Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Panraven Pandemonium

Although I was extremely frusterated while doing my panraven story, I wont totaly bash the program, it's new and rather slow, and in combination with my computer, which is old and very slow, it took in excess of two and a half hours to complete. Most of this time was spent waiting for the hour glass to turn back into an arrow so I could continue my project. I feel like this program has a lot of potential, and if improved in a couple years I would probably use it in my classroom. I think that kids could get really creative with this. If I could make a couple of suggestions to improve this program, they would be to allow as much text as desired on each page, and to make it possible to design your own album style. As of right now I would recommend using photobucket, or flickr to display photos.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

Alaska Grown!!

I completed my sense of place poster using the Comic Life program, which is awesome! I had no idea there was such a program. My poster was composed of different pictures throughout my life, all of which were set in Fairbanks. My poster was titled "Alaska Grown". I think Comic Life would be a great program to have in the classroom, it's not only fun to use, but it allows students to express themselves in a unique way. As a teacher I would have students use Comic Life as we did, to give people an idea of where they come from. It would also be a good visual aid for any presentation. After completing my poster, I feel fairly comfortable using Comic Life, but like anything else, there is always room for improvement.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007