Bitstrips

Bitstrips is a website that is similar to facebook in the way you create an account and can add your friends. This site allows us to easily make our own comics and your own characters. It also has features that would allow teachers to use it with their students. By limiting access to various 'child friendly' parts of the site, students are able to make comics and share with their peers. The comic builder library contains objects, characters and backgrounds, this takes the emphasis off of the drawing/artistic skills and instead focuses on the creativeness and meaning of the comic. This means that students who are not comfortable with their drawing skills are still able to contribute. I think it would be a great site to use with children who are experienced with computers as some of the features can be a little difficult to master. If this innovation were to be used in schools, teachers would first need to become familiar with each aspect of the site and how the site works. Security settings would need to be set so that students cannot access inappropriate material and those outside the classroom cannot access the students accounts. Below is my own comic strip I made.