Educational Origami

Having just found another online comic generator, I feel its time to refresh the list.

http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Comic+Tools

These are brilliant tools for the visual and kinesthetic learner. Students across all the levels I teach enjoy creating comics, even the least motivated take care and apply their imagination.  They take pride and this pride is reflected in the focus and effort they apply. Anyway here is my selection (fresh of my wiki)

 Online Tools

Pixton

http://www.pixton.com/home
This is a good online comic development tool. This is a site that uses simple sketch and text. Nice tool

Makebeliefscomix

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
This is a great and easy to use flash based resource. You can use this with students of any age.
The User Interface provides you with a set of charactors with different emotions

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A simple toolbar of commands to manipulate your comic strip

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and hay presto - you are an instant comic book author (of course quality is a different matter)

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Hypercomics

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Hypercomic also has an online version of their comic creation tool.
Its a simple series of steps with drop down menus to help you create and publish your comic.
http://www.hypercomics.com/

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Kerpoof

http://www.kerpoof.com/

Gnomz

http://en.gnomz.com/
Not brilliant and a little daunting to start as its in french, but toggle the language switch and you are away

ToonDoo

http://www.toondoo.com/Home.toon
They explain it all below…. In comic form!

useful resource: http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools

Historic Tale Construction Kit

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http://www.adgame-wonderland.de/type/bayeux.php
This is a fun tool. This site allows you to create historic tale cartoons or comics. The images are set in medievil times, the text is archaic and the process simple

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Its really neat and fun. Guaranteed to motivate and captivate students and to get the creative juices running as they write tales of high adventure, noble kings, dragons and wicked beasts.

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BitStrip

http://www.bitstrips.com/

This is a membership required comic creation tool. Like most of these tools its in perpetual Beta

Mai’Nada - Comic Sketch

http://www.mainada.net/comicssketch
This is another web based tool for comic creation.