Smore

My web tool is Smore. Click here to go directly to the Smore website. Smore is similar to blogger in the aspect that it displays information in a form similar to a flyer. Smore does not have a mobile APP, but it can easily be used on computers on our school network.

Below is an example flyer I made on Smore.

There are upgrades that cost money that allow custom backgrounds, more flyers per month, high quality photos, and no more branding. The costs increase the more features you get. There is a discounted version for educators. When you make an account, you can make 5 free flyers. After 5, you have to upgrade or pay a small fee to get more credits to make flyers. There are 3 paid versions, level one is $19/month, level two is $49/month, and level three is $99/month.

With Smore, you can share your flyer through social media, email, and Pintrest. After sharing it, you can go to your account and see the views it has gotten, as well as, what people are doing and clicking on your flyer.

When forming an account, the website does not ask for an age or parent permission, so I do not believe there are any.

In my site school classroom, if the students could make a flyer containing step for solving a math problem, characteristics of shapes, any vocabulary term, and endless other possibilities. I would definitely use this in my high school classes for a research assignment or for any presentation. It gives you the ability to organize information in a neat and entertaining way.

Any subject can use Smore flyers, although a history and reading class would be more common to use it. Any research activity or presentation would best lend themselves to this tool. My mentor teach does not use this tool in the classroom simply because time does not permit. This year, the students are having to learn two grades worth of math, so she dos not have time to assign projects.

Here are some examples that students made for a school assignment. The picture to the right is a history project explaining the 1920's. And the picture to the left is an example of a science project explaining the states of matter.