I'm Done! Now What?
Garageband - Make your own song mashup for the passing period between classes. It must last exactly 5 minutes (you can play parts of more than one song), and for the last 1 minute there must be a warning song (like The Final Countdown or the theme from Jaws). Here is a how-to: http://www.ehow.com/how_6948077
iMovie - Remix a movie trailer. Take a movie trailer and mash it up with a different trailer to completely change the original meaning. Use music and sound effects to make a funny movie seem scary or serious, or you can make a dramatic movie seem like a comedy. Here are some examples: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuaO1pnPflY and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKNDml12Big
MyCloudPlayer - Pick a theme and make a playlist of songs for it. Examples: songs for good luck, songs with food in them, songs for a rainy day, songs about money...get creative!! Here are more ideas: http://www.notdarkyet.org/themetime.html
Google Earth - Search for interesting places, or try out the Flight Simulator! Here are some instructions for using the Flight Simulator: http://www.wikihow.com/Use-the-Google-Earth-Flight-Simulator
PicMonkey - Add your picture from PhotoBooth and make yourself into a Zombie, a Vampire (there are nicer options too!)
MorphThing - Add your picture from PhotoBooth and morph yourself with a celebrity (You may need help with this one - ask me & I'll walk you through it)
More GarageBand - Tell a story using nothing but sound effects (I have accounts at both of these websites...ask me how to log in: http://www.freesound.org and http://www.freesfx.co.uk). There can be no words, only sound effects. Use at least five different sounds that you find online. The story can be no longer than 90 seconds.Some examples: http://ds106.us/wp-content/audio/audio_story.mp3 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-7eekV9gPc
Scratch - Create a video game, an animated cartoon, a music video...tons of possibilities. Learn more here: http://www.21things4students.net/21/game-design/quest-2/
Gamestar Mechanic - Go on Quests that power up your game design skills and learn some of the basic principles of video game design. (Use this link instead if you have already created an account: http://gamestarmechanic.com/log/in/
Create a logo - Create a logo for your website. Try either of these sites: http://cooltext.com or http://www.flamingtext.com
Global PenPal - Find a student from another country to exchange emails with. (Remember, do not share phone number, address/city, or school! And report/block the user if you feel uncomfortable or unsafe) Search here for students by age, hobbies, language, etc: http://www.studentsoftheworld.info/penpals/
A Google A Day - Solve a "Google a Day Challenge (without copying-and-pasting the question right into the Google!). Use key words from the question to search for the answer
GoAnimate - Make an animated cartoon. Ask me for the log-in and password.
Other Apps in your Google Drive -
- Pixlr
- FloorPlanner
- AutoCAD 360
- Geogebra
- PowToons