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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">OTAN is planning to post an article about using Web sites that allow students to create their own cartoons. Sites allow students to create characters, cartoon panels, and speech bubbles. These could be used as writing activities or discussion prompts. </font></div>

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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">There are many of these sites, and I'm sure some of you have used these with your students and have good examples of their work.</font></div>

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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Some of these sites are:</font></div>

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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.bitstrips.com" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="+0" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><u>http://www.bitstrips.com</u></font></a></div>

<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><a href="fcp://@fc.scoe.net,%235003003/Mailbox/TMN/_blank/www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="+0" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><u>http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/</u></font></a></div>

<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://comiqs.com" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="+0" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><u>http://comiqs.com</u></font></a></div>

<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.makebeliefscomix.com" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="+0" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><u>http://www.makebeliefscomix.com</u></font></a></div>

<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.toondo.com" target="_blank"><font face="Arial" size="+0" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;"><u>http://www.toondo.com</u></font></a><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> </font></div>

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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Have you used any of these, or other ones, with your students? And do you have any examples of student work that your students would be willing to share in the article? Please email me or Kristi directly if you do</font></div>

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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Thanks,</font></div>

<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Marian Thacher, OTAN</font></div>

<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><a href="mailto:mthacher@otan.us"><font face="Arial" size="+0" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">mthacher@otan.us</font></a></div>

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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Kristi Reyes, MiraCosta College Adult Education</font></div>

<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><a href="mailto:kreyes@miracosta.edu"><font face="Arial" size="+0" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:12pt;">kreyes@miracosta.edu</font></a></div>

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