to play whileyour Capzles is open and set privacy settings.

The Add Content selection is where you upload all your images, Word Docs, Audio, etc…

Tagging your Capzles canmake it easy for others toSearch for your presentation.You can add as many tags or “search words” as you want.

You can select a pre-made backgroundor design your own.

You can share your Capzles publicly meaning anyone can view it or you can set privacy settings that only allow certain people to view it.

When you have completed your Capzles, this is what it will look like on your screen. Youhover your mouse over the uploaded portion and click on it and you can view the document, image or audio. The documents will move back and forth as you move your mouse or you can use the right and left arrows to move the uploads.

References

https://teachwithweb2.wikispaces.com/file/view/Capzles.pdf

Edutopia Staff (2006). Why Integrate Technology Into the Curriculum?; The Reasons Are Many. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/technology-integration- introduction