Scrapblog!Online Scrapbooks

A How-To Guide byJennifer D’Antoni

What is Scrapblog!?

An online program that allows you to create a scrapbook

Combine photos, videos, audio, and text

Allows for creativity!

Getting started

Visit the website http://www.scrapblog.com/

On the top, click the button Log-in or sign up to create your account or access other projects you’ve created

You can also create a scrapblog without signing up as a “test drive” or practice

Here’s an example…

Click here

Now You’re Ready… You’re ready to start your very own scrapblog! You have two choices

Start with a Theme Choose from many pre-

selected templates and layouts

Add your own pictures to personalize

Father’s Day, Fairy Tales, Prom, Yearbook

Start with a blank page Build your Scrapblog

from scratch You can still customize

your project using photos, stickers, and backgrounds

Here’s What It Looks Like…

Whatever you Choose…

Scrapblog will take you automatically to the set-up screen to start your project

Whether you have decided to use a theme or start from scratch, you must upload the pictures you want to include in your project

On the left hand side of the screen, there will be the tab “Get Photos”

You can upload photos from your computer, Facebook, Photobucket, Flickr, Webshots

This is what you should see…

All of your tools to personalize your Scrapblog (photos, stickers, backgrounds) are in this left hand column

After you have uploaded the photos…

They will appear on the left hand side of the screen

• If you have chosen to use the templates, hold down your mouse on the picture and drag it onto the already existing photos to make it your own!

• If you chose to create your own scrapblog from scratch, hold down your mouse on the picture and drag it anywhere onto the page.

Now comes the fun part…

You can add Stickers, Backgrounds, text, shapes, and video!

Just click on the link of the accessory you want to add

Click on the sticker, background, shape that you want. It will appear on the left hand of the screen like the pictures did

Then drag it onto your page to join your pictures

Here’s a page from the Scrapblog I created!

Scrapblog and the Curriculum

Scrapblog can be used in any content area!

Literacy- Use Scrapblog to illustrate a student’s personal narrative

Social Studies- Make a Scrapblog of a historical figure’s life

Scrapblog and the Curriculum con’t.

Science- Document how to perform a scientific experiment properly

Math- Illustrate word problems and how to solve them with Scrapblog

Now It’s Your Turn…

Think of all the ways you can use Scrapblog in your classroom! How will Scrapblog impact your lessons in the classroom? The possibilities are endless! Have fun creating your own Scrapblog…