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VI. Educational Applications |
VIII. References |

Developed By: |
Albert Lai |
Release Date: |
2004 |
Type: |
Photo sharing |
URL: |
I. Purpose of BubbleShare
According to the site itself, "BubbleShare's mission is to help you tell your story using fun, web-based tools to make your photo sharing experience easy and entertaining. Simply put: You have stories and we want to help you tell them."3 BubbleShare is simple and easy to use; it does not require users to create a complex account to upload photos. Only an active e-mail account is needed to share photos on BubbleShare. Additionally, BubbleShare enables users that are not as technologically inclined to easily incorporate photos into blogs or other webpages by providing HTML code for uploaded photos. By adding sound and comment boxes, BubbleShare allows you to tell a story any way you want.
II. Background Information
BubbleShare was founded by Albert Lai in 2004. The company is based out of Toronto, Canada. In 2007, BubbleShare was sold to Kaboose, a family-focused online media company. 4 BubbleShare is now under the leadership of developer Terry Gregory and engineer Mazdak Rezvani. 5
BubbleShare is a free online photo sharing application. Users don't even need to create accounts on BubbleShare; only an email address is needed to share pictures.
III. How does BubbleShare work?
How do you sign up?
To sign up for BubbleShare, simply go to www.bubbleshare.com. In the right-hand corner, there are buttons that say "Sign up Now" and "Log in". To register for an account, click the "Sign up Now" button and follow the steps. You will then get a confirmation email, which will give you a link to follow. Once you click the link, your account will be activated and you can start sharing photos!
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How do you upload and share photos?
Once you have registered for BubbleShare, you can start uploading photos and designing your own unique photo albums. Go to www.bubbleshare.com and log in with your email address and password. Click on "Create a New Album", and decide on a name for your album. You can then start browsing for photos from your own documents. You can also choose your privacy settings - either allowing only the people you share with to view the photos or allowing anyone in the world to see them. If you choose to let the Public view your album, you can also put the album under a certain category. After choosing an album theme, click the "Next" button to continue uploading. You now have the option to add different comments, descriptions, and even clip art to your photos. When you are finished adding to your photos, click "View Album" to see how it will look to others. You can then choose to share your album with others through email, your blog, myspace, or facebook.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Is BubbleShare compatible with other operating systems?
Yes, it is campatible with all operating systems and with all the major browsers, including FireFox, Safari, Netscape, Mozilla, and Opera. For the MAC users, BubbleShare also provides a iPhoto plugin. 8
How many pictures can you upload using BubbleShare?
You can upload as many digital images that you desire without any restrictions, you can create as many photo albums as you want to. 8
IV. Similar Web 2.0 Applications
photobucket
"Photobucket offers: sharing of photos, videos, and albums by email, IM, and mobile phone. Friends and family don't need an account on Photobucket to see your stuff. They just need to click the link you give them. So stop emailing photo attachments around, and start sharing with Photobucket."10
flickr
"Flickr is an image and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community platform. In addition to being a popular Web site for users to share photographs, the service is widely used by bloggers as a photo repository. As of November 2008, it claims to host more than 3 billion images."12
V. Unique Features
Add audio and video captions to your photos
- You are able to narrate your photo or slide and if you want add some flavor to the story.
- Click the video gizmo on your gizmo bar at the top of the page.
- Make sure your camera is plugged in or on.
- You can talk for up to 30 seconds each slide to give the audience a better understanding about what the picture is about.
- You can position the video caption icon on the picture so it is easy for the person looking at your slides to watch the video. 13
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Create themes for your photos
- There are 20 different themes you can use for your pictures.
- Themes can add something unique to your pictures.
- They can also include some sort of silliness in your pictures.
- The themes can also help create an even better appearance to your photo albums.
- An important factor in choosing a photo sharing is the different unique options you can do with your picture. 15
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Bubblezoom
- An exciting new feature called Bubblezoom has gotten a lot of reviewers' attention
- This feature can work on any photo in your albums.
- All you do is simply click on the BubbleZoom button and have a 3x zoom view on any area of the photo.
- This can be convenient if you are standing in front of something memorable or far away that you would like to emphasize in your picture.
- It can also point out a funny moment caught on film in the background.
- CEO Albert Lai says that it's inspired by Apple's Aperture Zooming capabilities. 17
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VI. Educational Applications
BubbleShare has many different educational applications. Its many unique features allow teachers to integrate it into a variety of different classes. BubbleShare allows you to tell a story or "narrate" for your slide show. This gives the teachers an opportunity to help students to narrate their class projects and really apply what they have learned. Here are a few ways projects can be used.
