Multimodal Literacy

FLY ME TO THE MOON
by Eric Carson

made in Comic Creator

I am in favor of letting children explore language and text in a variety of formats, such as picture books and comics. Beyond just reading Manga or comics, online sites exist that provide image libraries, dialog bubbles, and story frames that allow kids to create and share their own comics.


By searching 'comic creator' and 'manga creator,' several interesting sites are found, including:

MashON Spore This site has an extensive image and background library, however it may be more interesting to boys (similar to the descriptions of Shonen manga). I tried to make my own comic, but felt a bit clumsy using their editor.

Make Beliefs Comix! This site has only a few choices for images, but may actually encourage greater creativity by requiring the user to create imagery through text to compensate for limited graphics.

Newspaper Clipping Generator Although not really multimodal on it's own, this fun newspaper clipping creator could be combined with visual images, allowing kids to create authentic looking digital artifacts to enhance projects.

Comic Creator Another simple way to author one's own comic strip. More options for story board size than Make Beliefs. Also, these can't be saved on the website. One must print or save it locally.

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