Resources – Primary and secondary
Primary
- Banjo and Rub Red – Libby Gleeson and Freya Blackwood
- Once there was a boy – Dub Leffler
- My Two Blankets – Irena Kobald and Freya Blackwood
- The Bad Guys – Aaron Blabey
- The Great Bear – Libby Gleeson and Armin Greder
- The Lost Thing – Shaun Tan
- Fox – Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks
- Stormbreaker – the graphic novel – Anthony Horowitz, Antony Johnston, Kanako and Yuzuru
- The Watertower & Beneath the Surface– Gary Crew and Steve Woolman
- Amulet – Book 1- Kazu Kibuishi (graphic novel)
Secondary
- The Bad Guys – Aaron Blabey
- The Great Bear – Libby Gleeson and Armin Greder
- The Lost Thing – Shaun Tan
- Fox – Margaret Wild and Ron Brooks
- Stormbreaker – the graphic novel – Anthony Horowitz, Antony Johnston, Kanako and Yuzuru
- The Watertower & Beneath the Surface– Gary Crew and Steve Woolman
- Amulet – Book 1- Kazu Kibuishi (graphic novel)
Apps to download and bring on your phone/ tablet/ laptop if you can
If participants can download one or more of the following digital apps for phones or tablets, we will have activities on the day where we will explore and use them.
Laptops
Image annotation
- Powerpoint – Mac and PC, ipad and android. Common and easy to use.
- Google slides– need a google account. Online creation of presentations. Also available for ipad and android for free.
- Keynote– Mac – laptop and ipad. Comes installed or free for download from app store.
Apps for making book trailers:
| Video editing apps | Link: | Platforms available | Notes: |
| imovie | Comes on ipad and iphone | IOS | Free |
| Shadow Puppet Edu | https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/shadow-puppet-edu/id888504640?mt=8 | IOS | Free |
| Filmora Go | https://filmora.wondershare.com/filmorago-video-editing-app/ | IOSAndroid | Free but has in-app purchases |
| Other free Android apps | https://filmora.wondershare.com/imovie/imovie-alternatives-for-android.html | Android | Some free, some in-app purchases |
Apps for exploring multimodal features, particularly visual elements as well as music and sound.
| App Name | Link: | Platforms available | Notes: |
| Explain Everything – interactive white board and recording app | https://explaineverything.com/download/ | IOS and Android | Free trial for 30 days. |
| Pic Collage – add text, image and collage photos | https://pic-collage.com | IOS and Android | Free with in-app purchases. |
| Action Movie FX – special effects for movie making | https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/action-movie-fx/id489321253?mt=8 | IOS | Free version has enough to play with. In-app purchases |
| Stop Motion Apps – there are many that do the job for making short stop motion videos | This link has a review of both apple and android versions that are free https://freeappsforme.com/stop-motion-apps/ | IOS Android | Stop Motion Studio is very good but costs $5. https://www.cateater.com |
| Chatterpix for kids or Talkr– animate book characters with voice and facial changes | Chatterpix- https://apps.apple.com/au/app/chatterpix-kids/id734046126 Talk – https://talkrapp.com |
IOS | Free |
| Toontastic– create animated stories or simple science experiment reports | https://toontastic.withgoogle.com | IOS & Android | Free |
| Sound effects apps Igreenearth has range of sound effects | https://apps.apple.com/us/developer/igreenearth/id351081815 | IOS | Free for Sci Fi, Horror, Annoying noises |
| Voice changer – changes voice to high, low, scary, musical, old telephone, robot etc. | https://beebom.com/cool-voice-changer-apps-android-ios/ | IOS Android |
Free – in app purchases |
| Figure – create loops for soundscapes and stories | https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/figure-make-music-beats/id511269223?mt=8 | IOS | Free |
Other apps to consider:
Scratch Junior – a coding app that you can also use to tell stories, tell the story of the three little pigs for example and then add voice overs, as well as practising your coding. Characters ‘animate’ depending on the code you use.
Multimodal Texts 