A Fall 2014 student made this educational comic, using Pixton. If the speech bubbles are too small to read on the page, you can click on each image for a larger version.

Re-posted from: http://createyourlifestory.com/motivation/what-to-talk-about-prompts/ Welcome To Episode Seven of Create Your Life Story So you want to talk to someone or you want to record yourself, but what are you going to talk about? Sure it’s a conversation and we have conversations all the time so how hard can it be. In the shower and driving […]

(this post is under development – will add content to go with the samples later) (original) (Pixelmator sketch effect) (BeFunky ink effect) (pencil sketch effect) (Beautune) (Pop Dot pencil effect) (Pop Dot oil paint effect) (Pop Dot graphite effect) (Pop Dot halftone effect) (Pop Dot noir effect) (cartoon app for iPhone)

(Originally posted on the blog for my section of WRTG 3035: Technical Communication and Design.) (This post serves as an example of what you might contribute under the Design Successes and Failures category. Note that I analyze the design problem and offer a solution, in a manner similar to the posts on BadDesigns.com) Here’s an […]

Below you’ll find an overview of three common approaches to storytelling through new media. Each of these approaches allows you to make an emotional connection with your audience in different ways, using the unique characteristics and conventions of the approach.  As we study each approach, consider which of the stories you want to tell would […]

Pencil (Mac and Windows; free): “Pencil is an animation/drawing program that lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation using both bitmap and vector graphics. Pencil is intended to be a simple program enabling anyone to make 2D animation. Pencil is free and open source.” TVPaint Animation (drawing based animation Mac and Windows; cost) Animation Desk for […]

If you’re planning to develop a project that conveys a message visually, whether it has an audio narration or not, the traditional method of outlining may not be sufficient for your planning stage. You may want to use an outline to develop the essay portion of a CDS-style digital storytelling project, but in order to […]

ABOUT ANIMATION: To learn more about different forms of animation, see this guide: Different Approaches to Animation DESKTOP APPS Animated Stories Plotagon (Mac, Windows, iPad; free) invites you to enter … Continue reading

ABOUT ANIMATION: To learn more about different forms of animation, see this guide: Different Approaches to Animation DESKTOP APPS Animated Stories Plotagon (Mac, Windows, iPad; free) invites you to enter … Continue reading

ABOUT ANIMATION: To learn more about different forms of animation, see this guide: Different Approaches to Animation DESKTOP APPS Animated Stories Plotagon (Mac, Windows, iPad; free) invites you to enter … Continue reading

ABOUT ANIMATION: To learn more about different forms of animation, see this guide: Different Approaches to Animation DESKTOP APPS Animated Stories Plotagon (Mac, Windows, iPad; free) invites you to enter … Continue reading

ABOUT ANIMATION: To learn more about different forms of animation, see this guide: Different Approaches to Animation DESKTOP APPS Animated Stories Plotagon (Mac, Windows, iPad; free) invites you to enter … Continue reading

Trying to decide whether to use a blog to supplement or replace a course management system like D2L? These slides will help you determine if a blog is right for your class: Are Blogs Right for My Class? from Amy Goodloe Free blog builder: WordPress.com Free web site builder: Weebly.com NOTE I originally developed this […]

In this post, I offer a few suggestions to help you apply rhetorical principles to the design of online course materials, whether you use D2L or an external web site. Related reading: Writing as Design, Design as Writing (an article by Don Norman, author of the Design of Everyday Things) Introduction As writing teachers, we […]