SmileBox

**Smilebox ** Smilebox is a web-based or downloadable program that allows the user to create a variety of projects with their photos or videos. This easy to use program allows the user to insert their pictures, videos, text, sound and designs. Once you have completed a project you can then upload it easily onto any website such as myspace, Facebook, or a blog.

** Resources ** http://www.smilebox.com/ Sample of Student Use

-Easy to use ( photos can be dropped into the user-friendly program and enhanced with slideshows, photo books, postcards and scrapbooks) -You can insert photos and videos -Create scrapbooks and photo albums with ease -You can print out your creations (with paid version) -Easy upload to websites (including your blog) -Hundreds of designs to choose from - FREE for basic use--inexpensive to upgrade if needed - Can download software to computer and work on project offline - With downloaded software, students can save their projects to their own folders - Can use any digital images that have been saved to your computer such as those from Creative Commons, etc. - Photo galleries can be customized with music and text
 * SWOT **
 * __Strengths__ **

Contributed by Cinthia Sanchez:
 * Can download pictures from Facebook
 * Can burn slideshow onto a DVD

**__Weaknesses__** - Upload is not instant - Some features require you buy the product - Pictures need to be scanned or digitally taken - Everyone shares one account, if students are logged on to teachers account - Free version includes advertising displays

Contributed by Cinthia Sanchez:
 * Has to be downloaded to computer
 * May be blocked by district firewalls
 * Requires an email address to create an account

- Students can easily upload a variety of projects to the web - Students can use across the curriculum in a variety of ways
 * __Opportunities__ **

**__Threats__** - Students must remember to delete their pictures from the computer when they are done - Students need to understand that what they post on the web might be seen by others - Students need to have an understanding of copyright law and what can be used legally

- Create and send postcards to pen pals - Students can create slideshows and photo albums that document a science experiment of other inquiries. - Students can all work together to create a album of their classroom community to post to their school website (or print out with the upgraded version) - Can be used to create biographical scrapbooks of important figures from history - Can be used for writing assignments such as an "about me" scrapbook - Can be used to create a scrapbook for a character from a book - Can be combined with digital photography to demonstrate a math concept <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 132%;">- Can create a geographical or historical scrapbook about an assigned topic
 * Ideas for the classroom **
 * - ** Create a photo album of a classroom field trip

Contributed by Cinthia Sanchez:
 * =====<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Share class photos with parents and students =====
 * <span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Create class memory book and allow parents to purchase them

Contributed by Deatra Spratling
 * Students can take digital pictures of their artwork and make student portfolios.
 * Videos of students participating in a Reader's Theater production can be uploaded to Smilebox and made into a Slideshow with video clips.
 * Smilebox slideshows including class schedules, sample student work, and short video clips can be used for Parent Night and Open House.

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