Friday, February 22, 2008

#10 Week 5

The possibilites of using these on-line image generators for use in the curriculum are amazing. Our sixth graders will be starting a Be a Country Expert unit in the beginning of March. I would love to have them use the Banner Generator to create flag banners for their country. If the teacher and I worked together to create some guidelines it would be a great visual to add to the project.
I loved the comic strip generator. It has so many possibilities. I am using Movie Maker with seventh grade students. They are creating movies on Global Warming. So many of the students don't know how to start as I want them to either draw or illustrate, rather than just use clip art and graphics. Comic strips could be a real draw for the students.
The fourth graders are doing a States Project. They could create a name badge with facts about their states. Great ideas to share with both students and staff.
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2 comments:

toonlet said...

You might also want to try toonlet as an alternative to comiqs.com. Rather than focus on photos, toonlet puts the focus on character creation, and features a powerful avatar tool so you can make characters that look authentically hand-drawn.

From there, it's easy to build out a library of moods for your characters to use in their comic strips.

Swing on by and check out the site, or take the toonlet tour:
http://www.toonlet.com/tour

Let us know what you think!

Thanks!
-Craig (from toonlet)

Unknown said...

Hi!

I invite you to Check out www.toondoo.com.

ToonDoo not only let you create comic strips but also help you publish, share and embed them in blogs and websites.

It has more than 1800 ready made, customizable characters, props and backgrounds for the users to play around with.

If you are the kind who loves creating your own characters or avatars for your comics, ToonDoo lets you do that too via its avatar creator tool called TraitR.

Or if you prefer making a comic strip with your personal photographs or images? Check out ToonDoo - ImagineR.

ToonDoo caters to the varied needs of the users in a most friendly manner. Do check it out!