I have written about the ToonDoo comic site before, but they are now experimenting with a beta version for students. It is a closed-off classroom site and this morning, I got my administrative information and I am in the process of setting things up for my students to use. I imagine it will be a fee-based system later, but I love the many aspects of ToonDoo and see many possibilities.
Here is my classroom ToonDoo site — http://tiger.toondoospaces.com/ — and as I progress with it, I will report out on how it is going.
One of the things I like about ToonDoo, besides its simplicity, is that it is more than just a comic creation site. You can alter photographs, create your own crop of characters, re-edit your comic (or a friend’s comic), and think about art and writing together in new ways. ToonDoo is not the only site doing this, of course, so you may want to explore around a bit. My complaint with ToonDoo has always been that I did not want kids to be able to search around the public forums for adult comics (not that I ever found anything inappropriate, but still …) and this walled-off community for just the classroom seems like a good answer.
Peace (on the virtual funny page),
Kevin
Hmmm comics. I was just playing with Make Beliefs Comics.
Bonnie
I wonder could you create a classroom for an SI?
Bonnie
Hi Kevin,
Thanks for blogging about ToonDooSpaces!
We’re truly honoured to know that you consider ToonDoo to be ‘more than just a comic creation site’
Thank you for the high praise!
As far as the ‘fee’ bit for ToonDooSpaces is concerned, we assure you that it would be a nominal sum.
We look forward to your participation and inputs!
Meera
ToonDudette from http://www.jambav.com
Toon Doo is incredible and I would love to come on board and have it for my students. What’s the process and who do I talk to? I actually teach basic academics through custom comics and this is a great tool for my classes.
Hi Mark,
We’d love to have you on board ToonDooSpaces.
Write to me at meerasapra (at) toondoo dot com to know more!
thanks,
Meera
ToonDudette from http://www.jambav.com