I had a comment on my blog from
Rajendran, the creator of ToonDoo (www.jambav.com) asking for teacher input.

ToonDoo has an RSS feed
http://blogs.toondoo.com/blog/2007/08/20/Teachem-a-Lesson-says-van-Pelt

and there are instructions on how to make a flipbook here
http://blogs.toondoo.com/blog/2007/07/31/ToonBook-A-flip-book-of-toondoos

You DO realize that the next step might be to create graphic novels - or graphic poetry anthologies.

I loved the Illustrated Classics comic books (not the abridged novels we use now for reluctant readers) that were published when I was a child - I’d be interested in seeing how your class portrayed good old J. Alfred - or tackled Blake’s Tyger. Or re-interpreted Beowulf (maybe you could collaborate with Christian Long’s Brit Lit class). Frankenstein might also be fun to tinker with.

These are all from Western Lit. - any seminal novelists, poets, folk tales from Korea that would work?

“Undue stress”–I hear you. Part of the territory?

(With me, there’s always more)

Re. Creativity:

“Because of their courage, their lack of fear, they (creative people) are willing to make silly mistakes. The truly creative person is one who can think crazy; such a person knows full well that many of his great ideas will prove to be worthless. The creative person is flexible — he is able to change as the situation changes, to break habits, to face indecision and changes in conditions without undue stress. He is not threatened by the unexpected as rigid, inflexible people are.”
-Frank goble, US psychologist

I’m still working on the “without undue stress” part.

Did your students supply their own avatars? Definitely adds a coolness factor that might appeal to my kids. Can’t wait to get started with them - hope our district technology can keep up with us. In a perfect world, everyone would have equal access to tools and technology. Ah, well, it will spur our creativity.

I remember during the last century, on my first trip to Europe, sending home letters written on tissue-thin air mail stationery. Yes, times have changed. “So get out of the new world if you can’t lend a hand…”