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My design: talking cat: choose text

TLF ID L8184

Design a talking cat to present at show and tell. Create your cat by selecting from a range of elements such as mood, size and colour. Choose a voice and background picture for your cat. Decide on a name that suits your talking cat. Select a note about your cat. Watch the animation. Change your design as many times as you like. Evaluate the impact of your design by using icons and selecting a comment. This learning object is one in a series of six objects.





Educational details

Educational value
  • Models processes used by designers of digital content to prepare presentations.
  • Simulates a digital environment enabling students to create a presentation.
  • Allows students to explore and manipulate graphic and audio elements such as mood, size, position, colour, expression and voice.
  • Promotes students' skills in evaluating and commenting on the effectiveness of presentations.
  • Includes an option to print the students' presentation.
  • Facilitates modelling and class participation via an interactive whiteboard. For example, strong colours and clear graphics are easily visible in a classroom setting.
Year level

F; 1; 2

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • Name: Millipede Creative Development Pty Ltd
  • Organization: Millipede Creative Development Pty Ltd
  • Description: Technical implementer
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.millipede.com.au/
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Description: Data manager
  • Person: Wil Monte
  • Description: Script writer
  • Person: Lyn Wilkinson
  • Description: Subject matter expert
  • Person: Lynda Mathews
  • Description: Educational validator
  • Copyright Holder
  • Name: Education Services Australia
  • Organization: Education Services Australia
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
  • Publisher
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organization: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Description: Publisher
  • Address: VIC, AUSTRALIA
  • URL: http://www.esa.edu.au/
  • Resource metadata contributed by
  • Name: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Organisation: Education Services Australia Ltd
  • Address: AUSTRALIA
  • URL: www.esa.edu.au
Access profile
  • Colour independence
  • Device independence
  • Generic
Learning Resource Type
  • Interactive
Rights
  • © Education Services Australia Ltd, 2016, except where indicated under Acknowledgements. This material may be used in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.