- Create posters for your classroom. While many of the sites want you to purchase a printed poster from them, several allow you to download the poster and print it yourself. Perhaps a poster of your class rules?
- Use a poster to peak your students’ interest in an upcoming topic.
- Of the sites I tried none required any type of log in so students could:
a.
create a poster about the topic you are
studying.
b.
use a quote from a book they are reading.
c.
create virtual postcards.
d.
write short poems and “posterize” them.
e.
summarize a book in poster format.
f.
create book covers or posters for a film or
book.
The possibilities are endless. Each of the sites is
different, but they all allow you to combine typography with pictures into an
attractive piece of art.
1.
Recite
(http://www.recitethis.com/) – go to
the website, type in your quote and then choose from one of the many templates
displayed with your quote. While your options are to order the quote printed on
canvas, or share it on sites that are not allowed in ACPS (Facebook, Pinterest,
Tumblr) you can use the snipping tool like I did to grab the image and print it
yourself (for free).
2.
QuotesCover.com
(http://quotescover.com/) – choose a
quote from a database of famous quotes, ancient proverbs, greetings &
messages, or invitation wordings, or create your own quote. Next step is to choose your editor (Facebook
cover, Google+ cover, eCards, Wallpaper Maker, and For Print). You can then
rotate, scale/resize, move your quote, change the font and color scheme, and
then upload a picture for the background. Download your finished product to
print.
3.
Pinwords
(http://www.pinwords.com/) – “instantly
add beautiful text to your images”. If you don’t have an image you can choose
from one the site offers. Choose from one of six styles, write your quote,
choose the font style, choose the font color.
I used the snipping tool to grab the image. You may email it if you choose.
