What Is Best Camera App For Printed Comics

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Draw and Tell HD - by Duck Duck Moose

Kids' drawings come alive with stickers, color, and voice recordings

Bottom line: Lots of art tools and voice recording help kids unleash their visual and verbal storytelling.

Grades: Pre-K–1 Price: Free

Superhero Comic Book Maker

Leap tall buildings with creative audio and visual storytelling

Bottom line: Kids create comic book-style stories and color pages on this easy app.

Grades: Pre-K–1 Price: Free

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Pixton

Popular comics platform puts students' focus on creation

Bottom line: This is a platform with the potential to motivate students, getting them to share subject knowledge in a way that blends art and literacy.

Grades: 2–12 Price: Free, Paid

Halftone 2

Simple comic creator makes building stories fun

Bottom line: This simple tool for creating comics is a fun option for a range of class projects.

Seedling Comic Studio

Showcase student work through photo-based comic strips

Bottom line: Creative options are endless and inspiration abounds -- just do your best to keep your creations organized.

Make Beliefs Comix

Comic creation tool has wealth of resources, busy design

Bottom line: While it feels a little dated and disorganized, Make Beliefs Comix retains its charm and can promote creativity and self-expression.

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Book Creator

Magically easy way to create and publish digital books and multimedia

Bottom line: This is a top-quality creation tool that lets students of many ages and abilities publish their own digital books.

Grades: 3–12 Price: Free to try

Comic Life

Creative tool for visual storytelling through comics

Bottom line: Comic Life helps students apply their understanding with a creative approach, but guidelines are needed to ensure success.

Grades: 3–12 Price: Free to try, Paid

Paper by WeTransfer

Beautifully designed digital sketchbook for any age

Bottom line: The simplicity and effectiveness of the app make this a powerful sketch and note-taking tool for the iPad.

Animation & Drawing by Do Ink

One-stop animation tool for beginners through experts

Bottom line: Accessible entry into animation for beginning students, but with enough depth to satisfy more advanced artists.

Strip Designer

Easy and fun way to create personalized, comic-book-style stories

Bottom line: Strip Designer is a versatile media-creation tool that can support a range of learning goals for any subject of interest.

Storyboard That

Engage kids with basic but versatile storytelling tool

Bottom line: Though it isn't loaded with special features, there's enough going on here to provide learning for kids of all ages.

Grades: 5–10 Price: Free, Free to try, Paid

Explee

Build slick, engaging whiteboard animations with Web-based tool

Bottom line: A stellar -- if somewhat pricey -- creation tool for the classroom.

Grades: 6–12 Price: Free, Paid

Animoto: Slideshow Maker

Slick video slideshow tool lets kids tell stories and share them

Bottom line: Anything that happens during school can be turned into an engaging video slideshow.

Grades: 7–12 Price: Free, Paid

Autodesk Sketchbook

Impressive creation tool for teens serious about art

Bottom line: Gives students easy access to professional tools for creating digital art.

Grades: 7–12 Price: Free to try

Bitmoji

Liven up communication with cartoon-style custom avatars

Bottom line: Not necessarily a tool designed with education in mind, but tons of possible -- and fun -- classroom uses for creative teachers.

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