Bubblr: Poetry in Photos

I thought that Bubblr was a very cool tool, that could easily be utilized in the English Language Arts classroom. My first thought was to use this tool to help students better comprehend poetry. Students often have a tough time deciphering the imagery that fills poetry and this tool would allow them to illustrate their understanding in a creative and personal way. Students can find pictures that illustrate each line of poetry and create a slideshow to demonstrate their understanding, or even create deeper meaning for the poem. Bubblr easily allows you to embed these photo slides, which would work great for putting them on the class blog to share with others. I love the fact that students can use photography without fear of copyright infringement or other issues. I created a sample using the poem The Red Wheelbarrow by William Carlos Williams. There are so many ways you could use these tools in the ELA classroom, but this is the first one that came to my mind.

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Poetry in Photos by Nathan Thoma