- A foreign language teacher assigns students to take pictures of their morning routine. The students then set the pictures up in a slide show. After the slideshow is created, the students must narrate their routine.
- A biology teacher assigns students the task of creating a slide show of different animals. They label all of the different types using the comic boxes feature. Finally, the students list where they are commonly found throughout their area.
- A physical education teacher assigns students the task of creating a new game. They are required to take pictures of the game and create "How To" to play the game. They will use the many features on BubbleShare to depict how the game is setup and properly played.
BubbleShare allows teachers and students many opportunities for educational uses through photosharing. Teachers can now prepare project and have the students easily upload their projects to this site. Also, BubbleShare allows the teachers to give lessons in a unique and fun way. BubbleShare is a program that can easily be incorporated into the classroom.
Below are a number of lesson plans for all levels of education
Grades 4-5 |
Science - Ecology - Leaves (Created by Shana Musall) |
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Overview |
This lesson will provide the students with useful knowledge about trees and their leaves. They will be able to go around to the different trees and take pictures of the leaves so they will be able to identify them later. The students will upload the images onto BubbleShare and make a Leaf Collection album. |
Objective |
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
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Materials |
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Procedures |
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Evaluation |
The students will be graded on the accuracy of their labeling of the trees. Students will receive points if the pictures are uploaded correctly. The students will be assessed using the A-F grading scale. |
Grades 2-3 |
Social Studies - Family Tree (Created by Shana Musall) |
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Overview |
This lesson will help the students grow closer to their family and learn more about their background. They will take a picture of each family member then make a family tree. They will need to upload the photos of their family members on BubbleShare. They will also need to record audio of each family member explaining their relationship. |
Objective |
After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
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Materials |
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Procedures |
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Evaluation |
The students will be awarded points based on the number of family members they have included in the family tree. Since not all families are large, students are required to have three family members photos. Any family members beyond that will be bonus. Students will be assessed using the standard A-F grading scale. |
Grades 2-4 |
Spanish - Vocabulary Words (Created by Shana Musall) |
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Overview |
This lesson will provide students with a new way to learn Spanish vocabulary words. The students will be able to go around and take pictures of the Spanish words they are learning. Once students take pictures, they will upload them to BubbleShare and add the Spanish word as a caption. |
Objective |
After completing this lesson, students will:
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Materials |
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Procedures |
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Evaluation |
The students will be graded on the accuracy of the photo captions. Students will also be given points for uploading the pictures correctly. Students will be graded on the standard A-F system. |
Grades K-1 |
Colors (Created by Shana Musall) |
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Overview |
This lesson is very basic and will provide the students with an overview of colors. They will be able to take pictures of different items of various colors. Once they take the pictures, they will upload and label the images accordingly. |
Objective |
After completing this lesson the students will:
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Materials |
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Procedures |
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Evaluation |
Students will be graded on the accuracy of their labels. They will be given points for uploading the images onto BubbleShare. Students will be graded on a standard A-F scale. |
Secondary
Grades 7-12 |
Fine Arts - Still Movie Making (Created by Rachel Lowery) |
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Overview |
Students will use BubbleShare to store photos and make a presentation that will look similar to a movie. |
Objective |
After completing this lesson, students will:
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Materials |
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Procedures |
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Evaluation |
The presentations must have a beginning, middle and end and must tell a story using some sort of artistic expression. |
Grades 9-12 |
Biology - Binomial Nomenclature (Created by Rachel Lowery) |
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Overview |
Students will explore Binomial Nomenclature. |
Objective |
After completing this lesson, students will:
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Materials |
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Procedures |
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Evaluation |
Students will receive points based on the number of animals photographed and the accuracy of the captions. |
Grades 7-10 |
Health - Unhealthy Lifestyles (Created by Rachel Lowery) |
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Overview |
Students will take pictures of things that cause harm to your body and the effects that those things can have. |
Objective |
After completing this lesson, students will:
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Materials |
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Procedures |
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Evaluation |
Students will be graded based on their labels of the unhealthy pictures. |
Grades 7-12 |
History - Industrial Revolution (Created by Rachel Lowery) |
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Overview |
Students will take pictures of items that they use every day and were totally, or in part invented during the Industrial Revolution |
Objective |
After completing this lesson, students will:
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Materials |
