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Dear colleagues You or some of your colleagues in school might be interested in these two workshops: Cartoon Creativity Wednesday 8th February 9.30am - 12.30pm Creative writing can take many forms and different formats appeal to different children. This workshop looks at using cartoon or comic-strip techniques and software to encourage creative writing with children. Delegates will learn: * How Comic Life can be used to create stories * Visual literacy concepts and how good graphics management to can help to achieve good results when working with children * How to edit pictures, add text create personalised and punchy stories using Comic Life basic concept of comic conventions in print * Recommendations for free packages available such as Scratch, ToonDoo and Stripgenerator and the value of paid-for web2.0 packages * The power of comics as campaigning, advertising and personal issue discussion tools Course leader: Joe Press Cost £75 Adobe InDesign Wednesday 16th February 9.30am - 4.00pm InDesign is a powerful design tool for use when designing newsetters, flyers, booklets and other publicity material. This half-term workshop introduces beginners to key concepts and will include: * Discussion about the process of designing a document, including choosing a suitable print format and layout, prior to beginning work in InDesign * Practical activities to demonstrate the application of essential InDesign tools * An extended activity where each delegate will create a document for their own workplace Delegates should be prepared to supply copy / images where appropriate for the fi nal activity. Material can be supplied by the trainer if this is not possible Course leader: Jacob Turner Cost: / £125 Venue: Professional Development Centre, English St, London E3 4TA (nearest tube Mile End on Central, District and Hammersmith & City Lines) To book, email [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> with your name and contact details We are also running an Adobe Photoshop course on 29th Feb - please email for details with best wishes Gillian Harris Head of Tower Hamlets Schools Library Services Professional Development Centre English Street London E3 4TA Tel 020 7364 6428 Fax 020 7364 6422 www.towerhamlets-sls.org.uk ********************************************************************************* Working Together for a Better Tower Hamlets Web site : http://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk London Borough of Tower Hamlets E-Mail Disclaimer. This communication and any attachments are intended for the addressee only and may be confidential. It may contain privileged and confidential information and if you are not the intended recipient, you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this E-Mail in error please notify us as soon as possible and delete this E-Mail and any attachments. This message has been checked for viruses, however we cannot guarantee that this message or any attachment is virus free or has not been intercepted or amended. The information contained in this E-Mail may be subject to public disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Unless the information is legally exempt from disclosure, the Confidentiality of this E-Mail and your reply cannot be guaranteed. If your request relates to a Freedom of Information enquiry, please resend this to [log in to unmask] ************************************************************************************ Please consider your environmental responsibility: Before printing this e-mail or any other document , ask yourself whether you need a hard copy.