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Classroom-Friendly Websites and Apps for Making Comics
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Draw and Tell HD - by Duck Duck Moose
Kids' drawings come alive with stickers, color, and voice recordings
Bottom line: Lots of art tools and voice recording help kids unleash their visual and verbal storytelling.
Superhero Comic Book Maker
Leap tall buildings with creative audio and visual storytelling
Bottom line: Kids create comic book-style stories and color pages on this easy app.
Pixton
Popular comics platform puts students' focus on creation
Bottom line: This is a platform with the potential to motivate students, getting them to share subject knowledge in a way that blends art and literacy.
Halftone 2
Simple comic creator makes building stories fun
Bottom line: This simple tool for creating comics is a fun option for a range of class projects.
Seedling Comic Studio
Showcase student work through photo-based comic strips
Bottom line: Creative options are endless and inspiration abounds -- just do your best to keep your creations organized.
Make Beliefs Comix
Comic creation tool has wealth of resources, busy design
Bottom line: While it feels a little dated and disorganized, Make Beliefs Comix retains its just charm and can promote creativity and self-expression.
Book Creator
Magically easy way to create and publish digital books and multimedia
Bottom line: This is a top-quality creation tool that lets students of many ages and abilities publish their own digital books.
Comic Life
Creative tool for visual storytelling through comics
Bottom line: Comic Life helps students apply their understanding with a creative approach, but guidelines are needed to ensure success.
Paper by WeTransfer
Beautifully designed digital sketchbook for any age
Bottom line: The simplicity and effectiveness of the app make this a powerful sketch and note-taking tool for the iPad.
Animation & Drawing by Do Ink
One-stop animation tool for beginners through experts
Bottom line: Accessible entry into animation for beginning students, but with enough depth to satisfy more advanced artists.
Strip Designer
Easy and fun way to create personalized, comic-book-style stories
Bottom line: Strip Designer is a versatile media-creation tool that can support a range of learning goals for any subject of interest.
Storyboard That
Engage kids with basic but versatile storytelling tool
Bottom line: Though it isn't loaded with special features, there's enough going on here to provide learning for kids of all ages.
Explee
Build slick, engaging whiteboard animations with Web-based tool
Bottom line: A stellar -- if somewhat pricey -- creation tool for the classroom.
Animoto: Slideshow Maker
Slick video slideshow tool lets kids tell stories and share them
Bottom line: Anything that happens during school can be turned into an engaging video slideshow.
Autodesk Sketchbook
Impressive creation tool for teens serious about art
Bottom line: Gives students easy access to professional tools for creating digital art.
Bitmoji
Liven up communication with cartoon-style custom avatars
Bottom line: Not necessarily a tool designed with education in mind, but tons of possible -- and fun -- classroom uses for creative teachers.
