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Make an avatar. http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/Avatar+Makers RSH

Make a podcast. It's very easy to make one using SonicPics on an iPad. Choose 3 pictures and record audio to describe, explain, actions, events, experiences. Easy on Mac, too. AudioBoo, VoiceThread? RSH

Wes Fryer's Tell a Story in 5 Photos @http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2010/08/15/tell-a-story-in-5-photos-for-educators-smores/ Kids take pictures and use 5 to tell a simple or complex story. Involves using digital camera, image editing, digital storytelling. RSH

Make a word cloud. New feature on ABCya website. @http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm YouTube video how-to @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0faOyGAG6NU&feature=youtube_gdata_player This is still in Beta, but ABCya is kid-friendly and images can be saved to your computer, or printed. RSH

Learn how to check books in and out at your school library. Teach a new student or younger student how to do it, too. RSH

Explore your public library website. Get a library card if you don't already have one. Self-Check your own books. Search the catalog and put a book on reserve. RSH

More things... Take pictures using a digital camera. Upload pictures to a computer. Put them on a flash drive. RSH

Learn the keyboard on a computer. @http://www.abcya.com/kids_typing_game.htm @http://www.abcya.com/cup_stack_typing_game.htm @http://www.abcya.com/keyboard.htm

Type your spelling, vocabulary words, type a story or letter. Save it to the desktop or a flash drive.

Learn about Internet Safety with Professor Garfield: [] Watch, Try, and Apply in the Internet Safety module. -Tiff

Use a Flip Camera to interview an adult about how they use technology in their career. -Tiff

Create a book review or book trailer using Voicethread. -Tiff