Tap into the World of Comics: Primary School Version

I recently presented my 'Tap into the World of Comics' at the 2010 Blast! Interactive Learning Conference for Middle and Upper Primary Educators at the ICT Learning Innovation Centre  (Which was a fabulous event by the way!).  I realised I had to make my presentation a little more 'Primary school friendly' and more appropriate for presentation mode rather than print mode. 

Here is what I came up with.  I also created a handout for teachers to jot down notes during the presentation and demonstrated another use of comics.

Tap into the World of Comics Primary School version

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Tap into the world of comics worksheet

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Scholastic Writing Games

It appears I have come across a theme of digital stories lately.  I was looking at the scholastic site and came across some great writing games I thought I would share.  The games are all related to books.

http://www.scholastic.com/dogslife/createtale.htm

Students can create a scene using the characters provided.

Space is then provided to describe what is happening in the scene.  Students can also use prompts provided.

http://www.scholastic.com/esperanza/storybuilder.htm

Decide on a scene.

Write a story.

http://www.scholastic.com/inkheart/editorial/index.htm

This game helps students plan to write an editorial and displays the components needed.

http://www.scholastic.com/charlottesweb/comic/index.htm

Make a Charlotte's Web Comic

The scenes, characters, objects and speech bubbles are provided.

There are also options to create other comics based on:

http://www.scholastic.com/amulet/makeyourown/

http://www.scholastic.com/bone/comic_maker.htm

http://www.scholastic.com/goosebumpsgraphix/makeyourown/index.htm

http://www.scholastic.com/smile/makeyourown/index.htm

Students can create stories relating to the novels or create their own versions.