1. Digital storytelling, comics and
'Love and devotion'
May 9, 2012
Layla and Majnun at school together, from Nizami,
Khamsa, c. 1504
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford

2. Outline of session
• Exploring the themes and stories
of Love and Devotion: From
Persia and Beyond
• Digital storytelling and comics in
the classroom
• Examples of tools for creating
comics in the classroom
Rustam mortally wounds Suhrab, from
• Further resources
Firdausi, Shahnama, c. 1430
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
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3. Love and Devotion: From Persia and Beyond
Exhibition features
• Illustrated manuscripts and
miniatures
Persia, Mughal India, Ottoman
Turkey
• 13th – 18th century
• Classic Persian tales of human
and divine love and devotion
• Stories have been told and retold
by different poets
The marriage of Yusuf and Zulaykha, from Jami, • Links to the West
Yusuf u Zulaykha, 1595
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4. Love and devotion website: www.love-and-devotion.com
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5. Rustam and Suhrab – The Shahnama
Rustam mortally wounds Suhrab, from
Firdausi, Shahnama, c. 1430
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
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6. Layla and Majnun
The grief of Majnun in the desert,
from Jami, Haft Aurang, c. 1570
State Library of Victoria
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7. Prince of Persia
Source: jordanmechner.com/prince-of-persia/
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8. Rostam: Tales from the Shahnameh
Source: www.theshahnameh.com/
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9. Digital storytelling
• Who is using digital stories?
• What are digital stories?
• Why use them?
• How can they enhance learning?
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10. Digital storytelling
Digital storytelling is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell
stories…….digital stories usually contain some mixture of computer-
based images, text, recorded audio narration, video clips and/or music.
The topics that are used in Digital Storytelling range from personal
tales to the recounting of historical events, from exploring life in one's
own community to the search for life in other corners of the universe,
and literally, everything in between
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
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11. What about Digital comics?
• What about using digital comics?
• What are digital comics?
• Why use them?
• How can they enhance learning?
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12. Comics
Why comics?
Source: www.theshahnameh.com/
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13. Digital comics
Digital comics - software
Comic Life
• plasq.com/comiclife
• Easy to use – can layer images
• eduSTAR software
• iPad version
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14. Comic Life student work
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15. Image editing options
• Photoshop – magnetic lasso
tool
• Adobe Photoshop Touch
app – scribble selection tool
• Gimp (free) – paths tool
• Pixlr Editor (free) – lasso tool
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16. Where do I get my images from?
• SLV resources
• Ergo – http://ergo.slv.vic.gov.au
• Google images
• ACMI free media library -
http://generator.acmi.net.au/library
• Photo websites - www.sxc.hu/
• Student photography and artwork
• Copyright and crediting
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17. Digital comics
Digital comics - English
• Recreate or reinterpret a story
(Love and Devotion resource)
• Sequencing, summarising
• Procedural text
• Persuasive text – topical issue,
campaign poster, advertising
• Report text – key events in an
issue
• Book reflection– scene, character
analysis
• Poetry/song adaptation
• Author, character interviews
• Planning/storyboarding
• Autobiography
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18. Digital comics
Digital comics - History
• Historical recount
• Illustrated timeline
• Alternative versions of historical
events
• Biography of historical figure
• Advertising from different eras
• Sequence of events
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19. Comics and Assessment
• To prepare for learning
• Chart and review learning and progress
• Goal setting and reflection
• Interdisciplinary learning
• Discipline based content knowledge
• Collaborative skills
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20. How else could (digital) comics be used across the curriculum?
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21. Digital comics
Digital comics - software
PowerPoint
• Layer images
• Speech bubbles
• Crop images
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22. Digital comics
Digital comics - online
Google Docs
• docs.google.com
• Google Docs presentation
• Layer images, add speech bubbles
• Can search in google images
• Collaborative
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23. Digital comics
Digital comics - online
Comic strip generators
• Toondoo – can use own images
www.toondoo.com
• Make beliefs comix
www.makebeliefscomix.com
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24. Digital comics
Digital comics – iPad/iPhone
Strip designer
• Layer images
• Place pre-cut characters over a
background
• Cut out characters from images
within the app
• Share via email, Facebook, flickr,
twitter
Comic Life
• Layer images
• Place pre-cut characters over a
background
• Share via email, printing, Facebook
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25. Further Resources
• All resources can be found at:
www.diigo.com/user/lovedevotion
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