week 8

 WEEK 8 (COMICS)

 

 Describe how you developed ComicStrip activity.

I developed my comicstrip activity in accordance with my lesson plan. Here is the topic I covered in my lesson plan: sensory organs. I addressed our 5 senses for preschool children and which effects we can perceive with which sense organ, and I designed a cartoon accordingly. 

There are dialogues between a nose and an ear in my cartoon. I put a nose cartoon and a talking ear cartoon in order to attract children's attention. The content of the cartoon is as follows; ear asks nose how/with which sense organ can we perceive the taste of hot coffee, and the nose says of course with our nose and tries to perceive hot coffee with its nose sense, but it fails. 

When ear sees this, it laughs and says "Haha, I tried that, of course we can't understand the temperature of coffee with our nose" and laughs. When the nose hears this, it gets upset and mentions that its nose hurts. In this way, I aim to teach children about their 5 senses while having fun.

Do you think that the story of the ComicStrip and your learning objectives are parallel?

I think my comicstrip story and my learning goals are parallel because my learning goals were to get to know our 5 senses in the simplest way with children, and in my story I presented to children which sense we use to perceive hot coffee in the funniest way. 

I thought as simple as possible  because children enjoy simple things more, so I designed a story that would attract their attention and wanted to implement it. During this process, I planned to implement as many handicraft activities as possible with children. Not only getting to know our senses verbally, but also singing songs about this subject, doing activities, such as going to the garden and getting to know our senses.

Describe how you integrated content knowledge into the lesson plan through comicstrip?

In my opinion, such activities, such as comicstrips, have always attracted the attention of children and we can provide children with a more learning environment with activities that are presented with short and concise information rather than imposed information. 

They enjoy it and learn in an entertaining way. ComicStrip can be integrated into lesson plans to make the learning process more interactive, fun and visually rich. Integration of content knowledge through ComicStrip is beneficial for students to better grasp the topics learned, develop creative thinking skills and understand how to apply the knowledge in daily life. When explaining the content, show students that explaining this topic can be more effective not only with text and theory but also by storytelling and visualizing. 

ComicStrip can be used to present this information in an entertaining and memorable  way. While students express the information they learn in an entertaining way, they also actively participate in the learning process.

Write at least 5 prompt examples with interaction/feedback from ChatGPT that you used in your conversations with ChatGPT specifically related to ComicStrip activity.

I asked:

 "I want to create a problem solving story about the senses. For example, what kind of a problem can occur if a character does not use all of their senses correctly or uses the wrong sense organ for a situation. How can we handle this situation in a fun way?"

Prompt:

"It could be a fun scenario! For example, a character cannot be satisfied with a meal without using all of their senses correctly. While the Tongue (Taste) and Nose (Smell) characters try to discover the flavors of the food, the Sight (Eye) character may say, 'The shape of this food is very interesting!' But things start to go wrong because the Eye does not notice how strange the food smells and cannot evaluate the flavors correctly. In the end, all the senses come together and decide correctly: 'Everything is in balance now, we have discovered the best flavors!' This story can show the importance of each sense and how they work together."

 I asked:

 "How can a ComicStrip be created when a sense organ is missing?

Prompt: 

"We can design a funny story about vision deficiency. For example, the character Vision (Eye) sets out on a mission and suddenly loses his glasses. Ear (Hearing) helps him and says, 'Follow me, you can find your way by listening to the sounds!' The character Tongue (Taste) helps by saying, 'How about learning the taste of the fruits on the road?' The character Skin (Touch) can say, 'Be careful about everything you touch while following this road!' As a result, it can be explained how to solve a problem with an alternative way with a missing sense. It can be fun and educational!"

I asked:

"I want to make a ComicStrip, but this time I want to create a story that will tell how the senses work together. For example, how do the eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin interact when a child walks in the park?"

Prompt: 

"Great idea! A child walking in the park sees the surroundings with his eyes, hears the birds with his ears, smells the flowers with his nose, tastes with his tongue, and feels the warmth of the sun on his skin. They all create a complementary experience!"

 

Prompt: 

"I want to create a ComicStrip story about the sense organs. Can you write a short and fun dialogue explaining the function of each sense organ? Have the characters represent each sense organ."

Feedback: "Sure, here are some fun dialogues explaining the function of each sense organ: The eye can say 'I can see everything clearly!', the ear can say 'I can understand every sound I hear!', the tongue can say 'I can distinguish tastes!'"

Prompt:

"I want to create a ComicStrip that teaches the functions of each sensory organ using the sensory organs as characters. For example, the eye could be a character explaining how it works. Can you write a short conversation between the characters representing each sense?"

Feedback: "Sure, here's a suggestion:

Eye: 'I see everything! Colors, shapes, every detail!'

Ear: 'I can hear sounds very well too! Noises and melodies are my thing!'

Nose: 'I can also distinguish smells! I can smell that flower right away!'

Tongue: 'And tastes! Sweet, salty, sour? I know them all!'"