How to make a quotation interesting

Hi Rachel,

Personally (and I know I may have cakes thrown at my head for this) I am not a fan of comic strips. However, it's still a good idea. I can see that really appealing to children. 

Are the children communicating/talking? Or are you just pulling in the quotes from the documentation? If they're interacting, you could display characters in a fun environment (which would work well if they're outside investigating, you could change the background scenes for the areas they're exploring) and bring in some additional characters along the way. With some animation you could almost make this look like a cartoon, or video. 

How interactive do you want this to be? Do you want this to be shown in one solid display of content, or do you want to have the learner to engage in any activities? 

The main thing I would suggest is to consider your audience. If you were going to be watching or interacting with this, would you prefer something entertaining, interactive or professional? What type of learners will be accessing the content? Will this be designed for only children, or anyone that wants to learn about the content?

Good luck with the project! Would love to see what you decide to do

I will throw a cake

I have just finished a course where we used comic book style, each slide was one pane.  The feedback we got was amazing the users really loved it.

I loved building it, I would do it anything that adds an element of fun to learning is a good thing.

It's a good thing I love cake

Sounds awesome, Phil! 

Yes maybe it should have been tomatoes

Not sure if I would go "comic book" style for this one, but I'll tell you what popped to mind... Remember the classic Shel Silverstein book, The Giving Tree?

Super simple, pen and ink children's illustration style. Basically, write the quote as a bit of a "story" with that  B&W illustrations style. Would be appropriate for audience, engaging, and a nice polished look. 

Check out the B&W interior page shots here

Hope this helps,

Bob

Nice suggestion, Bob. I'd like to see a course designed like this!

You guys are awesome...and much more talented than I!

I'm not in the same league as you lot - I dont have a designer (or know how to bring animations to life!)....

Really great ideas and a fantastically useful discussion.

My audience is teaching assistance from a complete mix of backgrounds - some will be well educated, others not at all....(mainly these)....

I did the comic book effect for this:

Theres no animation on it - its just a visual representation of something.

I broke the quotation up into an animated slide, trying (I'm a novice!) to 'bring it to life' - I used a character to introduce the quote, and then speech marks to make the conversation between a static image try and look real.

Its now a short slide with no interaction, but trying to be more interesting...I'm learning from you guys every day! Love this forum to learn from the experts!

Thank you for your help.

If you have any other ideas let me know!

Hi Rachel - those look really great! 

One thing about captions is that there are many many styles - all of which have a slightly different visual "meaning".

Have a look at this wonderful article - http://www.balloontales.com/articles/glossary/index.html

There's a wonderful collection here - which are free for non-commercial AND commercial use

Bruce

That's fantastic! Thank you! I love a free download, I do!