Blabberize.com
Blabberize is a comical site where you can upload a still photo, insert a “mouth” and record audio. Blabberize then combines all three to make it look like the picture is “talking,” delivering your audio. It’s simple and fun, if you have a microphone you can play around immediately. To save your blabber, you must create a free account.
You can switch “scenes” by using different pictures and audio. One of the clips I explored was a study guide for a French quiz. A downside is the bandwidth – the site is free and bandwidth is slow. I think students would quickly get distracted and bored while waiting for items to load. The terms of use state that, “You must be 13 years or older to use this site and its Services, or have permission from a parent or guardian.”
Blabberize can make great attention grabbers for the beginning of class. I’m imagining finding a crazy picture and advising students of what they need to do by the bell. At the moment, video conversion is “temporarily free, while we test it,” I predict this is the way the site will make money beyond it’s ads – but hopefully they will add bandwidth. I got tired of waiting for my blabber to convert.
www.Blabberize.com
You can switch “scenes” by using different pictures and audio. One of the clips I explored was a study guide for a French quiz. A downside is the bandwidth – the site is free and bandwidth is slow. I think students would quickly get distracted and bored while waiting for items to load. The terms of use state that, “You must be 13 years or older to use this site and its Services, or have permission from a parent or guardian.”
Blabberize can make great attention grabbers for the beginning of class. I’m imagining finding a crazy picture and advising students of what they need to do by the bell. At the moment, video conversion is “temporarily free, while we test it,” I predict this is the way the site will make money beyond it’s ads – but hopefully they will add bandwidth. I got tired of waiting for my blabber to convert.
www.Blabberize.com
