Using ThingLink for Idioms

I'm always looking for ways to showcase student work. Sometimes it's difficult if what we make is in a dynamic media like a video, animation, or gif. It's even more tricky if the art really needs to interacted with for best results. This made me think about illustrating idioms. When you create one of these drawings it naturally turns into a guessing game. You want people to be able to figure out your idiom as they study your artwork. I've been playing with Thinglink as a way to create a guessing game with any kind of art. Happily I learned they support gif animations. So, this app/website would happily showcase this idea. See if you can guess any of my animated or drawn examples. Mouse over the red dot to see the answers. Click here to explore my other Thinglink images.

Here is a Fugleflick collaborative idiom movie made during summer school. Their illustrations are AMAZING. They use voice over to reveal the meaning of their work.

Idioms Illustrated from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.

I'm not sure if my coffee images are technically idioms. They may be more of a literal translation of speech.