8 ideas para usar el cómic en el aula y apps para crearlos en iPad y Android La semana pasada me afrontaba al reto de inventar, junto con mi hijo, una historia en donde él fuera el protagonista e ilustrar el relato con fotografías, enganchando la creación final en un álbum de papel. El proyecto presentaba la oportunidad de dejar volar la imaginación y por supuesto aprovechar algún recurso TIC. Nos decidimos a crear nuestro propio cómic en formato digital. Siempre asociamos el cómic como un medio de comunicación divertido y muy creativo y por tanto puede aprovecharse para que los alumnos de cualquier edad aprendan un tema a través de su explicación en viñetas. La elaboración de un cómic requiere no sólo del conocimiento de la historia que queremos transmitir, sino que además se han de trabajar otras interesantes destrezas: el razonamiento en forma de secuencia, la narrativa gráfica con concatenación de ilustraciones, el dominio de la informática, la comunicación escrita y el diseño artístico. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Comic Life ComicBook Strip Designer Halftone
cooltoolsforschools - home short stories at east of the web A game of Scrabble has serious consequences. - Length: 4 pages - Age Rating: PG - Genre: Crime, Humor A semi-barbaric king devises a semi-barabaric (but entirely fair) method of criminal trial involving two doors, a beautiful lady and a very hungry tiger. - Length: 7 pages - Genre: Fiction, Humor ‘Bloody hell!’ - Genre: Humor Looking round he saw an old woman dragging a bucket across the floor and holding a mop. - Length: 3 pages Henry pours more coal onto the hearth as a gust of wind rattles through the cracked window frame. - Length: 14 pages - Genre: Horror ulissa Ye relished all the comfortable little routines and quietude defining her part-time job at The Bookery, downtown’s last small, locally-owned bookstore. - Length: 8 pages - Age Rating: U The forest looked ethereal in the light from the moon overhead. - Length: 15 pages - Age Rating: 18 Corporal Earnest Goodheart is crouched in a ditch on the edge of an orchard between Dunkirk and De Panne. - Genre: Fiction - Length: 20 pages
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ToonCamera - App per iOS Transform your world into a live cartoon. Selected by Apple for iTunes Rewind Hot Trends In Apps and as an App Store Essential. "An amazing piece of technology." - Terry White, www.bestappsite.com "Best toon app out there, and totally worth the price!" ToonCamera is an amazing video and photography app that turns your world into a live cartoon. Features: • Choose from multiple cartoon, pencil, stipple, and ink effects • Customize your effects with unique line art styles • Take photos and record videos with a real-time preview of the effects • Convert existing photos and videos from your albums • Save your creations and share them with friends through email, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Instagram, and YouTube • Create canvas prints, posters, and more See a video of ToonCamera:
Emmabuntüs 2 : une distribution Linux pour faciliter le reconditionnement des ordinateurs Emmabuntüs est une distribution Linux conçue pour faciliter le reconditionnement des ordinateurs donnés aux associations humanitaires, en particulier les communautés Emmaüs (d'où son nom) et favoriser la découverte de Linux and GNU par les débutants, mais aussi prolonger la durée de vie du matériel pour limiter le gaspillage entraîné par la surconsommation de matières premières. Cette distribution Linux se veut épurée, accessible, équitable. Emmabuntüs contient tous les logiciels nécessaires à une prise en main rapide et agréable de GNU/Linux. Nouvelle version du 24 février 2014 : Emmabuntüs 1.07 voir ici Emmabuntüs 2 : Il a été nécessaire de trouver un compromis pour faciliter l'accès à tous : ainsi on retrouve des logiciels non libres comme Skype, en attendant l'arrivée d'alternatives permettant aux néophytes une prise en main rapide. Caractéristiques de ces distributions : Ecran : Vidéo : Collaboration avec le projet "Jerry-do-it-together." Qui est Jerry ? Voir :
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: 13 Good Social Studies Resources February 11, 2014 It's been awhile now since my last post on resources for social studies teachers. I have been bookmarking some new websites and platforms that can be of some help to social studies teachers and today I sat down and went through all of these resources and compiled the list below. I invite you to have a look and share with your colleagues : 1- Google Cultural Institute Google Cutltural Institute allows you to discover exhibits and collections from museums and archives all around the world. You will also get to explore cultural treasures in extraordinary detail, from hidden gems to masterpieces. 2- Ed Helper Social Studies resources EdHelper has this page packed full of resources and teaching materials on social studies for different grades and age groups. 3- Lesson Plans and Resources for Social Studies Teachers This is another page full of resources curated specifically by PBS Media for teachers and students of social studies. 5- Social Studies Teaching Resources