Trading Card Creator

"Trading Card Creator" - http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/trading-card-creator-30056.html -  provides learners with an alternative way to demonstrate their literacy knowledge and skills when writing about popular culture texts or real world examples.

The "Trading Card Creator" interactive allows Learners to create their own trading card about...

• a real or fictional person,
• a place,
• an object,
• an event, and/or
• an abstract concept.

"Having seen how many younger learners are into "Trading Cards" I think this could be a big hit."

These cards can be used with any type of book that learners are reading or subjects that they are studying, and make for an excellent pre-writing exercise for learners who are writing narrative stories and need to consider characters, setting, and plot.

Specific prompts guide learners through the various types of cards, expanding learners' thinking from the basic information and description of the topic to making personal connections to the subject.

"Trading Card Creator's" save capability gives learners a way to work on a draft of their card and come back to it to rework and revise as necessary, and to save their finished product to share with peers, educators and other stakeholders.

Images can be uploaded into the card to give the finished product a complete and polished look.

"Trading Card Creator's" Cards can be bundled into...

• a single or
• small collection (8 card maximum)

...so that learners have a way of sort and grouping similar topics in one file.

If you give "Trading Card Creator"  a try or have already used "Trading Card Creator", do share your feedback, positive and/or negative, in the comments.

Thank you

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"I post about items that I either like using myself or have found them to be very helpful and/or I feel that educators and/or Learners will find they can enhance their current practice by trying them out."