Multimedia Poetry Performance Can Be Child's Play

A llama talked to me on the internet this morning, and a yak did as well. Those talking animals briefly rendered me speechless. The talking photo animation site Blabberize appears to be designed primarily as a source of entertainment, much like other photo effect sites. It has powerful educational applications, though, and could be yet another technological tool to inspire children to recite and perform poetry. Another of my favorite multimedia poetry tools is Animoto: Traditionally, people have used music as a backdrop to their Animoto video creations, but poems work just fine.

I am a big fan of open source recording software as well as online video creation tools and of course kid-safe sharing sites. I tend to be on the lookout for new tools to get kids reciting poetry. In fact, I recently discovered another tool: Fotobabble, a very simple online program that allows people to upload a single photo and spend 60 seconds recording accompanying speech.

Got your headphones handy? This lens is about the how's and why's of mixing poetry together with technology and children.