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StoryBird Create storybooks online and share with all. Their goal is to be an advocate for the imagination and for families and friends to be able to share in that imagination through created storybooks. The creators “have to idea where it will take them.”

Accessibility: Site is easily navigable by linked tabs. The stories provided by other authors can be found using keywords or a search function. Free accounts can be created with simple registration.

Benefits: -Easily start and save stories -Generate starting points by providing themes and art -General set up of the creation process -Easily read stories from other authors

Drawbacks: -Must use art provided by the website -Fairly limited in production possibility

Rating: 4.5/5

ToonDo This cartoon oriented website allows you to create your own comic strip or explore others works. Toondo allows users to imbed, email, tweet, and load to facebook to share their work! It also allows room for commentary by others!

Accessibility: It is easy to access by users. It has set icons/ tabs that guide and organize users to their desired location on the site.

Benefits: It is a differet avenue of literature for students to use. It also provides a great way for students who enjoy comics to get involved in away that they like.

Drawbacks: It is a very basic and students could become bored. The logic behind this is that when we viewed other's work all the comics were very short.

Rating: 3/5