40+ Resources for Teaching Using Animation and Comics. January 27, 2014 Some of the animation links catalogued here will give educators very basic tools and histories of animation while others have the animation already created and set in motion, it’s just a matter of sharing it with students.
Educators need to decide which tool is best for them. If you want to create your own animation from scratch, then you want to go to sites such as Animwork. If you want to select from animation that’s already set up for you then perhaps Explainia makes more sense. 1. Animation for Education In this support system for educators, iCreate to Educate helps teachers and schools from primary through higher education become better learners by making animation more accessible throughout Europe. Great Resources for Teaching Using Comics. March , 2014 A few days ago I shared with you here in Educational Technology and Mobile Learning a list featuring some of the best web tools that you can use with your students to create comics.
As a teacher you can leverage the power of comics in several ways: you can use them for teaching writing, reading and speaking. Comics are also a good way for students to build and create their stories and share them with others. To help you better tap into the educational power of comics , I am sharing with you these two wonderful presentations where you will get to experiment with some new ideas of how to use comics in your instruction.
The slides also feature a wide variety of web tools and iPad apps for creating comics. Have a look and let us know what you think of them. 1- Tap into the world of comics 2- Online Comic Creators. AboutPearltrees. Khan Academy. Best Free Education Web Tool 2013. Fastest Way to Create Comic Strips and Cartoons - Toondoo. Creating ToonDoo Cartoons. Creating Your First ToonDoo Here is a simple ToonDoo.
With the information on this page, you will be able to create this cartoon, or a similar cartoon of your own. We will assume you have already established an account, navigated to and logged in to your account. 1. Click on the Create Your Own! 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Video Resources. Video without the distractions. TubeChop - Chop YouTube Videos. VideoNot.es: The easiest way to take notes synchronized with videos!
JOG THE WEB. Celly. Popplet. EDU: A complete educational solution for digital and mobile teaching and learning. Create a website — WordPress.com. Upload, Share, and Discover Content on SlideShare. Practical Advice for Teaching with Twitter – ProfHacker.
Last week I introduced a pedagogical framework for using Twitter in your teaching, organized along two axes: monologic to dialogic and passive to active.
These high-falutin terms are fine for a theoretical matrix, but what about the real life implementation of Twitter in and outside of your classroom? How do you actually do it? I’m going to leave behind the pedagogy (mostly) in this post, and instead offer some practical advice for teaching with Twitter. I’ll cover six aspects of Twitter integration where it pays to plan ahead of time (i.e. sometime last week): organization, access, frequency, substance, archiving, and assessment. I’ll deal with of each of these areas in turn, but before I do, and if you’re new to Twitter, I want to urge you to read Ryan Cordell’s comprehensive ProfHacker primer on Twitter. Organization A question I often hear from colleagues interested in using Twitter is Do I have to follow all of my students in order to teach with Twitter?
Access Frequency Substance. Twitter is a Teacher Superpower! “We all know that education budgets are getting cut more and more, and that meaningful professional development opportunities have unfortunately become a bit of an oxymoron in education.
Not only can being a “connected educator” help change that, but it can also provide you with ongoing inspiration and support. I’d even go as far to argue that being connected will be the most impactful thing you can do in your career.” Elana Leoni, blogger for Edutopia. I will even go far enough to say that becoming a connected educator is a Teacher Superpower! While I can come up with pretty new and innovative ideas while planning inside my classroom, I can gain so much more from sharing my ideas, collecting ideas on Twitter (known jokingly as #ideabandits), and connecting with other educators to collaborate about even more inspiring ideas.
Here is how: Get yourself logged onto Twitter and sign up for an account using your computer, iPad, or smartphone. Next step is to add an image of yourself. TED.