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http://www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson195/comic-strip-planning.pdf
a printable PDF that comic creators can use to draft and revise their work before creating and printing their final comics. After completing their comic, students have the ability to print out and illustrate their final versions for feedback and assessment.
Kerpoof Studio
Creative activity studio that allows you to make cards, stories, movies, doodles, pictures etc. Looks easy and fun and similar to Scratch.
Free Digital Versions
“Bound by Law translates law into plain English and abstract ideas into ‘visual metaphors.’ So the comic's heroine, Akiko, brandishes a laser gun as she fends off a cyclopean 'Rights Monster' - all the while learning copyright law basics, including the line between fair use and copyright infringement.”
Classical Comics - Bringing the classics to life!
Comics of Shakespeare plays, free downloads with multiple text options
ReadWriteThink: Student Materials: Comic Creator
K - 12. Tool for students to compose their own comic strips. "The Comic Creator invites students to compose their own comic strips for a variety of contexts (prewriting, pre- and postreading activities, response to literature, and so on). The organizers focus on the key elements of comic strips by allowing students to choose backgrounds, characters, and props, as well as to compose related dialogue. This versatile tool can be used by students from kindergarten through high school"
Comics in Education
This site is the online version of the final project proposal for Gene Yang's Masters of Education degree at California State University at Hayward. (The project itself, Factoring with Mr. Yang, is linked in the lower right-hand corner of this page.) It seeks to redress the situation that sees the educational potential of the comics medium being largely ignored by the educational establishment
Comics in Education: Web Resources
A number of useful resouces plus it includes a rubric
Comiqs | Create & Share your Comic Stories
This site provides users with the choice of using pre-made images from the drag and drop menu or creating original doodles to use in their comic strips. Comiqs presents your finished product in a slideshow format rather than a traditional comic strip format. Read more about Comiqs including a note about the Comiqs terms of service here.
Cartoon Analysis Worksheet
The National Archives Digital Classroom: Primary Sources, Activities and Training for Educators and Students.
ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Comic Makeovers: Examining Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Media
In this lesson, students explore representations of race, class, ethnicity, and gender by analyzing comics over a two-week period and then re-envisioning them with a "comic character makeover." (CMIS eval) Takes 2 weeks, 10 50 minutes lessons
ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: The Comic Book Show and Tell
comic book scripting requires the writer to give the artist detailed, descriptive instructions while also crafting exciting dialogue and otherwise rich language. In this lesson, students encounter an authentic writing experience designed to get them thinking about their choices as writers and how they can best get their mental images out of their head and on the page.
MAKE BELIEFS COMIX! Online Educational Comic Generator for Kids of All Ages
This is a very SIMPLE comic creating website. It might be quite useful for younger children and those who are struggling with written language. It may to be too bland for the more able students, compared to the many other sources available for use in the classroom. However, because it is written with children as the focus audience, the likelihood of stumbling onto inappropriate material appears nonexistent. There are a collection of characters (black and white drawings) where emotions, speaking and thought bubbles, and text can be added. One drawback is that the cartoons must be emailed or printed as there is no saving option.
ReadWriteThink: Student Materials: Comic Creator
Very simple tool. Create a one, two, three, or six panel comic. You type in your captions. You can select your backgrounds and clip art.
GoAnimate - Create your own cartoons and animations easily. Our tools are free and you don't need to learn Flash.
Create your own cartoons and animations easily. The tools are free and you don't need to learn Flash.
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