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.

Marian

"Bakin, Barry" <barry.bakin at lausd.net> on Thursday, December 04, 2008 at
1:28 PM -0800 wrote:

>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 http://esl.adultinstruction.org/MakeBeliefsComix.htm

>

>Barry


The Technology and Literacy Discussion List <technology at nifl.gov> on
Tuesday, December 09, 2008 at 4:17 AM -0800 wrote:

>Colleagues.

>

>

>"Graphica" (comic books, comic strips, graphic novels and photonovels)

>are available in some libraries to encourage print literacy.  

>[ http://www.ennisdailynews.com/news.php?id=3206

>]http://www.ennisdailynews.com/news.php?id=3206  I think some adult

>literacy and ESOL programs use them, too. 

>

>

>Marian Thacher has provided a short list of free software (to which I

>would add Go! Animate, [ http://goanimate.com ]http://goanimate.com ) and

>has asked if anyone on this discussion list has used any of these tools

>with students, has had students making digital cartoons,  and has

>examples. 

>

>

>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?

>

>

>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 [

>http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/healthliteracy/2008/date.html

>]http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/healthliteracy/2008/date.html (beginning

>with message 2457)

>

>

>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. 

>

>

>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?

>

>David J. Rosen

>[ mailto:DJRosen at theworld.com ]DJRosen at theworld.com

>

>

>On Dec 4, 2008, at 1:41 PM, Marian Thacher wrote:

>

>

>

>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. 

>

>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.

>

>Some of these sites are:

>

>[ http://www.bitstrips.com ]http://www.bitstrips.com

>[ http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ ]http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/

>[ http://comiqs.com ]http://comiqs.com

>[ http://www.makebeliefscomix.com ]http://www.makebeliefscomix.com

>[ http://www.toondo.com ]http://www.toondo.com 

>

>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

>

>Thanks,

>Marian Thacher, OTAN

>[ mailto:mthacher at otan.us ]mthacher at otan.us

>

>Kristi Reyes, MiraCosta College Adult Education

>[ mailto:kreyes at miracosta.edu ]kreyes at miracosta.edu

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