Kristy: Stixy - online creation collaboration

I recently discovered Stixy.com whenever looking up information on Wallwisher.com. I’ve used Wallwisher in the past to create a webpage where students (or people invited to your URL) can add their own posts to a webpage you started. I used this in Webmastering for students to claim the person they wanted to do their Black History Month project on, and we used it with our TLC Club to try to come up with a name for our teacher crafting group.

But I got frustrated by the limited functionality of Wallwisher, as you couldn’t really do more than post text up on the wall and many of the entries would overlap.

Stixy is like Wallwisher, but it has more options. You can create webpages for a variety of reasons. You can add appointments, documents, photos, or sticky notes to the page. You can customize color, font, font size, and font color, and you can move the posts around. The originating publisher can also choose whether or not to allow others to add to the page and what permissions to grant visitors.

Here is a Stixy page I created:


Simple and practical.

Kristy: Homemade Technology Jewelry

I’m really rather lucky, as Kris made me homemade computer jewelry for Christmas.

Here is the bracelet he made of my name:

Here are the earrings he created for me. The keys are opposites of each other.

He also made this pendant and bracelet.

Everything is really easy and comfortable to wear. It’s all light-weight and he filed all of the edges so that nothing is scratchy.

I think the computer art Kris made me (to be featured later) and this jewelry top the list of my McFavorite Things.

What's a VoiceThread anyway?

Kristy: Animoto Photo Slideshow

Animoto.com is a fun way to create slideshows to music without any hassle. You can make 30 second ones for free, or you can pay for the unlimited account. Animoto is pretty awesome and allows educators to apply for an Animoto for Educators account. It gives you and your students a free code for 6 months of full access for no cost!

How it works:

Step 1: Upload Photos. It'll tie in to online applications (like Facebook or your online photo hosting sites) or allow you to upload photos from your computer.

Step 2: Choose your 30 second music clip. You can choose from an assortment of songs arranged by genre or upload your own.

Step 3: Publish and save, embed, link, or email your video. Voila!

Here's a quick one I threw together from my first month of my Project 365:

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

Here's one all about why I love the letter T:


Here is one that I made for Kris as an anniversary present for our 6 year anniversary:

Kristy: Cool Text, Buttons, and Logos

A great tool for making your own neat text for websites, blogs, or anywhere you can place a photo, cooltext.com offers easy to use tools to make some really flashy or classy items.

Here is a quick logo/image I made:

Here is another:

Each of these took less than 2 minutes to make.

You can also make buttons for websites or blogs:

Enjoy!