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Procedures |
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Evaluation |
Students will be graded based on their commentary of the pictures. Students should identify as much background information about the product as is necessary to gain a basic understanding of how the Industrial Revolution changed this product. |
Post-Secondary
Education |
Digital Storytelling (Created by Charity Blackwood) |
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Overview |
Students will use up to 20 photos and use BubbleShare to organize them into an effective digital story. |
Objective |
After completing this lesson, students will know how to effectively share a story using photos instead of words. |
Materials |
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Procedures |
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Evaluation |
Each student will be graded based on having completed all of the steps of the project, the quality of the photos, clarity and creativity in which they were arranged and whether or not a story is being told through the photos. |
Consumer |
Recipe Documentation (Created by Charity Blackwood) |
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Overview |
In groups of two, students will be given a recipe to make and will have to document each step of the procedure. They will use BubbleShare to upload, arrange and share photos. Each group of students must then write a two-page report on the project. |
Objective |
After completing this lesson, students will be able to follow a complex recipe and document each part of the procedure. |
Materials |
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Procedures |
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Evaluation |
Each student will be graded based on having documented each step of the food-making procedure and organizing the photos in a clear and creative way. |
Education |
Blogging (Created by Charity Blackwood) |
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Overview |
Students will keep a web-log (blog) for three weeks, adding daily posts and weekly photos. |
Objective |
After completing this lesson, students will know how to keep a web-log and share digital photos of different life experiences. |
Materials |
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Procedures |
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Evaluation |
Students will be graded based upon the length and quality of their posts as well as the relevance and creativity of their photo albums. |
Communications |
Persuasive Presentation (Created by Charity Blackwood) |
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Overview |
Students will find and/or take photos relating to a relevant, controversial issue. |
Objective |
At the end of this lesson, students will have experience persuading an audience using images. |
Materials |
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Procedures |
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Evaluation |
Each student will be graded based on how relevant their topic is, how effective their photos appear to the audience, and how successfully they are in presenting the problem and solution of their controversial issue. |
Business
Training |
Importance of Documentation (Created by Jacob Pleasac) |
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Overview |
The following plan is to teach business executives how to save important pictures that are needed for their business. This includes pictures that can be used to appeal to clients and pictures that could be used for later projects. |
Objective |
Members of a corporation will learn how to use BubbleShare and hold a conference explaining it to executives or other interested workers. |
Materials |
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Procedures |
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Evaluation |
The instructor will monitor employee progress using BubbleShare. |
Presentation |
Business Proposal (Created by Jacob Pleasac) |
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Overview |
The following lesson plan informs company workers of the perks and advantages that a corporation can offer to individuals. |
Objective |
This presentation will show employees:
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Materials |
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Procedures |
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Evaluation |
The results of the presentation will determine the effectiveness. |
Armed Forces |
Visual Assimilation (Created by David Joest) |
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Overview |
During training exercises, branches of the armed forces show trainees photos of situations that they could encounter on a mission. This lesson plan utilizes BubbleShare to effectively present photos. |
Objective |
After completing this lesson, participants should:
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Materials |
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Procedures |
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Evaluation |
Trainees will be given an exam to test how much they retained. The test will cover material in the lecture, photos, and captions. |
Training |
New Employee Program (Created by David Joest) |
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Overview |
This lesson plan utilizes BubbleShare to allow new employees to become more familiar with a company's products. Audio and video captions will be added to photos to increase the amount of information retained by employees. |
Objective |
After completing this lesson, participants should:
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Materials |
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Procedures |
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Evaluation |
New employees will be given an exam to test how much they retained. The test will cover material in the lecture, photos, and captions. |
VII. International Applications
BubbleShare is currently being used across the globe. From its conception in Canada to its use in Romania and China, BubbleShare's unique features explain the expansion of the application. Teachers and students, families, and companies worldwide have taken advantage of the ease of using BubbleShare. BubbleShare's Community tab allows users to view recently uploaded public albums from all over the world.19 In China, users enjoy including BubbleShare albums on their blogs.20 BubbleShare provides HTML code to easily add albums to blogs and other web pages. Stories told through photos are not bound by language in the way that written stories are, so BubbleShare can be used to share stories internationally. But BubbleShare is only accessible in English, it is difficult for most Chinese who are not good at English to use it. As a result, the application of BubbleShare has been hardly used in education field in China.
