Good morning all,
Sorry about not posting yesterday, got a little behind…not much better today – I’m blogging during my lunch hour! Aren’t things supposed to be slowing down right about now?
Well, whatever … I recently came across this fun site (which I know I’ve seen before!) via Twitter thanks to MaryAnn Sansonetti, a Technology Education Specialist in Columbia, South Carolina. The Hero Factory is a wonderfully simple Flash-powered website that allows you to create your very own superhero with an essentially limitless features, clothing and special abilities (which, unfortunately for schools, include weapons that might pose a bit of a problem):
The end result is a super-cool, automatically-titled comic book that can be downloaded or printed:
I’m thinking this would be a fun writing prompt for an end-of-year language arts project. In case kids need MORE inspiration, they can check out the real-life Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company – an actual store in Brooklyn (that is fully explained by this wonderful TED video: Dave Eggers’ wish: Once Upon a School).
Ok, back to my PB&J! Hope this helps!
-kj-
Haha, this is good fun!
Ok, your hero has a great name. Mine ended up as “The Mysterious Whipped Jones”. Ha! On the other hand, it would be a challenge to write a story about my character and why she has such an unusual hero name. :-) Good site.
Thanks for commenting – glad you liked the site!
ha ha Tami
I can empathize
I love the site… I have created so many heroes & heroines it aint even funny!! If I had to pick at something, tho, I would like to be able to create my OWN names to show; otherwise, great place to hang out and release your imagination( as well as your color coordination!)