Another idea that seems to show some real promise is letting students respond to their reading or their learning in any content area by creating comics and/or animations to represent this thinking. We are only scratching the surface right now. He is one example of how we have started this brainstorming.
That example comes from a guided reading blog we created. After it was created, we posted ten assignments and let students really run with some content creation. We made them authors on the blog, and away they went. They did some great work, and some not so great work, but if you scroll down to the bottom and read your way up, you will see that our kids were able to do some amazing things with embedding their work. After teaching one student how to work through one application, they became the group expert, and everyone else went to them. We were busy teaching another student another "trick" on the blog.
As for the comic creators, we will cheat and let you in on another "Best of list" from Mr. Larry Ferlazzo.
The animation resources are great, and they range from really easy up to just about as complicated as you want to get.
Dvolver Movie Maker
Go Animate
Xtranormal - If you can type, you can make movies!
Scratch
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