Podcasting Comic Strip Narratives to Teach Social Communication Skills

Training Presentation

Today's Technology Objectives:

1. Sign in to the Wiki.2. Organize Media Files. 3. Use Pixton to create a comic strip.4. Use Comic Life to embellish a photo.5. Capture a screenshot image.6. Create a Podcast in Garage Band.7. Navigate iTunes and the iPod Touch.

Along the way:· Add to knowledge about different types of social narratives.· Set up a system of collaboration.

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On the Internet: Sign in to the Wiki. Review various exemplars of social narratives on the Social Communication Skills Page:· http://blumlearningtools.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0+Social+NarrativesOn your computer:· Create a folder entitled "social story images" in Pictures Folder.

Getting Organized

PixtonSign up for an account in Pixton for Fun.

http://www.pixton.com

Comic Life

Add captions to your photos

Grabbing Screenshots1. SMART Notebook camera

2. Applications>Utilities>Grab

Click to see screenshot source

http://www.pixton.com/comic/8a4rhcpb

Garage Band PodcastOpen Garage Band and choose Voice from the project icons.Name your project (it will be saved in the Garage Band Folder in Music)

To create a story with pictures (Podcast):Record the story first.• Click on either the Male Basic or Female Basic track depending on your gender.• NOW record! The controls at the bottom are like a tape recorder. Tap on any key to stop recording.

Add your media next. But you will have to add a Track for that in order to drag your artwork (media) into the project.• Go to the Garage Band Toolbar and select Track>Podcast Track.***TIP*** Have images in iPhoto before starting! They will show up in the media browser. Otherwise drag image files from Finder.• Use click and drag to get the images to show the way you want during the audio.

Share the completed project with iTunes to sync onto the iPod:When the story is finished, you can watch it on the computer, and iPod or share it with the web.• Go to the Garage Band Toolbar and select Share>Send to iTunes for playing on the computer and/or synching it on an iPod.

iTunes

Create a playlist named "social stories".

Drag your story from the music library into your new playlist.

iPod Touch

Manage student assigned iPods manually.

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Check out your iPod Touch.