Friday, October 23, 2015

Tech Tool Number Three: Smore

Smore is a great tool that can be accessed through a website or an app. By clicking on this link, smore.com it will take you to the homepage of the website. Smores is compatible with phones, iPads, tablets, and computers. The app will need to be downloaded, but after that it should be up and running. Smore requires you to create an account when you log in. The level of account will depend on the cost of the program.

The purpose of the tool Smore is to create newsletters and flyers. These newsletters are created online with many different creation options. They can be modern, simple, colorful, black and white, unique, and for any event. This app is fool proof to use. All you need to do is simply click 'get started'. You will then be asked if you want to create a flyer for a business, an event, a sale, a class, or a bulletin. Once you have selected the event, you choose where you want to share this flyer whether its by email, Facebook, Eventbrite, or any other method you may choose. The website then gives you a template and walks you through even step you need to fill out. It has spots for the agenda, pictures, a title, information, directions, and many more things. 

Smore could be used in the classroom for many different grades and subjects. Third graders could create a newsletter about them and what they are doing in school to send home to their parents and grandparents. 4th graders could create a newsletter about an endangered species project they are working on. 6th graders could use Smore to create a flyer of an event that they are going to pretend to put on start to finish.

Smore is very versatile and can be used for many activities, subjects, and age ranges. It is a great way to research a topic and put it in organized print.

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