SMILEBOX

**Smilebox ** Smilebox is a web-based or downloadable program that allows the user to create a variety of projects with their photos or videos. This easy to use program allows the user to insert their pictures, videos, text, sound and designs. Once you have completed a project you can then upload it easily onto any website such as myspace, Facebook, or a blog. [] Sample of Student Use
 * Resources **

-Easy to use -You can insert photos and videos -Create scrapbooks and photo albums with ease -You can print out your creations (with paid version) -Easy upload to websites (including your blog) -Hundreds of designs to choose from - FREE for basic use--inexpensive to upgrade if needed - Can download software to computer and work on project offline - With downloaded software, students can save their projects to their own folders - Can use any digital images that have been saved to your computer such as those from Creative Commons, etc.
 * SWOT **
 * __Strengths__ **

- Upload is not instant - Some features require you buy the product - Pictures need to be scanned or digitally taken - Everyone shares one account, if students are logged on to teachers account - Students can easily upload a variety of projects to the web - Students can use across the curriculum in a variety of ways
 * __Weaknesses__**
 * __Opportunities__ **

- Students must remember to delete their pictures from the computer when they are done - Students need to understand that what they post on the web might be seen by others - Students need to have an understanding of copyright law and what can be used legally
 * __Threats__**

- Create and send postcards to pen pals - Students can create slideshows and photo albums that document a science experiment of other inquiries. - Students can all work together to create a album of their classroom community to post to their school website (or print out with the upgraded version) - Can be used to create biographical scrapbooks of important figures from history - Can be used for writing assignments such as an "about me" scrapbook - Can be used to create a scrapbook for a character from a book - Can be combined with digital photography to demonstrate a math concept - Can create a geographical or historical scrapbook about an assigned topic
 * Ideas for the classroom **
 * - ** Create a photo album of a classroom field trip