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Tap Into The World Of Comics
http://www.slideshare.net/shend5/tap-into-the-world-of-comics |
 
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7 Resources for Creating Cartoons and Comics
http://bit.ly/zMuLx 7 Resources for Creating Cartoons and Comics |
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Comic Life
http://plasq.com/comiclife-win Comic Life "From the makers of Skitch is another great application for would-be doodlers and ad hoc illustrators. Comic Life is available for both the Mac and for Windows PCs, and helps you create professional-looking comic panels, photo albums, and other image layout template styles." Comic Life lets you create astounding comics, beautiful picture albums, how-tos... and more! The easy-to-use interface integrates seamlessly with your photo collection. Drag in your pictures, captions, Lettering text (‘ka-blam!') and speech balloons and your work is done! You can even use your webcam within Comic Life to make a comic on the spot! |
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Pixton for Schools
http://pixton.com/uk/schools/overview Pixton for Schools Private, virtual classroom that integrates our award-winning comic creation software in a fun, interactive learning environment. Award-winning click-and-drag comic creator Customize everything right on the page Move characters into any pose Use in any web browser, Mac or PC Certified for use on interactive whiteboards Bring your comics & avatars to life with animation Set keyframes, let Pixton do the rest Rendered to video for easy upload Remix with your friends |
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Comiqs
http://comiqs.com/ Comiqs ... Create and share your comic-style stories Comiqs is a service that lets our users create and share their comic-style stories with the community. We aim to provide our users with easy to use tools that transforms their most cherished and most memorable photographs into something fun. We also aim to build to build a fun and light-hearted community where people can hang out to have a laugh or two. |
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Teaching EFL ESL with Comic Strips
http://tr.im/nDAp Teaching EFL ESL with Comic Strips |
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Blabberize
http://blabberize.com Here you can Blabberize your images ... i.e. have them talk ... and the mouths move. Could be a fun tool for students to make talking comic strips Actually not sure where I should put this on Shambles ... it's certainly fun (& clever) .... and has an educational use ... I'm just not sure where. Blabberize Blog Student example "Tide Pool |
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iPhone iPod Touch App to make a comic
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1445088 iPhone iPod Touch App to make a comic Tony Vincent shares some of his favorite iPod touch and iPhone apps for education. There's also audience participation. (Ustream archive) He demonstrates the comic maker (Comic Touch) app towards the end of the presentation ... about the 40 minutes mark |
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InfiniteComic : Mashup of Twitter and Flickr
http://infinitecomic.com/ InfiniteComic : Mashup of Twitter and Flickr Type something into the keyword box to have a random comic generated just for you "InfiniteComic takes a keyword you supply, finds a Flickr image and a tweet and turns it into an impromptu comic. Some of the comics make no sense, while others are eerily dead-on ... can provide some interesting entertainment" |
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21 Ways to Make Use of MakeBeliefsComix in the Classroom
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/How-to-Play/Educators/ 21 Ways to Make Use of MakeBeliefsComix in the Classroom Create your own comic strip online. |
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Pikikids
http://www.pikikids.com/ Pikikids Create your own comic online. |
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Comic Strip Generator
http://stripgenerator.com/ Comic Strip Generator Girls and boys working on stripgenerator are from different backgrounds and with different profiles, but mainly operating in internet gaming and mobile content fields. Stripgenerator is free of charge project created to embrace the internet blogging and strip creation culture, helping the people with no drawing abilities to express their opinions via strips. Yeah, I am one of them as well. |
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20 of the Best Web Comics
http://mashable.com/2009/03/03/web-comics/ 20 of the Best Web Comics "For years people have taken to the web to create comic strips without fear of censorship or having to answer to print media advertisers. Now there are thousands of web comics, making it difficult to know where to start if you’re new to the genre. From Garfield Minus Garfield to Homestar Runner, here are 20 great web comics to turn to for an entertaining read, in alphabetic order." |
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Murku
http://murku.pbwiki.com/ Murku is designed to facilitate the construction of comics based on content in a Second Life, ie SL, environment. Murku will be of interest to those who have always dreamt of creating their own comics but who find the drawing of comics either too challenging or too laborious. Basically, Murku is a HUD (Head Up Display) that is attached to the screen. This hud provides a number of functionalities that will speed up the creation of SL comics. |
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Best graphic novels of 2008
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/540000654/post/710038071.html Best graphic novels of 2008 List from the School Library Journal |
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Comics Rubric
