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An Introduction and Some Classroom Applications
A presentation by Kelsey Fanning
What is ToonDoo?Toondoo is a web-based
comic strip creator that allows users to select from inbuilt props, characters, backgrounds, and layouts in order to create their own comic strips.
ToonDoo allows students to use their creativity and technology simultaneously.
Using ToonDooToonDoo uses a drag-and-click feature to
allow users to choose the images they want to use and position them within their comic.
Other features allow you to:Upload images from your computer or import
them from the web“Draw” images with your mouse (similar to the
Paint program we’re all familiar with)Create your own characters Comment on others’ cartoonsCollaborate with other users
An avatar I created with the feature that creates personalized characters, TraitR, on ToonDoo.com
ToonDooSpacesToonDooSpaces is ToonDoo product that allows
users to create ToonDoo projects in a controlled, private web environment. This service requires that users purchase a license, and cost depends on the number of users with access to the space.
Using ToonDoo in the ClassroomAndrew Marcinek used
ToonDoo in his classroom while teaching Shakespeare’s Hamlet in Ardmore, PA.
He assigned students to take notes on key passages, discuss them in class, and then translate these passages into cartoons
Andrew discusses using ToonDoo in a blog post on Classroom 2.0: http://www.classroom20.com / forum/ topics/toon-doo-is-cool-for-school
Andrew’s cartoon of Hamlet I.ii.1-2 and 65
Using ToonDoo in the ClassroomActivity 1:Create a cartoon, but leave the dialogue
blank.Show students the cartoon and have them
fill in what the characters might be saying.
Using ToonDoo in the Classroom
Activity 2:Give student’s a
specific scene, and have them fill in the characters and dialogue.
Using ToonDoo in the ClassroomActivity 3: As a class, make a comic book. Start with a very general story line, and allow
each student to take a turn developing the plot.
Have students work together to revise the story for correct language use.
Once the story is finished, it can be read to the class and/or used platform for developing other activities.