#10 Sign Generators: Cool + Pretty = Nice!

This was fun. I was most successful with the first generator that I chose to use, ImageChef. I liked it best because it offered a lot of images, but not too many (too many options for this woman equals stimulation overload!) It was extremely user friendly (a plus if you're working with elementary kids). It was so easy to choose images, type in your message, upload to blog, and wa-la (btw, that's the Teresa's Americanized spelling of the word) it was on your blog! Quick, easy, painless. No pulling out hair or anything! And that's the only way that teachers/librarians who are on the squeamish side of technology will branch out into new ground is if it will work every time, guaranteed. The seven hours, and much less in reality (after transitional times), that we spend in school is packed full of academic expectations from every aspect, and we're all feeling the crunch. Teachers especially feel pressed for time these days. I think I would show ImageChef as a generator that students could use on their blogs before I would show others, to built confidence. However, with fourth graders who are working so hard on perfecting their writing skills, I think the cartoon generators are great to work towards. Sadly, I had no success in loading my Jack Bauer cartoon onto my blog, on my Mac, but had I been on my PC, I think it would've been easy sailing (a right click save issue).