http://www.humblecomics.com/comicsedu/resources/rubric.doc Comics Rubric Level: 3- 12, College "Here's a rubric I authored that evaluates the form of a student-created comics project. I would suggest that teachers also create a separate rubric for the content of the comics, based on subject-related criteria. I've posted my rubric as a .doc file so that teachers can modify it in any way that they see fit." Gene Yang |
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Comics in Education
http://www.humblecomics.com/comicsedu/index.html Hello and welcome to Comics in Education I'm Gene Yang, high school teacher and cartoonist. This site is the online version of the final project proposal for my Masters of Education degree at California State University at Hayward. |
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Comic Creators
http://ability-programs-challengertafe.wikispaces.com/comic+creators Why use Comic Creators? Great for Visual and Kinaesthetic learners, Storyboarding, Digital story Telling, developing narratives and Literacies, reengaging young people... all disguised in a whole lot of fun! |
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Pixton : online comic creator
http://pixton.com Pixton : online comic creator Create your own comics without having to draw. Share and remix with your friends. For all ages. Over 150 countries, 30 languages, and growing every day. Sign up now, it's free! Online collaboration tool for teachers and students. Engage active learning through comic strips in a private, virtual classroom. All levels: K-12, ESL, post-secondary. Save time and money. Visualize a concept quickly without having to draw. Collaborate with your team online – all you need is a web browser. |
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LookyBook : Picture Books to Read Online
http://lookybook.com/ LookyBook : Picture Books / Graphic Novels to Read Online |
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Comics Make for Colorful Learning
http://www.edutopia.org/comic-books-teaching-literacy A New Literary Hero: Comics Make for Colorful Learning Teachers have begun to accept comic books as a tool for teaching literacy through group projects. "First graders in the after-school program at the Bronx's PS 90 spent part of last school year working collaboratively to create a comic book called The Bionic Butterfly. The title character, infected with pollutants, turned into a very strong, intelligent superhero butterfly with a mission to warn insects -- and humans -- about the dangers facing Earth's environment." |
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Dealing with Challenges to Graphic Novels
http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/ifissues/graphicnovels.cfm Dealing with Challenges to Graphic Novels This is part of a larger project, Graphic Novels: Suggestions for Librarians (PDF), created by the National Coalition Against Censorship, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, and the American Library Association. |
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Graphic novels .. page at ALA wiki
http://wikis.ala.org/professionaltips/index.php/Graphic_novels Graphic novels .. page at ALA wiki Here is a selection of resources on graphic novels specifically for librarians ... |
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Great Graphic Novels for Teens
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/greatgraphicnovelsforteens/gn.cfm Great Graphic Novels for Teens ... a list compiled annually by YALSA |
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All-Kids Comic Site
http://rcs.nbed.nb.ca/kids/about/pressrelease.html All-Kids Comic Site What happens when you take a classroom full of comic loving kids, give them access to a web designer, art supplies, a giant stack of comics and a government grant? You get Riverside Reads, the newest comic book website, created almost entirely by kids, for kids. |
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Bibliography of comic books
http://www.rpi.edu/%7Ebulloj/comxbib.html This is an international bibliography of comic books, comic strips, animation, caricature, cartoons, bandes dessinees, and related topics. We have divided the bibliography into four sections, arranged alphabetically by author, for ease of use. |
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The Lair
http://www.noflyingnotights.com/lair The Lair, featuring graphic novels for older teens and adults. |
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Sidekicks
http://www.noflyingnotights.com/sidekicks/ Sidekicks, a site devoted to all those kids graphic novels out there. |
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No Flying, No Tights
http://www.noflyingnotights.com/ No Flying, No Tights The graphic novel review site for teens. |
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Graphic Novel Review
http://www.graphicnovelreview.com/ Graphic Novel Review A look at book-length comics for the casual reader |
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ArtBomb
http://www.artbomb.net/ ArtBomb Artbomb's mission is to promote diverse and sophisticated graphic novels. A more impressive array of graphic novels has never before been available for English reading audiences. And we want to get them into your hands. If you've never bought a graphic novel before, we encourage you to browse the site. We've classified the books by genre to make it easier for you to find something that appeals to your particular tastes. |
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Grammarman ESL Comics
http://www.grammarmancomic.com Grammarman ESL Comics |
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Creating Comic Strips : Lesson Plan
http://tinyurl.com/52kbm4 Creating Comic Strips : Lesson Plan Objective ... to learn art-related skills of drawing and sequencing drawings by creating comic strips. |
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Amazing Kids! Comics Page
http://www.amazing-kids.org/akcomics.htm Amazing Kids! Comics Page |
