These five digital tools could be considered a product, could be used to illustrate or aid a performance, or they could capture and share a stand-alone performance or exhibition.
1. MuseumBox
How does this tool support the product focus design quality? According to the product's web site:
"If you could put a number of items into a box that described your life, what would you include? What do you think would be included if you were a Victorian Servant or Queen Elizabeth I. If you lived during the English Civil War, what items would you include to make a case for, or against, the parliamentarians? And what if you were an abolitionist and wanted to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary, how would you create your evidence? So what does museumbox do?
Museum box provides the tools for you to do just this. It allows you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view the museum boxes submitted by other people and comment on the contents."
http://creator.museumbox.e2bn.org/mediaCreator/show/573?temp-new-window-replacement=true - This example of a MuseumBox details the history of a high school band from 1913 to 2013.
2. ShowMe
How does this tool support the product focus design quality? According to the product's web site:
"ShowMe is an open learning community where you can learn or teach any subject. Watch great lessons for free, or create your own."
Show me provides students the opportunity to become the expert on their topic by creating a video much like a Youtube video to "show" others how to do a particular skill. Students can also view the expertise of others by viewing past "ShowMe" videos.
http://www.showme.com/sh/?h=aJpW3Au&temp-new-window-replacement=true - This example of a ShowMe production details concepts on color schemes.
3. KidBlog
How does this tool support the product focus design quality? According to the product's web site:
"Kidblog meets the need for a safe and simple blogging platform suitable for elementary and middle school students. Most importantly, Kidblog allows teachers to monitor and control all publishing activity within the classroom blogging community."
http://kidblog.org/kidblogimages/2.9/screenshots/Comments.jpeg?temp-new-window-replacement=true - This example of a KidBlog shows how students could potentially comment of the posted blog of a classmate.
4. LiveBinder
How does this tool support the product focus design quality? LiveBinder allows users to "curate and present resources quickly and simply" using a format reminiscent of a binder with links presented as "tabs" so resources can be located in an easy way. Features of the tool include:
- View links like pages in a book instead of URLs on a page
- Combine uploaded PDFs and Word docs with links in one binder
- Go paperless one LiveBinder at a time
http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=70690&temp-new-window-replacement=true - This example of a LiveBinder shows a teacher's collection of educational web sites for elementary parents.
5. ToonDoo
How does this tool support the product focus design quality? This tool provides students with an easy-to-use format for creating their own cartoons and books. Students could create a book or toon to illustrate concepts from a learning unit or to tell a story.
http://www.toondoo.com/MostFavoriteBooks.toon?temp-new-window-replacement=true - This link shows examples of different "favortited" books created on ToonDoo.
