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This is the second post in a series on resources for the upcoming school year. As I collected these resources to get my own classroom ready for the school year I thought I would share that information with others to ask for advice and see if there are any great resources that I missed. So, if you know of any other great links or have any helpful information about these please let me know.
Cartoon Creators and Avatars
Over the past couple of years as I have moved into a project based classroom. I have had many students create some excellent projects using Cartoons and Avatars. Some were animated cartoons and others were just regular print cartoons. They have also used Avatars to present what they have learned in the class. The key to these types of projects for me is the level of engagement that the students had through out the project. The technology really kept them engaged and excited about learning and my students really enjoyed creating projects using these resources. Many of these links were found by my students who then brought them to my attention and asked if they could use them for their projects.
Avatar Creators (Create Talking Avatars)
- Voki
- Blabberize
- Evolver
- Avatara
- Avatar.pho
- Doppelme
- SouthPark Avatar
- Portrait Maker
- Marvel Comic Avatar
- Face Your Manga
- Digimi
- Meez
- Go Animate
- Mixamo
- Animeeple
- Picasion
- LooGix
Cartoon Animators (Create Comic Strips)
- Toonlet
- ToonDoo
- Pixton
- Chogger
- Comic Creator
- Comic Lab
- Make Beliefs Comix
- Strip Creator
- Strip Generator
Video Animation Creators (Create animate video cartoons)
- XtraNormal
- Memoov
- Go! Animate
- Dvolver
- Digital Films
- Aniboom
- Fluxtime
- Animasher
- ZimmerTwins
- Scratch
- DoInk
- MovieStrom
- Creaza
- Fuzzwick
- Staged
- Moove Online
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et.com is a great class opener website. I have often used this on Fridays to engage and settle them down for class. This site has many different mysteries to solve. Typically, I would display a “Get a Clue” or “Solve It” mystery that the students could see as they enter the classroom. Once the bell rings I allow the students some time to try and solve the mystery. They become quite engaged in trying to figure out the mystery often well before the bell rings. This activity has led to some great class discussions about a variety of social topics but best of all it has engaged them and settled them down on a Friday afternoon so I can start my lesson.