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Online Comic Strip Generator
http://www.comicstripgenerator.com/ Online Comic Strip Generator |
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Make an Animated Comic Online
http://www.mainada.net/comics/ Make an Animated Comic Online |
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Comic Creator
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/ Comic Creator ... online |
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Make your comics online
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ Make your comics online I created makebeliefscomics.com as a place for you to come to and have fun by creating your own world of comic strips. My hope is that by giving you a choice of characters with different moods and the chance to write words and thoughts for them, you will be able to tap into your creativity and explore new possibilities. Afterall, there is no greater force in life than the power of the imagination to free us from our immediate problems and to spur our energies to find solutions to our befuddlements. Teachers can use this comic strip game to encourage youngsters to improve language, reading, and creative skills. For those who teach young and old how to read and write or to learn English as a second language, makebeliefscomix.com can be an invaluable tool in achieving these objectives. |
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Comic Strip Creator (online)
http://www.stripcreator.com/make.php Comic Strip Creator (online) ... make a comic Stripcreator is a website that allows users to create and save their own comic strips. It officially went online January 6th, 2001. It was developed and is maintained by me, Brad. |
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National Association of Comics Art Educators
http://www.teachingcomics.org/ National Association of Comics Art Educators Welcome to the NACAE (pronounced "Nay-Say") homepage. In the last several years the comics medium has flourished, generating much interest from the literary, art, and educational communities. The number of schools teaching comics is growing quickly and this site is a resource for individuals and institutions interested in teaching visual storytelling. |
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The Graphic Classroom
http://graphicclassroom.blogspot.com/ The Graphic Classroom is a resource for teachers and librarians to help them stock high quality, educational-worthy, graphic novels and comics in their classroom or school library. I read and review every graphic novel or comic on this blog and give it a rating as to appropriateness for the classroom. |
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The Power Baby
http://www.comicsintheclassroom.net/oowebcomic_power_baby.htm The Power Baby "How To:" Series |
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Stick Figure Hamlet
http://www.stickfigurehamlet.com/act1/scene1/page01.html Stick Figure Hamlet “The greatest work of literature in human history... now with pictures.” |
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School Spirit
http://www.schoolspiritcomic.com/ School Spirit An online comic out of Australia. It is, in one of its creator's own words: "a webcomic featuring primary aged children doing kid stuff - with a supernatural element in the form of spirits living in the cemetery next door." |
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Comics at Work in the Multilingual Classroom
http://college.heinemann.com/shared/products/E00475.asp Comics at Work in the Multilingual Classroom |
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Comics in the Classroom
http://www.comicsintheclassroom.net/ Comics in the Classroom Includes lesson plans ... |
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Comics as an Educational Tool
http://www.esl-lab.com/research/comics.htm Comics as an Educational Tool ... Pedagogical Reasons for Their Use Teachers, businesses, and publishers, however, have realized that comic strips and comic books have a widespread appeal to all age groups and levels of society because they reflect authentic language and culture, for example, social commentary, human idosycracies, stereotypes, and life conflicts . |
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Recommended Graphic Novels for Public Libraries
http://www.ppsassociates.com/videos.php Recommended Graphic Novels for Public Libraries Hello! By way of introduction: I'm a librarian at the Greene County Public Library in Xenia, Ohio, and for the past few years I've been buying graphic novels (comic books, that is) for my library system. They've proven very popular at our libraries, and I put this page together to help other librarians who may want to add graphic novels to their collections but have difficulty locating information about them. |
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Graphic Novels in Kentucky's Libraries
http://tinyurl.com/5o8wn4 Graphic Novels in Kentucky's Libraries Comics and graphic novels, for decades considered a format inferior to traditional literature, have finally come into their own as a method of storytelling akin to film, picture books, or recorded books. This achievement is not a small one, but many people, from librarians to patrons, have trouble getting over old ideas: comics are only for kids, aren't they? Which ones are the ones to buy, both in terms of popularity and quality? Before we get into to the nitty-gritty list of where to go, here are a few points to remember when embarking on selecting and purchasing graphic novels for your library ... |
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Comic Books : A Guide for Librarians
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/lml/comics/pages/ Comic Books for Young Adults: A Guide for Librarians Do Comic Books Belong in Libraries? | Comic Book Formats | Collection Development Issues | Comic Book Publishers | Comic Book Genres | |
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