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Storyboard a video project...

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 Hello!!!  Did you miss me?  My mates and I decided to create a video about the recognition of women's work  to dedicate some time in class to talk about this topic.  How can we use these videos for educational purposes ? It's very easy because with these tools you can engage students in the topic you want. Your students can feel more attracted to the lesson if you introduce the topic with an original video! Also, one important thing about this is that students will be able to watch the video at all times they need, so that, the information will be always available. The story is the following:  First, we decided to create a Storyboard of our video. Why? Because with this website you can create a plain comic so that we have to create a general idea and do not focus on too many details firstly. Apart from that, our students can have an initial idea about what your video is going to be afterward. In each slide, the students will read a brief resume of how...

Sharing stories through comics...

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 Hello! Welcome to another post   Today I am going to show you a creative tool for using in learning class. With this tool, you will become an expert in storytelling because I am going to explain to you how to create  comics . Comics are a great visual representation of knowledge and they can be useful for multiple purposes. Depending on the specific purpose you have plenty of possibilities to create. Some of the most popular websites to create comics are: - Prixton - Creaza -  StoryboardThat At first, it can be very exhausting because you have to start by choose among billion possibilities of backgrounds, characters, actions, and emotions, but don't worry, this is the toughest step. Take your necessary time to do it  (I spent more than two hours only looking and selecting specific things!)  After that, you can start creating your comic!  The funny thing is that the students will participate more and they increase their thinking, creating and writing ...