domingo, 7 de septiembre de 2008



Activity demonstrations:
Written expression.
Level: Intermediate.
Activity: Photo novels project:
In groups students will create a story to be made in a photo novel format (photo novels are a genre of comics illustrated with photographs rather than drawings. They are popular in Spain and Latin America, where they are called fotonovelas, and have also gained popularity in France).to create the photo novels they have to take the necessary pictures for the story and with the help of the website chosen they will add the text to their photos.
Technologies used:
http://comiqs.com (This site allows students to create dialogue bubbles in photos)
Digital camera (To take the pictures that are part of our photo novel)

Aims: Development of a authentic piece of text.

I chose this web site because is very useful in the creation of the photo novel, and also because it is easy to use.
Step 1 Create an account. http://comiqs.com/accounts/register/
Step 2 Add the photos to the site (photos, upload)
Step 3 Add the text.

1. Interaction: The activity is made for students to interact, to share ideas, to work as a group with the help of the site creating the photo novel.

3. Meaningful Activities: I think that the opportunity to attach words to images is good, is use of language in context. The activity also gives to the students the opportunity to use language creatively

4. Exposure to/Creation of varied language: Each group will create a different text. The group can know about their classmates’ histories.

5. Right Amount of time/Feedback: It is very easy to use the site. It provides all the information we need to use it.

6. Appropriate for Styles, Personalities and Intelligences: I think that the resources used are very visual but the entire activity involves others things as to be creative or to write properly.

7. Motivating: I think that to create something original is always a motivating challenge for students.

8. Student-centered: Students will do all the work; teacher will give some advices only if he sees necessary.

9. Autonomy: As I said before once students learn how to use this web they can work on it whenever they want and of course they can increase difficulty

10. Multimodal: Written and visual clues, mainly.

11. Comfortable Environment: For the development of the activity the web site is very friendly for the user.

1 comentarios:

Meera dijo...

Hi there,

You could also try storyboarding with www.toondoo.com, an easy to use comic strip creator which is used creatively by educators from all over the world. Your students will love it. Do check it out!