Using the Things

Today I took my fifth graders to the computer lab and had them go to stripgenerator. Because Flash hadn't been updated in the lab we were a little slow getting started, but once everyone was able to use the application they had a ball. Each student was asked to create one comic strip that had something to do with our studies of American history--most chose the Boston Tea Party or one of the tax acts--and then a strip of their choosing. They printed their creations and gave me one, which I trimmed and posted on our classroom bulletin board. My students were very proud of their work (and had never been more focused in computer class) and other students who saw the work were suitably impressed.