Ochsner-Mini-Teach-Creaza



Creaza ([|www.creaza.com]) is an online website that has many technology tools that are available free and online. No downloads are necessary. Modules include a music generator, online video editing, mindmapping, and a comic book generator. [|More information].

The comic book generator could be included into a lesson, such as social studies to have students create a story using premade pictures that can be rearranged. Text bubbles can tell the story through a sequence of slides. More time is spent on the story and not necessarily worrying on the look of the art and design. The comic then can be distributed on the web to share with other students or for public viewing. Stories can be integrated with other curriculum such as science, social studies or math to help reinforce concepts.

One way to integrate a comic strip is to use performance objectives from a lesson and have students create a comic to reinforce the concepts. History can be confusing at times, and sequencing events can help give them a time line of events to delineate the sequence.

The storybook creator can also be an easy way for students to create Story Boards for movie making or digital storytelling. Students do not have to be artists to complete a storyboard, but helps create a visual to help them shape the scene.