It is starting to become a habit. I look at all the cool new tools that I hear about through my personal learning networks (Classroom 2.0, Twitter, Google Groups, etc.) and wonder which one I’m going to try Saturday morning. Well, thanks to Webware’s post titled “…Yet Another (Good) Comic Strip Builder”, I now created my own comic strip. The online comic strip builder I used today is called Toonlet.
It was easy enough to build my own characters. I created one that looks like me and a couple of others that resemble technology I run into everyday. The Flash-based tool allows resizing, rotating, and of course dragging. You are limited to the different objects provided by the program, but I found there to be plenty to use creatively.
Once I built my characters, I was easily able to insert them into a comic strip that can be shared. More importantly, anyone could comment on my strip through the normal text method or by creating their own comic strip. You can view my own creation titled “What Were You Thinking? I only provided half of the strip below.
Let me know if you decide to create your own comic strip online. It doesn’t have to be Toonlet. There are other builders out there. But I truly wanted to let you know what I learned today.
Image credits: CNET Networks, Toonlet
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Cool tool and I must say your character looks a little like you.
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