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Colleagues.<div><br></div><div>"Graphica" (comic books, comic strips, graphic novels and photonovels) are available in some libraries to encourage print literacy. </div><div><a href="http://www.ennisdailynews.com/news.php?id=3206">http://www.ennisdailynews.com/news.php?id=3206</a> I think some adult literacy and ESOL programs use them, too. </div><div><br></div><div>Marian Thacher has provided a short list of free software (to which I would add Go! Animate, <a href="http://goanimate.com">http://goanimate.com</a> ) and has asked if anyone on this discussion list has used any of these tools with students, has had students<b><i> making</i></b> digital cartoons, and has examples. </div><div><br></div><div>Marian, could you share with us the examples that people have e-mailed you that have public web sites? If there are others on this discussion list who have examples, could you share them with everyone here?</div><div><br></div><div>The Fall 2008 Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal has a good article on creating photo novels, and there was just a great discussion about photo novels for health literacy on the health literacy discussion list, archived at <a href="http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/healthliteracy/2008/date.html">http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/healthliteracy/2008/date.html</a> (beginning with message 2457)</div><div><br></div><div>Are you working or have you worked with students creating "graphica" ? If you are, please let us know. Let's use this technology discussion list as a "Community of Practice" to share what tools we are (or in the absence of replies -- are not) using with students, and if we are using them, how. </div><div><br></div><div>I would like to see more "shop talk" here on how teachers are actually using technology with students, especially as tools for project-based learning. Anyone else interested in this?<br><br><div><div>David J. Rosen</div><div><a href="mailto:DJRosen@theworld.com">DJRosen@theworld.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div><div><div>On Dec 4, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Marian Thacher wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div align="left">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. </div> <br> <div align="left">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.</div> <br> <div align="left">Some of these sites are:</div> <br> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.bitstrips.com">http://www.bitstrips.com</a></div> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/">http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/</a></div> <div align="left"><a href="http://comiqs.com">http://comiqs.com</a></div> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.makebeliefscomix.com">http://www.makebeliefscomix.com</a></div> <div align="left"><a href="http://www.toondo.com">http://www.toondo.com</a> </div> <br> <div align="left">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</div> <br> <div align="left">Thanks,</div> <div align="left">Marian Thacher, OTAN</div> <div align="left"><a href="mailto:mthacher@otan.us">mthacher@otan.us</a></div> <br> <div align="left">Kristi Reyes, MiraCosta College Adult Education</div> <div align="left"><a href="mailto:kreyes@miracosta.edu">kreyes@miracosta.edu</a></div><div>----------------------------------------------------</div><div>National Institute for Literacy</div><div>Technology and Literacy mailing list</div><div><a href="mailto:Technology@nifl.gov">Technology@nifl.gov</a></div><div>To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to <a href="http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/technology">http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/technology</a></div><div>Email delivered to <a href="mailto:djrosen@theworld.com">djrosen@theworld.com</a></div> </blockquote></div><br><div> <div>David J. Rosen</div><div><a href="mailto:DJRosen@theworld.com">DJRosen@theworld.com</a></div><div><br class="khtml-block-placeholder"></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>