July 7, 2012

Dear Otto: What’s a Good Comic Creator

tech questions

Do you have a tech question?

Dear Otto is an occasional column where I answer questions I get from readers about teaching tech. If you have a question, please complete the form below and I’ll answer it here. For your privacy, I use only first names.

Here’s a great question I got from Amber:

What’s the best way for students to create a comic book like thing on the computer?

Zimmer Twins

A very popular online program for creating (free) comics that can be shared.

Lego Comic Builder

Create a comic using Legos. Lots of characters, backgrounds, objects and dialogue options. I use it for 2nd graders.

MakeBeliefsComix

Create comic strips that are fun and easy with a diverse cast of characters, scenes, backgrounds, objects, and dialogue prompts.

Comic Creator from ReadWriteThink

Compose comic strips using a variety of backgrounds, characters, and props, and dialogue

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Jacqui Murray is the editor of a technology curriculum for K-sixth grade, creator of two technology training books for middle school and three ebooks on technology in education. She is the author of Building a Midshipman, the story of her daughter’s journey from high school to United States Naval Academy midshipman. She is webmaster for six blogs, an Amazon Vine Voice book reviewer, a columnist for Examiner.com, Editorial Review Board member for Journal for Computing Teachers, Cisco guest blogger, IMS tech expert, and a weekly contributor to Write Anything. Currently, she’s editing a thriller for her agent that should be out to publishers this summer. Contact Jacqui at her writing office or her tech lab, Ask a Tech Teacher.

 

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