Today I stumbled across this tool called Stripgenerator whilst looking through my Google reader. There seem to be a lot of flash based comic book creators out there at the moment and I’ve already blogged about Comiqs. I decided that I’d follow the same sort of format and allow the children a complete carte blanche to see what they came up with.
I was really pleased with the results, within minutes the children had started to come up with all sorts of wild and wacky stories that were really creative. I thought that this could be a really useful stimulus for the start of a creative writing lesson. The children would have three pannels that effectively have the beginning middle and end of a story.
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July 23rd, 2008 at 6:25 am
your StripGenerator hyperlink ends in a “t”
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:42 am
Thanks Daniel , thats what happens when you’re rushing to get something down I suppose. I’ve sorted it out now so the link should work.
August 2nd, 2008 at 8:11 pm
Thanks for the link. I’m a big fan of comic strips in the classroom, not only as creative projects but as a learning tool. I use them to help teach history and even math skills. I found some great ebooks at http://www.dedicatedteacher.com that helped me incorporate comics into my lessons, and I haven’t looked back since.