VIII. References
1. http://www.bubbleshare.com/images/sharedlogo_large_slogan.gif
2. http://www.bubbleshare.com/
3. http://www.bubbleshare.com/about/
4. http://www.linkedin.com/in/albertlai
5. http://www.bubbleshare.com/about/the_team
6. http://www.bubbleshare.com/users/new
7. http://www.bubbleshare.com/new
8. http://masterview.ikonosnewmedia.com/2005/12/05/share_your_online_photo_album.htm
9. http://news.cnet.com/i/bto/20080421/photobucket_logo.png
10. http://photobucket.com/about
12. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr
13. http://www.bubbleshare.com/help/video_captions
14. http://www.bubbleshare.com/help/video_captions
15. http://www.bubbleshare.blogspot.com/
16. http://www.bubbleshare.com/new
17. http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/03/02/bubbleshare-adds-ajax-zoom-feature/
18. http://www.bubbleshare.com/myalbum/578365.9147f1cd03f/editor
19. http://www.bubbleshare.com/community
20. http://langkawiproject.blogspot.com/2008/11/bubbleshare-share-photos-craft-ideas.html
13 Comments
Unknown User (dwjoest)
Hey Team 26 - I'm looking forward to working with all of you over the next few weeks as the project manager for this site. I am a freshman studying Social Studies Education. I hope to teach government and/or economics as well as coach cross-country and track. Besides school and running, I play guitar and enjoy being outside - camping, backpacking, sailing, etc. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions throughout this whole process. It's definitely going to be somewhat of an adventure for all of us.
Yuying Wang
Hi, David! I'm wondering if you have worked out the specific plan for the project or not, 'cause my teacher, Xiuli, said some of the teams have already assigned roles and tasks, so how about our team?
Yuying Wang
David, could you let all of the team members make short introductions and post their skype accounts here? Since Xia, Chen, Yuan and I don't know you guys very well, in this way we can add each other as friends and get in touch more easily, Thanks!
Yuying Wang
Hi, everyone! I'm Wang Yuying, or you can call me Sarah (my English name). I'm a graduate student from Beijing Normal University, Beijing China. My major is linguistics. I'm very glad to participate in the project and make friends with all of you. It's my first time to know BubbleShare, I still look forward to working with you as we progress. Hope we'll have a good time together.
My e-mail: yuyingwang0211@gmail.com
my skype account: wangyuying11
Unknown User (cblackwo)
Hey, everyone!
I'm a freshman studying English Education at Purdue. I'd like to eventually teach Jr. High English. I've lived in Indiana for my of my life, but before I came to Purdue, I lived with my family in Melbourne, Australia for 2 1/2 years. The rest of my family is still there, minus one of my brothers, who is a senior here at Purdue. I am a Christian, and Jesus Christ is my Savior and Lord. I am very involved in the Lafayette Reformed Presbyterian church. I also love reading, playing the piano, hanging out with my family and friends, and taking long walks.
My email is cblackwo@purdue.edu.
Xiao Renchun
Hi, all!
Nice to meet you here. Renchun Xia is my chinese name, and you cancall me Haigly! I am studying History Education In BNU for the master's degree in the first year. I am an open-minded guy, and like sharing thoughts with others, hope we could have good talks in the future. I enjoy reading books relevant with history, philosophy and education, and also like taking exercises. Table Tennis and Tennis are my favorite. Ok, those are my short introduction. I hope we could know more in the future in the process of cooperation. My Email is: haigly@gmail.com, and my SkyPe account is : haigly! You could search my account!
Yuying Wang
Haigly, you did a good job!
Unknown User (rjprocto)
Hello guys! Just a friendly hello from your UTA. I just wanted to let you know that I am going to show you how to do some coding and linking in class this Friday. If you have ANY questions about coding/linking please don't hesitate to email me. I did most of the coding on my project last semester and it can be tricky, but it's not too bad once you get it down.
Unknown User (rjprocto)
oh...my email is rjprocto@purdue.edu
Unknown User (jkreditp)
Yo, My name is Josh kredit-phelps. I am studying Health and Physical Education. I like to have lots of fun and look forward to working with everyone. I love sports and movies and that is about it.
My email is jkreditp@purdue.edu
Unknown User (jplesac)
hey whats up may name is Jacob Plesac, I am from Hobart, Indiana. I am majoring in Social Studies Education and want to teach world history. I love sports and want to coach wrestling and baseball.
jplesac@purdue.edu
Xiao Renchun
I will would a history teacher one year later. I think we may have lots of common interests. Expecting to have furthur talks in the future.
Xiao Renchun
Nice job?