Ed Tech Tips with E. Mosier
Make your classroom more E-fficient!
Enhance any unit with the Trading Card Creator!
So, how does it work?
- Fictional Person
- Real Person
- Fictional Place
- Real Place
- Physical Object
- Event
- Abstract Concept
- Create Your Own
Along with the option to select your type of card, you are asked to type in a Topic for your cards. With such a wide variety of options, this makes an ideal program for any project.
Then What?
Once you've selected your Topic and Type of Card design, you're on to the next step of actually creating the card. What I like about this service is that it allows you to design a trading card as you would see it, with material on both sides. The first option that appears is to design the front side of the card. You can insert an image from the computer in the upper right hand corner, and then you can input different descriptors for whatever type you've selected. Once you're finished with the front side, you can click the "Flip" arrow in the lower right hand corner of the card to complete the back side with additional information about your topic. Additionally, there's an arrow in the lower right hand corner of the descriptor box that allows you to toggle through all of them.
What Can I do with it?
Once the design has been completed, you are provided a thumbnail print of your first card. You are able to create up to 8 cards per collection. If you click on your existing card, it reverts back to the design stages of the process to edit. But, you also have to option to add more cards or "Finish." If you are satisfied with how it looks and click "Finish," you are presented with 4 additional options - Print (which displays both sides), Save Draft (to edit later), Save Final (to print later), or Share Final (to e-mail as a PDF to others).
How might each subject use it?
Science - Create cards for each element on the Periodic Table or famous scientists who've shaped our view of the world.
Social Studies - Create cards for different places in the world, different civilizations long ago, or Explorers of the World.
Math - Create cards to review concepts such as the Pythagorean Theorem, or have a quick reference guide for working with fractions, or as easy reviews of volumes and areas of various shapes.
Language Arts - Create cards for fictional characters in novels, of places important to the setting of a novel, or on famous authors near and far.
Foreign Language - Create cards for verb patterns to easily remind students when to use 1st and 3rd person in their writing, or to highlight a given area in France, Spain, or Germany.
Music - Create cards on a famous musician, types of scales, or to simply remind them of basic marching techniques/commands in band.
Art - Create cards for famous artists, famous paintings, or for cities that have influenced artistic movements throughout history.
Enjoy creating!
Contact Mr. Mosier!
Email: mosiere@davenportschools.org
Website: www.davenportschools.org/sudlow
Location: Sudlow Intermediate School, East Locust Street, Davenport, IA, United States
Phone: 563-326-3502
Twitter: @emosier3