Creating+Comics

toc =Avatar Creators= (Avatar is an icon or figure representing a particular person in computer games, Internet forums - Google definition)

There are very many free tools to create your virtual representative! Daring Librarian listed a great number of them - have a look (some of the links are dead)

Check these ones: Manga Pick-a-Face Portrait Illustration Maker Avachara

=Comic Creators online:=

[|GoAnimated4Schools](Fee for school subscription) Link for WBAIS

[|Bitstrips.com] - Instant comics and cards

[|Chogger.com] Images: draw, upload, take a photo, google images. Created Comics are public.

Comic Creator, Kids can create up to six pictures and put captions under each of them. When finished, each page can be either printed or edited. There is no way to save the project. There is a possibility to save the screen and save it as a picture or create a picture on Smartboard with the class. You can use it in your classroom for (from ReadWriteThink.com):
 * Planning writing activities
 * Pre- and after-reading activities
 * Visit the Comic Vocabulary Interactive to learn more about comic terms and to see examples.
 * Retell a familiar story using the Comic Creator.
 * Illustrate newly-learned vocabulary words.
 * Recreate a favorite cartoon, graphic novel, anime, or manga with the Comic Creator.
 * Create a comic strip with a partner: one person can illustrate the comic strip while another crafts the text to accompany the illustrations.

[|Make Belief Comix] - create a comic strip. The comic can be printed or sent by email. Free.

[|Speechable] - add pictures and write your text in speech bubbles

xtranormal - create an animation with one or two characters (Basic module is free)

[|GoAnimated4Schools](Fee for school subscription) Link for WBAIS

[|ZimmerTwins] - choose a starter and create your movie

[|Convert to Cartoon] is a tool to turn your own pictures in to a cartoon. (Fee for subscription)

i-Pad Applications to create a comic and add your voice:
PuppetPals HD

Apps for storytelling:
StoryBuddy Story Creator Book Creator Voice Thread Story Patch

Orlee created a list of iPad applications we use at WBAIS. Check it on wbais-iPad wiki.

= Cartoons =

Create your own cartoon [|Bitstrops.com] [|Toondoo.com](free registration)