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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;">I got one example of student work from Barry Bakin, see below. I would love to find others. If you follow the link on Barry's page back to student work you can also see some examples of cartoons and one word poems made using Word.</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:10pt;color:#000000;"><b>"Bakin, Barry" <<a href="mailto:barry.bakin@lausd.net">barry.bakin@lausd.net</a>> on Thursday, December 04, 2008 at 1:28 PM -0800 wrote:</b></font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000080" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000080;">I use makebeliefscomix regularly-had started using bubblr but since flickr’s been blocked I I haven’t used it.  I have two student projects posted here <a href="http://esl.adultinstruction.org/MakeBeliefsComix.htm" target="_blank">http://esl.adultinstruction.org/MakeBeliefsComix.htm</a></font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Arial" size="+0" color="#000080" style="font-family:Arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000080;">Barry</font></span></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:10pt;color:#000000;"><b>The Technology and Literacy Discussion List <<a href="mailto:technology@nifl.gov">technology@nifl.gov</a>> on Tuesday, December 09, 2008 at 4:17 AM -0800 wrote:</b></font></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Colleagues.</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">"Graphica" (comic books, comic strips, graphic novels and photonovels) are available in some libraries to encourage print literacy.  </font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.ennisdailynews.com/news.php?id=3206"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">http://www.ennisdailynews.com/news.php?id=3206</font></span></a><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">  I think some adult literacy and ESOL programs use them, too. </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Marian Thacher has provided a short list of free software (to which I would add Go! Animate, </font></span><a href="http://goanimate.com"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">http://goanimate.com</font></span></a><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> ) and has asked if anyone on this discussion list has used any of these tools with students, has had students<i><b> making</b></i> digital cartoons,  and has examples. </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">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?</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">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 </font></span><a href="http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/healthliteracy/2008/date.html"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/healthliteracy/2008/date.html</font></span></a><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> (beginning with message 2457)</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">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. </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">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?</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">David J. Rosen</font></span></div>
<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><a href="mailto:DJRosen@theworld.com"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">DJRosen@theworld.com</font></span></a></div>
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<div align="left" style="text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">On Dec 4, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Marian Thacher wrote:</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;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></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;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></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Some of these sites are:</font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.bitstrips.com"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">http://www.bitstrips.com</font></span></a></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/</font></span></a></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://comiqs.com"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">http://comiqs.com</font></span></a></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.makebeliefscomix.com"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">http://www.makebeliefscomix.com</font></span></a></div>
<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.toondo.com"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;">http://www.toondo.com</font></span></a><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"> </font></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;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></span></div>
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<div align="left" style="padding-left:45px;text-align:left;"><span style="background-color:#d0d0d0;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+0" color="#000000" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;">Thanks,</font></span></div>
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