educomics using digital comics in the classroom
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Educomics http://www.educomics.org/ is a European Union education project. It has built sets of resource materials for teachers based on research and piloting in EU schools, so that teachers will have clear examples and guides to use digital comics in their teaching practice.You can try digital comics in your school but please let us know what happened?TRANSCRIPT
How digital comics can be used in the classroom
This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community and the Life Long Learning Programme.The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Community, nor does it involve any responsibility on the part of the European Community.
A European Union funded education project
1. What resources will be made available to schools by the project
2. A short example of the ComicLab digital comic software that is being used in the project
This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community and the Life Long Learning Programme.The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Community, nor does it involve any responsibility on the part of the European Community.
Two parts to this presentation:
This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community and the Life Long Learning Programme.
The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Community, nor does it involve any responsibility on the part of the European Community.
Educomics resources for schools
Existing usage of web comics in Education
Case Studies and Piloting
This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community and the Life Long Learning Programme.
The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Community, nor does it involve any responsibility on the part of the European Community.
Educomics resources for schools
Teacher training materials and case studies
Teacher training seminars
Online community
http://www.educomics.org
This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community and the Life Long Learning Programme.
The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Community, nor does it involve any responsibility on the part of the European Community.
Educomics website resourceshttp://www.educomics.org
This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community and the Life Long Learning Programme.
The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Community, nor does it involve any responsibility on the part of the European Community.
Materials for using comics in the classroom
Introductory materials
A new digital instructional medium
Strategies & activities
Authoring tools for creating comics
This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community and the Life Long Learning Programme.
The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Community, nor does it involve any responsibility on the part of the European Community.
Lesson plans & usage ideas
Pilot uses in the classroom
Multimedia story telling
Ideas and suggestions
This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community and the Life Long Learning Programme.
The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Community, nor does it involve any responsibility on the part of the European Community.
Links to other resources
Comic Book Creators
Comic Strip Creators
Comic Viewers
Teaching with comics
This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community and the Life Long Learning Programme.
The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Community, nor does it involve any responsibility on the part of the European Community.
The ComicLab Application
This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community and the Life Long Learning Programme.
The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Community, nor does it involve any responsibility on the part of the European Community.
The ComicLab Interface &editing tools
This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community and the Life Long Learning Programme.
The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Community, nor does it involve any responsibility on the part of the European Community.
Placing elements together to make
a narrative
This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community and the Life Long Learning Programme.
The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Community, nor does it involve any responsibility on the part of the European Community.
Digital comics can be used within multiple curriculum areas:
• Languages• Mathematics• Sciences• Arts• History• Geography
and of course are an ideal medium for cross-curricular activities
This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community and the Life Long Learning Programme.
The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Community, nor does it involve any responsibility on the part of the European Community.
MakeBeliefsComics http://www.makebeliefscomix.com
Kiddonet http://www.kiddonet.com
There are many examples of digital comics and video cartoons available on the Internet. Many are free, some require registration and some payment.
Here just a few examples we know of:
Bubblr! http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/
Scholastic’s Captain Underpantshttp://www.scholastic.com/captainunderpants/
This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community and the Life Long Learning Programme.
The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Community, nor does it involve any responsibility on the part of the European Community.
Dvolver Moviemakerhttp://www.dfilm.com/live/moviemaker.html
Minivid http://www.fuzzwich.com/minivids/index/_fz_build/1/
Myths and Legends http://myths.e2bn.org/story_creator/
PikiKids http://www.pikikids.com/
Zimmer Twins http://www.zimmertwins.ca/
Sam and Max Comic Striphttp://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/comics/create
And more
This project has been carried out with the support of the European Community and the Life Long Learning Programme.
The content of this project does not necessarily reflect the position of the European Community, nor does it involve any responsibility on the part of the European Community.
For more see the EduComics website
http://www.educomics.org/
Thank you for your interest