Saturday, October 9, 2010

Cool Table Tool trick!

Do you want to create a cool game that can be used with your students? I wasn't aware that you could fill a cell in a table with an image (just hadn't thought of it) and loved that you can use this ability to create a background for students to match something to in the table.

Create your table and resize your cells to fit your needs. Right click on a cell and choose properties, fill effects and then image fill. Fill the cell with a picture that you have previously saved. This could be a picture of an animal if you want students to match the sound with the pic for instance. You may have to resize your cell since the image may become tiled. This allows for just one image to be highlighted. Continue doing this for each cell until you have created your "game board."

Choose objects that need to be matched with the image filled cells or you can create a shape with a number that is linked to a sound (such as the sound of the animal pictured in one of the cells). Choose sound from the pull down and attach the sound that you have saved to the object/picture. Students can play the sound and then click and drag it into the cell with the matching picture.

Do you want to create a simple answer key? Pull the correct answers into the table and capture the table. Using the tool in the gallery called, "question flipper image," drag the image of the table into the tool. Edit the front with text and write "click here for answer." The tool along with the choices and table will all be one one page.

Need an example to follow? Email me and I will be happy to share one with you.
shawns@bradfields.com

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