1. Comic Strips for Smart Notebook Software
Catherine Ritz
• create "comics" using Smart Notebook
• develop lesson ideas for comics within their content area
SmartBoard functions:
• shapes
• search for & insert images
• grouping
• record and attach sound
• animations
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2. Why Comics?
Through a comic, students can:
- narrate stories
- explain complex processes in simple and fun ways
- develop technology skills
- develop presentational skills
- demonstrate oral skills
- practice working in small groups or independently
- reinforce and recycle content knowledge
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3. Content-Specific Ideas
Math
- a comic depiction of a word problem
Science
- re-tell Newton's discovery of universal gravitation
English
- imagine a meeting of two great writers
World History
- what would you ask a historical figure if you met them and what would they answer?
Foreign Language
- create a character who is going to a café, what would they say?
Wellness
- a funny story about someone who eats all the bad kinds of food, then the right kinds of food
Home Economics
- the amazing egg, an egg's journey through different kinds of cooking
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4. Samples
Teacher Sample:
French 2, grade 9-10
"Create a comic where your character goes to the post office"
- what the final product should resemble
- quick explanation of technological "how-to"
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5. 1. La Poste
Voilà le facteur qui va
distribuer le courrier.
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6. 2. La Poste
Merci, monsieur!
Il met les lettres dans la boîte aux lettres.
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7. 3. La Poste
nde
mo
du
Il ya ui !
… urd’h
là là t aujo e!
Oh e ueu
gui
ch la q
au sf ont
gen
Les
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8. 4. La Poste
Le facteur pèse mon colis sur la balance.
Ouf ! Il est lourd !
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9. 5. La Poste
Merci ! Et au revoir !
Il met un timbre sur mon colis et je paie.
C’est pas trop cher !
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10. Student Sample #1:
Students created a 1st
draft on paper.
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11. J'achete un
timbre qui est
pour une lettre.
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12. J'envoie la
lettre a mon
amie Isabelle
qui est en
France.
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13. Je vais a la poste
que j'envoie le
colis.
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14. Le colis a
une adresse
de un nom,
un numero,
unerue, un
code postal,
et une ville.
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15. Je donne le
colis au
employe de
poste que il
pese avec la
balance.
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16. J'achete une
enveloppe pour une
lettre que j'envoie
ce soir.
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17. Student Sample #2:
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18. Un jour, Nicolas a entré une nouvelle école qui n'était
pas tres jolie (Melrose High)
Je suis excité pour
l'ecole!
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19. b
Bonjour, je
m'appelle Betty On y va!
Il avait beaucoup des peurs jusqu'a il a fait le
? connaisance de Betty et Jessie qui étaient les
meilleurs.
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20. Bette et Jessie ont pris Nicolas a la
cours de Francais, ou ils ont apprendu
comment parler Francais, ce qui est
difficile.
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21. Mdr....
?
La fille dont Nicolas était amourse est Bette,
qui était le prémier de la classe
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22. Melrose High
Chez Jessie
Apres l'ecole, Betty, Jess et Nicolas ont rentre chez
Jessie, pres de lequel était Melrose High
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23. Au revoir
La maison, ou ils ont fait les devoirs, était tres
grande. Nicolas a l'aime. Apres les devoir il a dit "au
revoir!", ce qui etait dommage.
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24. What are comic ideas for your content area?
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25. Technical How-To
Set a Background:
- click on "Gallery" tab
- click on "Background and Themes"
- choose your background
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26. Technical How-To
Insert Comic "Frame"
- click on the "Shapes" button
- choose the shape you want
- click and insert it on the page
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27. Technical How-To
Insert Images:
1. - search for an image on-line
- copy & paste it into your
presentation
2. - search for an image in the
"Gallery" tab
- select the image and place it in
your presentation
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28. Technical How-To
Insert Speech/Thought Bubbles:
1. - click on the "Shapes" button
- scroll right for one speech, one
thought bubble
- click and insert it on the page
2. - search for a speech bubble in the
"Gallery" tab
- select the speech bubble and place
it in your presentation
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29. Technical How-To
Insert Text:
- begin typing anywhere on the page
- highlight the text to change font,
color, size, etc.
- when done, click outside of text box
- text can now be moved around the
page like an image
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30. Technical How-To
Group Text & Speech/Thought Bubbles:
- size your text and place it in the speech/thought bubble
- drag the mouse around the text & speech/thought bubble so that both are selected
- click "CTRL + G," or select drop-down arrow on either and select "Grouping," "Group"
- text & speech/thought bubbles now move together
*you will no longer be able to modify text
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31. Technical How-To
Record Sound:
- open the "Sound Recorder" from the
program menu
- use a microphone or the built-in
microphone on your computer to record
your voice
- save file (saves as .wav or .wma, not .mp3)
*check compatibility with your version of SB
software. If SB only accepts .mp3, check for
updates.
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32. Technical How-To
Attach Sound:
- select the text or speech/thought bubble
you want to attach sound to
- click on the drop-down arrow and select
"Sound"
- browse for and select your sound recording
- click on "object," then ok
- the sound file will be coverted
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33. Technical How-To
Attach Sound Effects from Internet:
- find the sound effect from on-line
- save to your computer (right-click "save link as") and
follow same steps to attach sound recordings
*Some free on-line sound effect websites:
http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/index.html
http://www.findsounds.com/
http://www.soundjay.com/
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34. Your Turn
Create a sample comic you could use next year.
1. Set a background.
2. Insert comic frames.
3. Insert images.
4. Insert speech/thought bubbles.
5. Insert text.
6. Group text and speech/thought bubbles.
7. Record sound.
8. Attach sound recordings.
9. Find, save, and attach sound effects from on-line.
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35. Attachments
Melrose Study 1200 Feb 2011.pdf
Boston Globe
Le Figaro
Adjective­ETRE celebrity review.ppt
Bourses___form4506.pdf