Presentation offered at the 2014 Summer Institute on Distance Learning and Instructional Technology (SIDLIT). See http://www.powtoon.com/show/dccGbC2PmoV/cartoons-for-instruction/ for Video.
4. Use Camera
or chose photo
from Camera Roll
or Photo Stream
ChatterPix
images/videos
5. Toon ToolKit
• Characters, balloons, objects provided
• Cannot import photos
• Export to Twitter, Clipboard, Photos, and
iTunes for file sharing
6. • Select from established scenes
• Customize your personal avatar
• Add word balloon and text
• Include other Bitstrips user Avatars
Bitstrips
7. • Free version = 1 word balloon, upgrade for
more balloons
• Use images from Photo or Camera
• Can re-edit images, pop-up ads with free
version
• Save, Print, AirDrop, Message, email,
Facebook
8. Strip Designer
• Import or
shoot
photos
• Add
drawings,
maps
• Includes art
tools
• Access
Facebook or
Dropbox
9. • Import from
Photo Stream or
Camera Roll
• Shoot images
using Camera
• Multiple
Templates
• Filters
12. Sign up today for a FREE
PowToon EDU account for
yourself AND 150 additional
FREE EDU subscriptions for
your colleagues. Go to
www.powtoon.com/sidlit
Or
Powtoon.com/lp/sidlit2014
Tutorials at
www.powtoon.com/blog/category/videos/tutorials/
13. Notes on PowToon
• Powtoontricks.com for tutorials
• Start with a Template that closely matches your
idea
• You can swap objects using the swap button
• No Undo/Redo feature
• No tweening but you can rotate objects
• Save often
• No way to move objects behind or infront of
other objects
• SIDLIT attendees = 1 Classroom license (60
students) plus 150 Classroom licenses to give to
colleagues at institution
Notes de l'éditeur
Ideas:
Word Processing Tips for Elementary Teachers
Introductory activity for start of class, students do a selfie and then add a word balloon caption.
Add graphic interest to sayings, syllabus instructions, PowerPoint slides
As brainstorming tool for essay ideas or creative writing assignments
To review key concepts (at start of class) or for test review
Assign students to explain a concept in the class using a cartoon/comic strip
Preview of today’s lecture or discussion
* Create alternative book reports
Teach literary terms* (or any terminology required for the course)
Tell personal stories with anonymous characters*
Explain classroom procedures through comics*