I'm certain of saying that the CALL class this week was the most impressive to me since I found the digital storytelling tools fascinating as well as educational. There is no doubt that students will enjoy learning, using the tools for themselves trying out different functions. In fact, there were few chances using these kinds of tools in a language class.
Among the tools introduced this week, the one that I first tried was zImmer Twins at School. (http://zimmertwinsatschool.com/) Using this webpage, you can create a free animated, unlimited films with little effort and time. In fact, I used this site to make a short cartoon animation to utilize it during a conversation class. The movie is aiming to teach the importance of living honestly and doing nothing harm to others. While watching the movie, students need to guess the lesson of the story in a group and present it to the teacher. Later on, the teacher introduces students to how to create an animated cartoon movie, requiring them to make one that implies a moral lesson. Students are allowed to make a movie in a group and asked to share the movie with other groups.
Frankly, the process of making an animated cartoon was so easy to follow that I didn't know time was passing by. I'm assured that students will be also totally immersed in making a movie just like me. When deciding upon the setting of a movie, you may choose from a wide variety of places, characters, speech bubbles, facial expressions, actions and special effects. These various functions enable you to make your movie more colorful and lively.
The next tool that I enjoyed a lot was Storybird. (http://storybird.com/) This webpage owns hundreds of high-quality-images that stimulate artistic sentiments. I think this site will be definitely useful for learners to create a group-based story or an individual-based story. Creating a story as a collaborative work is really fun and enlightens one's imagination along with creativity. During the process, learners will be totally emerged in trying out different layouts and designs for their book. Also, there is a space for entering texts. Therefore, students are naturally led to focus on forms while their main attention remains on content. The completed book can be shared by all the classmates and read over and over again. Since learners have made the book by themselves, all the contents and grammar are going to be truly memorable. The designs that were created and provided by many artists are of high quality and beautiful enough to excite students. You may also read the books that had been already made and leave some comments on it.
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