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My design: talking cat: create own text

My design: talking cat: create own text

TLF ID L8183

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. Add a note about your cat. Watch the animation. You can change your design as many times as you like. Evaluate the impact of your design by using icons and adding your opinion.

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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

Topics Creating texts Editing Language conventions
Learning area
  • English

Other details

Contributors
  • Contributor
  • 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
  • Person: Wil Monte
  • Description: Technical implementer
  • 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/.