The Adventures of Irony Man and SPACECAT!


Isn't it Ironic?...

I greatly enjoyed the connections I made between this module on digital literacy and ways that I can directly use what I've learned in the classroom.  Two of our assignments this week I centered on a unit that I already have that teaches the three types of Literary Irony.   I made the comic above with the ComicDraw app on IPAD.  This app is meant for professional comic artists, and has a sketch, draw and text mode.  You can see the sketching layer under the draw layer if you look closely.  You can turn that off when your comic is finished (I left it on for you to see.)  I would not recommend this app unless you have experience with something like Photoshop or a digital drawing tool that uses layers.   I also would not expect students to use this tool outside of an art class or a class with dedicated time to learn the program. This app would not be suitable for elementary students.  However, teachers (who have a bit more artistic ability than me) could totally make some great lesson supplements on here!

...Don't you think?

I continued my "Irony" theme using Glogster to make an infographic.  I found that the ThingLink website suggested in the Hutchinson/Colwell text is a lot like Glogster. My school has a subscription to Glogster, and I think I may add Glogster to a few of my creative choice projects.  My Glogster Infographic on Irony! 

Teaching an old SPACECAT new Tricks

I was SUPER jazzed about Dr. Lewis-White's Power Point about Visual Literacy.  I teach AP Language and Composition, and part of what we teach is visual literacy.  You can really deconstruct a good photograph like a text.  I use an acronym with my students called SPACECAT. I use this mostly for Non-fiction texts.  Notice that you can totally use this for pictures!  

S The speaker is the photographer.  

P What is the photographer's purpose?  

A Who is the photograph for?  

C What is the historical/social context?  

E What made the photographer take the picture in the first place? 

C What choices in the lighting, subject matter, positioning did the photographer make?  

A What does the photographer want us to think?  

T  How does the photographer feel about the subject?  How do they want us to feel? 

See? A photograph can be explicated just like a text!



I'll leave you with some adorableness...




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