A week of playing with on-line image generators.
The title of this photo - Warholized Family
Some if the ideas to include an on-line image generator in the curriculum could be to make an interesting image and then use it to be a story starter. A little twist would be to use the star image on Hollywood Boulevard and have the name of the author who last visited and have the students write why that author should be included as our star (or hollywood boulevard star) or the name could be for a (character in the book being read or a famous person being studied in class). Comic strip generator a way to "write with pictures to link visuals and text" could be used to promote the students favorite book in a very condensed way -- like a book review. It could be used for the student to show what they learned about basically any subject, or in Language Arts to make cartoon directions as part of the writing curriculum. Books to read that relate to this are - "A whole New Mind", and "Reinventing Comics" I also really liked the idea to generate an image for a library blog, wiki, website, newsletter, or bulletin board. Some of the On-Line Image Generators used were FD Toys, Comic Strip Generator, Custom Signs Generator, Image Chef, and Generator Blog . Earlier in this blog I used some of these -- I was having way to much fun.
3 comments:
Hi!
You might also want to check out the comic generator, toonlet.com.
We take a more character-centric approach to comic creation, allowing our users to create custom characters, then create a library of moods and poses in order to make it easy to tell stories.
We've only been around a short while, but already we've seen a tremendous amount of interest and use among librarians and teachers, so it might be something your students would enjoy as well.
Thanks
-Craig
(from toonlet)
Hi Craig,
Thank you. I am here at PETE&C, yesterday at the DEN (Discovery Educator Network) pre-conference that was one of the Web2.0 tools that was shown for Digital Storytelling. One question I had was how safe is it to use in the schools, is it monitored to any degree? will there be any surprises that I would not want my students to experience? I have not had the opportunity to look or use it yet but am looking forward to checking into it.
Thank you,
Cindy
Actually, I can't recommend toonlet in its present state, for showing in school. We're looking into keeping a "walled-garden" version of toonlet, where all posts are reviewed for content, but we're an extremely small company with an extremely early product, so it'll be some time before we gear up for something along those lines.
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