"The Kerpoof website is owned and operated by the Walt Disney Company. What is Kerpoof? The answer to that is not so simple. Kerpoof is all about having fun, discovering things, and being creative. Here are just a few ways that you can use Kerpoof:
- Make artwork (even if you aren't good at drawing!)
- Make an animated movie (really! it's easy!)
- Earn Koins which you can trade for fun things in the Kerpoof Store
- Make a printed card, t-shirt, or mug
- Tell a story
- Make a drawing
- Vote on the movies, stories, and drawings that other people have made
In addition to being a lot of fun, Kerpoof has many educational uses. Visit oureducator page (with ideas and lesson plans for how to use Kerpoof) or read our flyer for educators if you are in a hurry but want to learn more."
I went to this site and played with the different things that students can do. It really is pretty simple and can be very fun as well. The only drawback that it has is the fact that it wants them to log on. The nice thing that they did was create teacher accounts where you can add your students in under you and give them their own usernames and passwords. I do love this part as you can use anything you like for their information and it will keep them anonymous on the web while still giving them the opportunity to create and learn.
One of the parts I really liked was called "Spell a Picture". With this activity you can grab a background and you have to spell words of things you would like to add to the picture. So, if you want to add a cat you just click on the correct letters at the bottom of the screen to spell "cat" and a cat will appear! You can then move it around on the screen to where you want it to be. This can be a great thing to use to help students will spelling words and being creative. I can also hear it now..."Mrs. V, how to do spell_________?" Just be ready for this part of it...lol! If you want them to do it on their own and try their best then tell them that and remind them to stick to words that they can easily sound out and spell. You are going to have students who get frustrated with not being able to spell what words they want to have. It is up to you on how to handle this. You could go prepared with a large word bank and have that word bank projected up on the big screen so that they have a large list of words to choose from, along with any that they already know how to spell. Whatever works best for your class is what you should do.
There is a movie maker, a place to make cards and print them, a place to create a drawing that you can convert into a jpeg and save it, a place to draw a picture where you can add pictures from a gallery, and even a place where you can write and illustrate your very own storybook.
I really see a great deal of fun and excitement to be had at this site. It will take a teacher with a great deal of patience to use this site with younger children as there are so many places to go and so many things to create. I would suggest that before you take your students to this site that you know it inside out and be totally prepared for any issues that arise.
I am thinking about setting up a test group....I will let you know if I was brave enough to do it!
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