Creating Digital Comics Using Web 2.0

According to Comic Life, there are numerous student benefits for creating comics in your classroom.

• Reading Fluency


• Writing in sequential order with logical conclusions


• Represents their knowledge


• Focuses on main points


• Develops creativity


• Provides an organized structure


• Assessment

Here are three easy options for you elementary students to create comics that focus on any number of academic content:

1. Garfield Comic Creator

• Great characters and settings


• Can flip, rotate, and resize characters


• Con: Only three panels

2. Arthur’s Comic Creator

• Great characters and settings


• Can flip, rotate, and resize characters


• Con: Only three panels

3. ReadWriteThink

• Up to six panels


• Multiple characters, props, and settings


• Black and white (students can color comics after they are printed)


• Con: Cannot flip, rotate, and resize characters

Cyber-Safety Comic Apps

I have incorporated comic creators into my Cyber Safety unit. My students created comics about cyberbullying, online safety, and forms of media. I used the Professor Garfield Cyberbullying apps (includes comics and interactive questions) to supplement my lessons. 

Video Versions of the Comics

Your students can watch the video versions of the cyber-safety comics on the Infinite Learning Lab.