How can an educator customize their web 2.0 site to make it visually interesting?
Once an educator has started implementing various web 2.0 tools and resources to aid their students learning it is important to make those sites visually interesting. A captivating site will draw student attention, make it look better, and add a great deal personality to, what could be an otherwise uninteresting and boring tool for students.
A simple logo design will fulfill the need for design. "Logo Creator Beta" is a Web 2.0 tool that allows the user to create a personalized logo for their sites. There are 5 different presets to start from, after a starting point is selected the user can choose from various fonts, colors, backgrounds and badges. After every setting has been chosen a logo is created for the user to save and add to their sites. This useful tool is far easier to use than an expensive graphics program and is only in its beta phase, meaning that it should improve over time.
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This is great, Brendan! Especially in an artistic environment, students will constantly be striving to customize their work and put a personal touch on things! Web 2.0 systems allow educators and students alike to share their work (not unlike what we're doing with our blog systems) and it would all be for naught if there wasn't some level of customization to complement the differences in writing and reading level on each blog/personal site! I expect many people in our classes will soon be using the Logo Creator to spruce up their own blogs.
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