INTERESTING+APPLICATIONS


 * This page will focus on anything that teachers think might be usefully used by other teachers and students in relation to learning. **

**SHARED POWERPOINTS ON ALL SUBJECTS**
I use this a lot because they load easily and in many cases save me the time of creating my own Ppts. I use apple shift 4 to capture any that I like and want to use without the net eg If a room has slow internet access.
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This is a Web 2.0 presentation shared by Daryl Cartwright at the Video capture session on Monday 30th August 2010. It looks very interesting
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 * [|Digital Books - The Future or not?]**


 * [|SHARED POWERPOINTS]** is a site where teachers in a wide range of subjects have put their powerpoints online. Easy to adapt for your own use. Why re-invent the wheel?

**EDUCATIONAL ORIGAMI**
Educational Origami is a [|blog], and a wiki, about the integration of ICT into the classroom, this is one of the largest challenges that I feel we as teachers face. Its about 21st Century Learning and 21st Century Teaching. [|Marc Prensky] coined the now popular and famous phrase "[|Digital natives and digital immigrants]" in his two papers by the same name. Ian Jukes talks about Digital Children.

Now this application has huge potential for learning. If students have a sequence of images they can create virtual journeys that explain, link, connect and demonstrate.
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**VIDEO CAPTURE of IMAGES FROM DVDS** On the 22nd May, 2009, I presented a session on Video capture to 150 History teachers at Auckland University. I am sharing this with MAGS Staff because I can give you hands-on help and do think that it is such a good idea. You only need a bit of software called VLC Player. or DVD Player. I have recently followed this sequence with a video: 1. Show video with key ideas organised on the whiteboard as they watch. As they get better students can do this themselves 2. Show Powerpoint of captured still images from the video that connect with the key ideas. I use 4 images per slide. 3. Same content explained on Powerpoint - students write key points paragraph by paragraph 4. Students write introduction to an essay on the same topic 5. Feedback in class on essay introduction student by student This is based on the premise of giving students at least 4 engagements with the same content over 24 hours. **BE FUNKY** The first one enables you to alter images that you have on your computer and does not require a download. I have been running sessions on capturing images form DVD for use in sequencing. Once I have the images I am now able to alter them and then add speech bubbles and the like. This gives me a whole raft of new activities to offer the students and also to get them to use also. Be Funky is such a cool tool!
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=Jacqui Sharp's presentation to One Tree Hill College=



= = =Jacqui Sharp's presentation to MAGS PD Groups A and B=

= = =**Comic Creation Tools**= I like using comics in education, they appeal to the visual and kinesthetic learner, they are cross curricula, flexible and captivating. here are some of the comic creation resources I have found.

=**Online Tools**=

**Comeeko**
this is the grown up version of pikikids. You choose the number of cells and adjust the layout add your own photos
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**Pikikids**

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Comiqs**
[] [|Comiqs] - Many editing features more than one page and create a slideshow effect.

Pixton
[| http://www.pixton.com/home] This is a good online comic development tool. This is a site that uses simple sketch and text. Nice tool

Makebeliefscomix
[] This is a great and easy to use flash based resource. You can use this with students of any age. The User Interface provides you with a set of charactors with different emotions
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A simple toolbar of commands to manipulate your comic strip
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and hay presto - you are an instant comic book author (of course quality is a different matter)
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Hypercomics

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Hypercomic also has an online version of their comic creation tool. Its a simple series of steps with drop down menus to help you create and publish your comic. []
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Kerpoof
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Gnomz
[] Not brilliant and a little daunting to start as its in french, but toggle the language switch and you are away

ToonDoo
[] They explain it all below.... In comic form!

useful resource: http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools

Historic Tale Construction Kit

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[|http://www.adgame-wonderland.de/type/bayeux.php] This is a fun tool. This site allows you to create historic tale cartoons or comics. The images are set in medievil times, the text is archaic and the process simple
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Its really neat and fun. Guaranteed to motivate and captivate students and to get the creative juices running as they write tales of high adventure, noble kings, dragons and wicked beasts.
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BitStrip
[] This is a membership required comic creation tool. Like most of these tools its in perpetual Beta

Mai'Nada - Comic Sketch
[] This is another web based tool for comic creation.

=Installed Applications= here are a number of tools available that allow the user to create comic style presentations and publications. These are brilliant tools for the visual learner. They are engaging, fun and allow for creativity, expression and imagination: The two that I know of are: > || external image hc_mycbc_logo1.gif ||
 * comic life (mac and PC) - []
 * hypercomics - comic book creator - []
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