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 me...