This was a really fun exercise. I made a few different signs, courtesy of www.says-it.com , as you can see. I also did a couple comic strips with a generator found at www.makebeliefscomix.com . Here's some stuff I made!
Who doesn't love a corny history joke? One of the cool things I thought of as far as using image generators in the classroom was the personalization factor. I think it's so neat to be able to make your own comic strips and poster art, customizing it to fit in with a lesson, making it into a meaningful homework assignment, or even just capturing a great joke for your desktop. That concludes Thing # 9, so...
Nicely done images. I'll have to give says-it.com a try. Also, I think the "Achievement Unlocked" image is perfect! I could see using generated images like that as part of a classroom set of "achievements." Knowing some of my past students, it's nothing for them to spend 6 hours grinding out an achievement on Xbox Live, but give them 30 minutes worth of homework, and you might as well have sentenced them to 30 years hard labor. I wonder if we restructured homework in a way to make it an achievement-style system, would it help inspire similar levels of motivation?
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