Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Labeley Emoji: Digital Classroom Tool

Young kids love emojis, teenagers love emojis, and even adults love emoticons. They help us to easily communicate our feelings and thoughts in a visual and clear fashion. Emojis are everywhere and they can be used in an infinite number of ways. Read on to learn about a tool for using them in the classroom!


Teachers often use various tech tools that encourage students to be active, creative and collaborative. Thanks to their popularity, emoticons can be successfully used in classroom as well to unleash students’ creativity. Emojis successfully capture students’ attention in the classroom. Therefore, incorporating emojis into education and using them correctly can definitely boost kids’ motivation for learning and participating in class activities.
A great way to use emojis in classroom is to get your students to create their own personalized emojis and use them in the learning process. To do that, you need to find the appropriate, preferably free, and easy to use tech tool that will allow you and your students to make your own custom emojis. 

One such tech tool that fits this description perfectly is Labeley Emoji. It is a completely free, online app for creating personalized emoji stickers for various purposes. It is so easy to use that even the youngest can use it and express themselves in a fun and creative way.

How does Labeley emoji tool work?

To use the tool, all you have to do is go to the website and select the shape for your emoji. All the emoji elements are located on the left side of the screen, while the bigger, right side is your workspace. Once you choose the shape, you can go through the rest of the emoji graphic elements and pick eyes, eyebrows, mouth, nose and glasses for your emoji design. The galleries of these predesigned elements will allow you to create emojis that represent numerous different expressions.
Students can also turn their own photos into emojis. The special feature that enables users to upload any photo from the computer will help them transform any image into an emoji by adding funny eyes, glasses, mouths etc. Labeley app also allows for adding text, which can come in super handy when learning adjectives, for example. They can then save and download the emoji stickers they’ve created without providing an email address or any other personal detail.
These stickers can be used in so many different learning projects. This digital activity is a fun way for students to express their creativity. Students can also use emojis to express their opinion on a particular topic. Teachers will find them helpful for teaching vocabulary and explaining synonyms, or adding personal touch to grading their students with custom emoji sticker.
Emojis are sometimes worth a thousand words, so why not use the power of these image expressions and make learning fun and more engaging? Labeley emoji tool is here just to help in that endeavor  To quickly get up to speed with using the tool, you can check out this quick illustrated tutorial!

Have you ever used emojis in the classroom? I would love to hear about them!

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