I think the comics idea is great, Fiona. It might also be a good way to teach summary and citation. We could have the students create a comic and then change that comic into narrative form, thinking about what visual cues need to be explained in language and what quotations should be inserted in the text. Jamie showed me a website that provides templates for creating your own comic. (What's the website, Jamie?)
Also, my friend Joanna referred me to the website that's linked to in the title of this post. (Inanimate Alice: http://www.brad-field.info/) It's an interactive digital novel (a review calls it "digital storytelling") that's still in the process of completion, but the first few episodes are up, and I think it would be a great tool for a number of possible lessons. I've only seen the first episode so far. The page also has several links to other projects as well. I'm completely new to this world, but has anyone heard of Kate Pullinger's work?
Karen
Friday, December 15, 2006
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Hi all,
I think Rebekah was the one who found this comics making program...sometime last fall. In any event the URL is:
http://www.com-mix.org/
And I love that you are all find digi-content...this is the direction I would like to really move in. I will also be looking for digi-objects outside of the humanities/English bc most of our students will NOT be English majors nor even humanities tending...if anyone comes up with good stuff please share.
:-)
I had the same idea in terms of using blank comics to flush out ideas about how text works with images, but I was going to base it on Max Cannon's Red Meat comic strip. Someone has created a "Red Meat Construction Set" so that you can choose your own Red Meat characters. My idea was to do an in-class exercise where everyone got the same blank cartoon, and filled in the dialogue. We would then share our comics and discuss the interdependence of image and text in creating narratives. I had a bit of trouble with the com-mix.org site for some reason...
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