Group+1

Members of Group:
Jordan Gower and Alicia Hilliard

Name of Tool:
ToonDoo

Website of Tool:
www.toondoo.com

Does tool require Sign-in?
It does NOT require sign-in to use it. However, some additional options are available if one creates an account and signs in.

Description of Tool:
This is a tool that lets you create comic strips pertaining to whatever you choose. It allows you to use the available pictures, enter your own pictures, or simply draw directly in the comic.

How does tool apply to your curricular area?
(Our curricular area is high school mathematics.) It can be used to incorporate visual, real-world examples into everyday lesson plans. It seems to be well suited to geometry classes--for example, it could be used for visual proofs, discussing areas and volumes of shapes--but it would probably be less effective for classes like calculus or algebra (aside from the possible use of it as a word problem). It's possible to use this tool for student creation in just about any math class.

Where does tool fit in Digital Blooms and why?
If the student is using the tool, it would be placed in creating, which can incorporate all of the levels of Digital Blooms Taxonomy below it. If the teacher were to use it, it would depend on the task given to the student. If the comic were strictly instructional, the tool would fit under understanding and remembering. However, if the teacher used it and told the students to evaluate something presented in the comic, it could fit under analyzing and evaluating.

Extras:
This tool also has some rather tragic limitations. It would not be useful as a calculational tool, and would have to be used in more conceptual math settings. It also has a lot of glitches and a ridiculously long load time.