Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Panraven Story Book
This assignment was a little difficult for me just because the features of this, aren't as developed as comic life or the flickr slide show. I kept trying to zoom in more on my pictures and it wouldn't let me. So then I tried resizing them, that didn't work too well either.
Panraven is a neat site and would be a great tool for the classroom. Students would have fun creating their own story, with the help of the teacher. The students could each create a part of a story and then at the end put every students together in one big book and see how the story goes. That would be a fun idea to do with students. I think panraven would be acceptable for students in the 4th grade and up. The younger students could still write a story, but the teacher could then put it on panraven and show the class what it looks like.
After using panraven, I feel more comfortable with it. I did have some frustrating times with it, but overall it is a good tool and would be beneficial to use in the classroom.
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You are experiencing many of the same frustrations that your classmates were experiencing. These frustrations may be particularly evident when coming from a program like Comic Life, which has very rich and intuitive graphic tools for resizing, cropping, etc. It's not really a fair comparison, though, since most online applications like Panraven have to be written for a wide range of computers and almost by definition have a more limited tool set.
Still, I think if you plan your stories with those limitations in mind, the final results are well worth the effort. They look great, offer a wide range of narrative possibilities, and are easy to read online.
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