Telling stories through comics

Digital Storytelling for Young Learners - Week 2

This week we are exploring comics and cartoons that can be used in the English class. We're starting from an inspiring presentation by Janet Bianchini.

Fun with Comics and Cartoons from Janet Bianchini

Browsing through the links provided by Janet, I found this fantastic presentation providing many wonderful ideas on how to integrate comics in the classroom.

Tap Into The World Of Comics #2:Comic Version from S. Hendy

For this week's task 4 I have tried Marvel Kids Comics Creator to design my strip. You can easily create a strip without having to sign in and then you can save it as a pdf file.
This is the final result:

I also tried a comic creator by the British Council which I'm sure my students - who are also great football fans - would love.

Just for fun!

Digital Storytelling for Young Learners - Week 1 Task 5 - Play in the Sandbox

Instructions:
Feel free to explore the various storytelling tools in our sandbox. If you feel comfortable, please use one of these tools to complete your 3,2,1 Introduction. When you are finished playing with one of the tools, post a reflection of your experience in the Edmodo group. This way we can learn from each other. There are numerous incredible storytelling tools that we will not be able to explore. The sandbox is a way to get to play with these tools and see if they will work for your classroom environment.

This is my first experiment: a cartoon strip. I think my teenage students will love it!

Garfield Comics Lab is easy to use and can work for many classroom activities.

Digikids - 321 Introduction

As anticipated in my previous post, EVO 2013 has just started. Course participants are introducing themselves, often with 321 introductions.

The following is my 321 Introduction Flipbook for the Digikids course. I used snacktools.

EVO is back!

EVO 2013 is going to start in a few hours. All the courses available are really interesting and even though I know I will need a lot of time, I chose three that I find particularly useful and stimulating.

Becoming a Webhead 2013

Digital Storytelling for Young Learners

Designed for Business

I will  post some of the activities in the blog in order to keep track of what I'm going to learn.