Tooning in Ed. Tech.
What an interesting assignment this was… one of those that is ‘outside the box’.
For our second assignment we had to create a cartoon that related in some way to educational technology and the course material we have been working through. The others in my course have really supported and shared with one another and the cartoons that were created are incredibly diverse and interesting. Each one is unique so I’m glad I don’t have to mark them.
The cartoon I created is not the one I started with. The evolution of my cartoon happened when we were deep into the copyright discussions during module three. I had my original idea for a cartoon during the first module and was going to weave Plato, Pressey, the Matrix movie and CSI into my cartoon. I had even ‘captured’ images from various websites and put them into Comic Life. The whole thing had a nice flow through the ABC’s of educational technology. Since I collect ABC books, this made perfect sense and had a personal connection. The comic ended with SackBoy from Little Big Planet (one of the most interesting characters out there right now!) coming to ‘save the planet’ from the ‘vortex of alphabetic annihilation’.
BUT… the scare of copyright police put a halt to my creativity!!!
The whole comic took a sharp turn when one of the students in my school suggested I have two computers talking to each other. So that day, I went around the school looking for all things techno…. captured them with the digital camera and they began to take on personalities similar to students in a classroom. The rest is ‘history’ as they say. See for yourself. The final cartoon, created in Comic Life is attached. E.T. at School