Visme - Visualize Your Ideas

                                           
                  


Hello everyone,,

In my second post I want to intrduce you the tool I met in the presentation of my friend İpek.This tool really grabbed my attention.Even I can say that it was the best for me.

Visme is a smart content creation tool that enables you create amazing presentations-infographics  etc.With the help of this tool you can tell better stories and translate boring data into beautiful visual content.You can share or download it.

I worked for some private companies for some years when I gave a break to school.On that period I saw how hard it is to tell people or directors,managers  sth in the business life..All those reports,analysis,presentations...Horrible hours to prepare and watch ..But visme makes all these processes enjoyable, colorful and comes you with bright ideas.

At first it looks a bit complicated but do not stay far and start to click on menu tools..You will see that's not so bad: )

I mostly liked the infographics part so I choose an example screenshot from that part.With the help of the left menu bar you can work on  infrographic and add charts tables ikons etc.Don't you think it is such a cool way of presenting your reports at  the office.I am sure it is going to impress your  co-workers and directors.

Just move a little bit on educational side.How can we use this tool in our classes??

This tool  might be hard to use for young learners.We can use this generally with high school levels or adult  learners.It can be more suitable with these groups.

We can ask our students to create us an infograph on how they spent a day?What they do from morning to the late night?They can tell this step by step to us with the help us objects pictures ,cake shape tables etc..

We can ask our students to develop an idea step by step..This can be finding a solution to a worldwide problem.E.g refugees problem..

We can ask students to prepare an infograph about their future.What they are planning?Where they are planing to be year by year..

These are just few simple tasks to use visme in classes.Furthermore I am sure it is such a good tool that is going to help them a lot in their future life.

That's all today from me..Take care..

See you at the next post: )

           

EASY WAY TO CREATE COMIX - Makebeliefcomix.com

Hello friends..

That's hard to believe that it is almost the end of the year..At the beginning of this year I  was so anxious for I did not know what was waiting for me after all those years far from school.As I am  a former student  decided to gradute after all those years, it seemed it so hard to me to catch up with the school.Whatever... the year is almost over and we had such great time at Technology and Material courses with our instructor Mrs.Kurt..As a person highly interested in technology and internet I realized that the internet is a world  bigger than I thought when we use it in the right way for ELT.

I've become so chatty: ) I guess I should pass up to the subject of  this week's post..A few weeks ago ,me and my peer Ebru presented the tool we're responsible at the class.The tool was a website that enables us to create comix.It was such fun tool that Ebru and I had fun times while exploring the tool and preparing the presentation.

As I mentioned above  makebeliefscomix is a website that allows you create your own comic strips.It is so easy to use the website.Even you don't need to log in to create comix.

How to create your comic

When you get in the website, just click on the enter here button.From the panel that wellcomes you all other steps are such simple to complete.

-You should first decide how many panels you are going to use.

-Click on the backgrounds and objects window and select a desired background for your comic.

-Scroll the arrow to choose your character.

-Place your character on the panel arranging  with the editing section.Flip-Scale-Move objects and characters.

-Add  thought or talk balloons and make your characters express themselves or tell something.

-Click on the next button when you are all done with it send it via e-mail-(Tool does not have embedding options but dont worry you can have the pdf format of your work or have the screenshot.)

That's all guys..May be you are not the creater of Captain America or Superman series but you are the creator of your own comic.Enjoy !!

How to use makebeliefscomix for educational purposes

In addition to being a website that can be used just for fun, makebeliefscomix is a website highly  productive for educational purposes- especially for language classes.

Let's have a look at how we can use this tool in our classrooms for language teaching.

-Have students to create an autobiographical comic strip talking about themselves and their families.

-Have students create a comic strip story using new vocabulary words that are being taught.

-Have students break up into pairs or groups to create their comic strips together.

-Having students fill in talk or thought balloons for different cartoon characters helps them practice conversation and offers a way to experiment with language.

-Use the cartoon strips to introduce students  the world of creative writing and pleasure of  using their imaginations more fully.

-Create comic strips in which students can practice real -life practical scenarios, such as looking for a job, learning how to deal with a school bully or interacting with a difficult boss or classmate.

-After a students completes creation of a comic strip ,ask him to read aloud  or act out the dialogue written for his characters.

-Choose a theme for the day, such as My Top 3 Wishes or Ways to Improve the Environment, or focus on a theme for a unit that is being taught that day ,and have each class member do a comic strip on that subject.

Besides these ideas there are also many ready-made printable writing tools and lesson plans at the website.All waiting for you..All waiting for your creative students.Good luck in your class: )

I am also adding an tutorial video for tool-You can also have an idea from the video below.