From the article “Storyboarding Multimedia” by Adrian Mallon, 1995, it states the importance of storyboarding in multimedia production in providing everyone with “a common point of reference, to verify and validate structural and content elements”. I can’t agree more with this as I’ve tried to storyboard the first part of my second assignment using mind/concept maps with the software Inspiration. This software is user-friendly, fun and puts your creativity into use. There are many schools using the kids version known as Kidspiration to engage the students in creating mind/concept maps for essay writing and reinforcement of Science concept skills. Please access the free 30-day trial of this software via the following link :
http://www.inspiration.com/
Did you find it useful? Are there any other methods in using this software in the teaching of other subjects?
As for the final part of the assignment in which we need to combine three different types of media into the Learning Object, the storyboard will be used to draft out what needs to be written, what types of graphics to be produced, how best to apply the transitions and other computer effects. I am eager to see how this present design tool can contribute to the many stages of the developmental process of my Learning Object.
2 comments:
I have always been using concept maps to teach Science topics. My students have always found it easier to understand the topic when content is mapped out pictorially. It enables them to visualize the links within the different aspects in the content. I have been using powerpoint to draw the concept maps. I have tried the inspiration software that you recommended and truly found it a breeze to draw concept maps. Thanks for the recommendation.
My daughter used Kidspiration extensively in Y2. It struck me that it was being used (intentionally or incidentally) to avoid plagiarism.
Students were asked to do certain research on the internet, highlight keywords, insert their words on a mind map and develop their ideas and writing from there.
My daughter loved the process so much she independently researched "rainbows" which she developed into a creative but factually based piece of writing.
Loretta
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