Caroline Bucky-Beaver
One of the most popular posts that I've published on Free Technology for Teachers is a list of ten free tools for creating comics online. I wrote that post three years ago. Since then some of the tools have gone offline or started charging users. So I think it's time to share a new list.
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While Americans tend to view comics as "fodder for children," people in Europe and Japan have a more positive view of the medium, explains John Lowe, who is chair of the Sequential Art Department at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia.
Resources for understanding how comics are beneficial in schools and the ways they can be used.
Resource page on using comics in the classroom, developed by St.Francis Xavier school.
Disclosure: Storyboard That is currently an advertiser on Free Technology for Teachers. From creating simple comic strips to planning long stories, Storyboard That is a tool that has a bunch of potential uses in the classroom. I recently put together a PDF of five projects that your students can complete with Storyboard That.
Richard Byrne's webinar recording of Digital Storytelling with Comics
Digital Storytelling Lesson Plans featuring Comic Life.
Wiki site of resources on Digital Storytelling, Comics and Video.
"Julie Greller's blog A Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet features some great content for teachers. Posts are sorted by subject and grade level, and there's also a link to some free ebooks. In this post, she offers a list of links to resources for digital storytelling."
Creating with Comic Life is a great way to assess your students. The highest level of Bloom's Taxonomy has never been easier to reach than with Comic Life.
A guide to Comic Life in the classroom with examples of it in action.
This is a version created for a presentation for Primary School teachers
Strategies for using comics in the classroom - comic version
This presentation offers ideas on how to use comics in the classroom and a list of online comic creators
Ways of using Comic Life in the classroom
Great tool for channeling creativity and organizing a large quantity of information in order for students to publish their own yearbook. Over the course of the year, there were 7 students involved in this group. During yearbook groups, students displayed behavioral success.
Examples of Comic Life used from elementary to middle school.
Comics and cartoons have a HUGE range of educational applications across the primary and secondary curriculum, and can be easily integrated into a range of subject or topic areas. Page contains list of lesson ideas and tutorials.
